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Faintly, she heard the rev of his bike.
    She’d had many dreams about riding behind him with her arms wrapped around his waist, pressing up close and securely to him. She would need to get started on the next chapter once she got home tonight.
    Would Jamie be opposed to outdoor sex? Drake sure the hell wasn’t going to be after she finished with him. Giggling, she turned back to the books she needed to finish logging in.
     

Chapter Two
     
     
     
    The bar wasn’t crowded. Sitting at a corner table with Cody and Zak insured they would have privacy no matter what. Jamie was the biggest out of the three men. However, Cody and Zak had their own threatening attributes.
    The three of them had first become friends working for the Phoenix Police Department prior to the shifters of the world announcing their presence.
    After Jamie had gotten himself in trouble with the Church for Humanity and had had to be rescued along with a wolf shifter, the three friends had started on a new track of life.
    The wolf shifters had been battling the same madman as Jamie, but none of the shifters had been aware of one another. Now, thanks to the Coalition, information was shared and two branches of the Church were now destroyed. Jamie knew the wolf council was currently fighting against a third division in Texas and wished them the best.
    Not only did the shifters have to deal with the religious nuts, but also in the last few months, more powerful enemies were becoming vocal.
    Lately, the new threat to the shifters came from some very vocal senators and representatives of the United States. The concern about other shifters in different countries was that if the US was able to register shifters, the others would follow.
    Jamie had no intention of going along with any registration. He wouldn’t even give anyone the private details of his shifting abilities. His species was one of the longest surviving in all of existence. He believed their secrecy was an advantage to remaining strong in numbers.
    Of course, he could be wrong. It wasn’t as if he had family or a mentor to ask. Bear shifters were not known to group together like others. While shifter wolves, birds and felines banded together for safety, Jamie had never had that option.
    Jamie had been on his own since he’d reached adulthood. His father had left not long after Jamie was born, and his mother had believed that mature offspring should make their own way in life.
    The old traditions were still followed by bear shifters. His upbringing was much different than any other shifter species he’d met.
    But Jamie didn’t mind. Sure, he got lonely, and seeing how strong the bond was with other species, he found himself envious, but all in all he was a pretty happy guy.
    He had a great job and wonderful friends. His two best friends were currently arguing about the merits of Cody moving into his girlfriend Aubrey’s house, or Cody and Aubrey finding a new place.
    Jamie just listened, amused by their bantering and candidness.
    “It’s hers,” Cody argued. “I want something that belongs to both of us.”
    “You want a place where you know she didn’t fuck Adrian,” Zak countered.
    Cody scowled, and Jamie lifted his beer to hide his grin.
    “What does Aubrey say?” Jamie asked.
    He admired Cody’s girlfriend. She was also a falcon shifter like Cody. During their first meet, he had wanted to make sure that she was the right woman for his friend.
    Aubrey had proved to be Cody’s match in every way, a perfect woman for his buddy. Jamie envied him that.
    “She says she’ll move if that’s what I really want, although she thinks it’s stupid. She likes her house and it’s paid for,” Cody confided.
    “You’re not going anywhere,” Jamie told him.
    Cody shook his head while Zak snorted. There was no doubt in Jamie’s mind that Cody would give up his quest to get Aubrey to move out of her house.
    Cody and Aubrey had a long history together. Long before Cody had joined the