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people.”
     
    Reven turned and saw Jax’s shocked expression. “He’s too little to have that be the last memory of his mother.”
     
    Reven said by way of explanation before he walked away from the dog’s body and into the alley with the other animals.
     
    Jax stood rooted where she was as she watched Reven walk away with the tiny puppy cradled tenderly in his arms. She was stunned as he kneeled down and let the puppy sniff and look at the other animals that were still eating and drinking.
     
    She was even more shocked when she heard Grai through the Shengari’. “Reven said there are about a dozen badly injured animals at your location. I’m sending some of our Sibiox staff out to help. Their ETA is another twenty minutes if you can hold your position.”
     
    “Yes, we’ll wait.” Jax responded woodenly.
     
    Unable to leave the dead mother dog, Jax went to the back of the SUV to grab a towel or blanket to cover her body. By the time she got back to the body, it was gone.
     
    Jax looked around frantically for the dog and couldn’t find her. She started to panic when Reven placed a hand on her shoulder.
     
    “Crator is giving her a proper burial. Is the little one going to be all right?” Reven asked, his concern for the puppy evident in his voice.
     
    Jax watched the man with a respect she never thought she would feel for him. The huge man stood there, gently swaying back and forth with the puppy nuzzled up against his neck. The first thing she thought was how wonderful he would be as a father, and immediately kicked herself. She had no business thinking about children or even him with children, she thought, mentally shaking herself.
     
    “Let me see him.” Jax said, holding out her hands for the puppy.
     
    Reven attempted to pull the little one away from his neck and the puppy immediately started crying and straining to stay with him. Reven cuddled him close again and shushed him.
     
    “Shhh, it’s ok little one. I won’t let you go. You’re safe now.” Reven whispered gently as he rocked and swayed with the traumatized puppy.
     
    Jax looked at Reven and the puppy curiously. It couldn’t be; she thought. Reaching out with her mind, she tried to speak to the little one again.
     
    “What did your momma call you?” Jax asked gently.
     
    The puppy didn’t even lift his head from Reven’s chest. “Momma called me Bartronellium, but you can’t call me that because you aren’t my momma!”
     
    Jax sighed, unsure how to proceed. She’d never had this much trouble connecting with an injured or abandoned animal before. She tried a different tactic this time.
     
    “The man holding you is named Reven. Do you like Reven?” Jax asked gently.
     
    Again, the puppy refused to look at her. “I like my new Daddy. You go away now.”
     

 
     
    Chapter Three
     
    Jax was stunned. She’d never met an animal that didn’t want anything to do with her before. What surprised her the most was how quickly the puppy had taken to Reven, of all people.
     
    “Your new daddy needs to know what to call you.” Jax said, trying again to get through to the puppy.  
     
    “My new daddy can call me anything he wants. You go away now!” The puppy said the last with a tiny little bark that did nothing to frighten Jax, who turned disbelieving eyes to Reven.
     
    “Well, congratulation's big guy. You are now the new daddy of the baby. He refuses to let me near him, but he says you can name him anything you want.” Jax told a startled Reven.
     
    “It’s a boy?” Reven asked with a smile, not bothering to look.
     
    “Yes, he’s a boy. And he’s determined that you are his new daddy.” Jax said, eyeing Reven curiously as she waited for the word daddy to sink in.
     
    “Awww, the poor little thing. How big are you going to be little one? Damn, it’s a shame we can’t make him a collar like Gibly’s.” Reven said to the puppy as he held him up to his face.
     
    The puppy reached out his tiny