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watching old friends or family greet each other after being apart for a long time.
     
    Where Jax was normally tense, private and vigilant, now she was relaxed on the ground. She leaned back with a beautiful smile on her upturned face and giggled happily at the bird. Instead of the jealousy that would normally rage through him by now at such a display, he felt pride and happiness for her.
     
    He’d been such a fool; Reven thought with a sigh. He watched the smile begin to fade from her face as Jax stood up. Holding out her hand, Reven held his breath as the bird gently placed the tip of its wing in her open palm. They stared at each other for a moment before the bird shot into the sky, and Jax walked back to them.
     
    “The lights, sounds and the humans are wreaking havoc on the birds. I don’t think they can help much here.” Jax said with a sigh as she reached the SUV.
     
    Reven thought for a second of the beautiful bird that Jax felt such a friendship for and surprised even himself. “Get them out of here before one of them gets hurt. Are there not human pets or something else familiar with this city that would be safer to use?”
     
    Jax knew her mouth was hanging open unattractively, but she couldn’t seem to close it. She could not believe those kind words had come out of Reven’s mouth. The man who usually made it clear how much he hated her animals, was trying to protect them.
     
    Something was wrong damn it! Jax thought as she stared at the sexy stranger in front of her. That gorgeous and sweet guy could not be the same infuriating asshole Reven. It just wasn’t possible; she thought as she finally closed her mouth, still staring at his brilliant blue eyes.
     
    “What’s the deal Jax? He has a point.” Bree told her on their private path through the Shengari’.
     
    Jax was grateful that Bree jolted her out of her renewed perusal of the gorgeous man in front of her, and she turned to Crator and Bree.
     
    “Give me a second while I try something else.” Jax said before jogging over to an alley off the parking lot.
     
    Reven was going to follow, when he saw that she knelt at the ground at the opening to the alley and hadn’t slipped into the darkness. His breath caught in his throat when he saw the ugliest and meanest menagerie of animals he’d ever seen, come from the shadowy darkness and head towards her.
     
    “What are all those things?” Crator asked with a grimace that Reven could well relate to.
     
    Some of the creatures were nasty looking rats; others were beaten up looking cats of varying sizes and shapes, dogs that were injured and almost all were obviously starving. Some were even lacking most of their fur.
     
    No matter what shape they were in, they came to help the sole human that wouldn’t harm them in any way. That would give them love and friendship without pain or fear. Watching one dog limp slowly to Jax with only three legs damn near brought tears to Reven’s eyes.
     
    Cursing lowly, he looked around the parking lot they were in. Spotting what looked like a convenience store on the back side of the lot, he took long angry strides to it.
     
    “Where are you going? She’s going to kill you! You aren’t helping your case Reven!” Crator said as he caught up to him.
     
    Reven ignored him as he slammed into the store a little more forcefully than he intended, frightening the kid behind the clear plastic booth inside. Walking through the aisles full of miscellaneous items, he finally found what he was looking for and wiped out the entire shelf.
     
    “Oh… ok man. I get it.” Crator said with a smile.
     
    “Grab some water and those plastic bowl-like things.” Reven said as he dumped the bags on the counter and turned to the startled teen behind the flimsy plastic barrier.
     
    “You have any more of these in the back?” Reven asked him.
     
    At the boy's single, open mouthed nod, Reven looked around the store until he located the door that must lead to the back