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care.
    Carlos reined in his rampaging wolf
and discarded his wolf form for his human one.
    “Jax Starr, enough games. We’re
going to settle our score right here and right now.”
    Reed’s face was one of genuine
shock. He stared up at Carlos like he couldn’t believe he was really real.
    “Carlos Medina. What an unexpected
surprise.” Jax was still in his wolf-man form, so his voice came out as a
half-growl mixed with barely intelligent human sounds. “We’ll fight after I
deal with internal pack business.”
    Carlos calmly crossed his arms.
“Dealing with the betrayal of your second?”
    Jax snarled. “Reed Williams is no
second of mine. He’s only an exiled wolf without a pack.”
    “He’s not your second and no longer
part of your pack?” Carlos asked again.
    “I just said he wasn’t, you fool,”
Jax replied impatiently.
    “You can’t kill him then,” Carlos
told him plainly.
    “What the fuck are you talking
about?” Jax demanded, finally turning his full attention to Carlos.
    “You said so yourself, Jax. Reed is
no longer your second or part of your pack, but he’s still my mate, fractured
as our mate bonds may be.”
    “Your mate?” Jax spat in disbelief, as if he couldn’t comprehend what Carlos was saying in
his rage.  
    Reed
was telling the truth. Jax doesn’t know we used to be mates.
    Feeling strengthened, Carlos
patiently continued. “According to universal pack laws, you’re not allowed to
execute Reed. He may be a lone wolf now, but he’s also my mate. You have to
kill me first before you can kill Reed.”
    It must’ve been a twist to Jax
Starr’s pride, because Carlos just used the same rules Jax used when he sent
Terrence’s former mate to New Haven.
    “You dare quote pack laws to me,
bastard?”
    “Alpha, I hate to say this, but
he’s right,” a werewolf said.
    “Shut up.” Jax’s eyes narrowed at
him. “Fine. This works for me. I’ll kill you and Reed
can watch me horribly torture you.”
    “Peachy.”
    Carlos expected treachery from Jax.
Because Jax was already half-shifted, he managed to attack Carlos first without
waiting for him to finish shifting. Carlos managed to dodge the large wolf
before the beast could close its jaws on his throat.
    He grunted, ignoring the enormous
rake marks on his chest, and continued shifting. By the time Jax went for his
throat again, Carlos was fully shifted. It was time to dance. Ten minutes was
all he needed. Ten minutes was all he had to rid himself of the menace
threatening his pack and claim back his mate.

 
    Chapter Five
     
    Eyes still wide and heart still
thumping, Reed watched Carlos’s golden beast from the sidelines. He’d been
ready for his death, some part of him even longed for it. The last thing he had
expected was Carlos coming to his rescue. Although Jax’s wolf had a few pounds
on Carlos’s beast, the two Alphas were evenly matched in battle.
    A large white beast with arctic
blue eyes padded to Reed’s side, followed by a smaller, leaner brown beast.
Bones popped and fur receded back to human skin, revealing Don and his mate,
Ricky.
    “Don, Ricky.” Reed’s face and body
still hurt from the pummeling it took from Jax and his other enforcers. He was
unable to stand on his own two feet, so he settled on the floor.
    Ricky grinned. “Hey Reed, it’s good
to see you’re still alive.”
    Ricky was one of the submissive
wolves who had defected from the Starr Mountain Pack to the New Haven Pack.
Reed didn’t know the Omega well, but he was happier than he’d seen him.
    The mate bonds surrounding Don and
Ricky were hard to miss. They pulsed and glowed with an enviable color just
like the pack bonds surrounding the New Haven Pack and their leader. Reed
wondered if the other members of his pack felt the difference.
    “He’s not going to last you know,”
Don said too quietly for the other watchers to hear.
    Reed jerked up in surprise. “Carlos
is doing just fine. In fact, he might only be the one who’s