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to nothing as her animal disagreed. The heat in her cheeks spread to the tips of her ears.
    “She sounds sexy as hell.”
    “Flatterer.”
    “No really, look.” He pointed to his crotch. “That’s a bona fide boner, tiger edition.”
    Sure enough, his long, thick shaft was bulging against the zipper of his jeans.
    “My growl gave you an erection?”
    “I like the growl, yes, but I like the way you smell without that perfume shit you wore the other day. I can smell your fur and your…”
    “My what?”
    He inhaled deeply and twitched a glance at her lap, then stared at the toe of his boot. “Forget it. Did you bring a bathing suit?”
    “Yeah,” she drawled out suspiciously.
    “Good, go put it on. I’m taking you to the hot spring. You can’t leave Saratoga without hitting all the tourist highlights.”
    “Really?”
    “Yes, really. I’ll be your tour guide. For today, at least. Tomorrow I have work to do.”
    “Cutting trees?” she asked as she dug through her suitcase for the black and white striped swimsuit she’d brought.
    “Yeah, we’ll do a shift tomorrow, but we’re down half the crew. I have a couple of newcomers moving in tomorrow evening, and I need to help them settle.”
    “So they’ll be Boarlanders?”
    “Kind of. Kirk is a silverback shifter who works at the sawmill under Kong. Do you know him?”
    “Well, I saw them at the bar the other night and I’ve heard of them. Or rather, read about them. I researched the shifters in Damon’s mountains before I came here.”
    “Like some kind of detective?”
    She giggled and shook her head. “I’m a waitress at a tiny diner in Buffalo Gap. I was just really excited and nervous about coming up here and finally meeting you, and I’m horrible with names, so I studied the crew pages on Cora Keller’s website. Kong and Kirk registered officially around the same time I did last year.”
    Harrison was staring at her lips as she talked, and she grew self-conscious under his scrutiny, so she dipped her gaze to hide her flushing cheeks.
    “So Kirk will be under me, but not as an official Boarlander. And I’m leeching Mason off the Gray Backs to help as well. He never pledged under Creed. He’s there because his best friend, Damon, settled into Grayland Mobile Park with his mate, Clara, after their house was burned down by a”—Harrison cleared his throat and finished in a murmur—“rival dragon.”
    Audrey gave him one slow blink as she tried to absorb all that information. She was beginning to realize Cora’s website was just scratching the surface. “Is Mason a shifter? I didn’t see him on the website.”
    “And you won’t if he can help it. You know how it is. When we register, we have to update where we live. Mason cut himself off from his people and likes living here without them coming after him.”
    “What is he? Wait, don’t tell me. That’s rude to ask, right?”
    Harrison grinned such an easy smile, his dark blue eyes danced with the expression. God, he was stunning. “It’s considered rude to come out and ask someone what kind of animal they are, but it’s different in Damon’s mountains. Everyone knows everyone, and nobody gives a shit about etiquette. Not the Ashe Crew, not the Gray Backs, and certainly not my crew. Mason is a boar shifter. Not like one of those domestic pigs that lays around in the mud and eats slops, but a muscle-bound, razorback feral hog five times the size of the biggest one you’ll see in the wild with long, curving tusks, eyes like a demon, and pitch black fur. He’s a beast, but more importantly, he’s a really hard worker and a good guy. I need him bad, and I owe Creed for letting me have him for the rest of the logging season. We’re still short on labor, but with these guys, at least we have a shot at hitting Damon’s numbers.” Harrison frowned suddenly. “I can’t believe I just told you all that.”
    “I won’t tell anyone. I’m from a tiny town, and I was the only shifter