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tongue and took a happy swipe at Reven’s nose, causing the large man to laugh. Jax thought she would melt when he turned those twinkling blue eyes to her.
     
    “Do you know how big he will get? I don’t want to call him something like ‘Killer’ if he’s only going to be a little guy.” Reven asked, surprised that he and Jax seemed to be speaking without their typical digs at each other. He felt like he was walking a very fine line here and didn’t want to ruin the moment.
     
    Jax looked closely at the black and tan puppy, noting the size of his paws, markings and the size of his mother before answering. “I’d say he’s got some Shepard in him, and his paws are already pretty big…” Jax paused as Reven gently lifted one of the puppy’s paws with a grin.
     
    “So he’s going to be a big guy!” Reven said with excitement before he thought of something. “What would he like to be called?”
     
    Jax looked at Reven in surprise before asking the puppy. “Your new daddy wants to know what you would to be called.”
     
    “I want to be… I don’t know. Will the people who hurt my mommy hurt me too?” The puppy asked, his eyes drifting closed as he started to fall asleep on Reven’s broad shoulder.
     
    Jax sucked in a breath of pain and rage before answering the puppy with a calmness she didn’t feel. “Your new daddy and I would kill anyone who tried to hurt you.”  
     
    “Ok… but I don’t want a new mommy. I want my mommy back.” The puppy said before succumbing to his exhaustion.
     
    “Is he ok?” Reven asked, worried that Jax became so sad and angry at the same time the puppy stopped moving.
     
    Jax cleared her throat and nodded at Reven. “Yeah, he’s just exhausted. He doesn’t know what he wants to be called. You’ll have to pick something.”
     
    “Are you sure he’s ok?” Reven asked again, lines of worry creasing his forehead as he turned different ways to try to get a better look at the puppy without disturbing his sleep.
     
    Jax shook her head at the huge man twirling around trying to look at the puppy. The last thing she would have ever expected of this arrogant jerk would be for him to be felled by a little black and tan face and a tiny bark.   
     
    “He’s fine; he's just sleeping.” Jax assured him as she filtered through his energy to make sure he wasn’t pretending to like the puppy.
     
    What she found shook her. He was not only genuinely worried for the puppy; he really did like the little guy. He was also nervous though, why she didn’t know.
     
    “What would be a good name for him? I don’t want to name him something he wouldn’t like.” Reven asked, not wanting the little guy to be stuck with a name he would be ashamed of.
     
    “We can figure something out later. Right now, the vets are coming, and we need to head out.” Jax said, moving towards the three SUVs pulling into the parking lot.
     
    Kintaq, head animal doctor of the Alliance, quickly exited the first SUV and met Jax. “What are we looking at?” He asked, looking around for his patients.
     
    Jax turned with him and headed towards the alley, explaining along the way. “I called them here to help us find the girls, but we didn’t expect them to be so hungry and sick. Some are badly injured and barely made it here.”
     
    “The little guy who has adopted Reven,” Jax said with a grin as they passed Reven. “Lost his mother when she knew she had gotten him to safety.”
     
    Kintaq paused at the puppy Reven was holding, doing a cursory visual of him to ensure he didn’t need immediate care. Once he was assured the puppy was fine for now, he followed Jax into the alley and fought back his own rage at what he saw.
     
    With a heavy sigh, Kintaq turned to Jax. “We will do all we can. Call to you anyone able to help, and we’ll give them a quick check and shots for healing before they head out. Make sure to tell them to come back later so we can do full work-ups and get them