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that amazing scent I could smell does not mean that Damien is my mate.”
    “I am sorry,” Shawn said as he rested his hands on Scott’s ribs and started healing them, “but it seems that he is. And yes,” Shawn said to Scott’s unasked question, “he already knows about it.  That’s why he was so upset about you being attacked.”
    “Oh that is just fucking brilliant,” Scott groaned.
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    Damien was torn.  The sight of his mate sitting in the grass, blood all over his lovely face and bruises on his ribs made him just want to kill someone.  He was also hellishly aroused.  His mate was naked and he had an awesome body.  So caught up in his blatant regard for Scott’s solid muscles, tanned skin and well-toned legs, he totally disregarded Kane’s yelling for the moment.  But when Shawn and Scott just disappeared from the clearing, Kane’s words finally got through to him.
    “…what are you going to do about it, fucking Alpha of the Texan rapists pack?”
    “They were going to rape him?” Damien growled, going deadly calm.
    “Didn’t you hear anything my Alpha just said,” the twin, Troy said angrily.  “Your fucking enforcers were so busy trying to get a piece of ass they not only totally wasted their time on the scouting mission they also tried to take Scott by force.  Scott was trying to do the right thing and lead them back to the house.  He didn’t want to leave strangers to our area in the forest, and he only shifted to tell them to fuck off and get back to the house.”
    “ They grabbed him,” Troy stepped up to Damien, “they fucking grabbed him and when he told them no, they punched him, in his ribs and his face so they could just take him anyway.  Is that how things are done in Texas because it doesn’t wash down here?  Now what are you going to do about your fucking enforcers?”
    “Troy,” Kane said, warning him to be quiet.   Damien was an Alpha after all.
    “No Kane, I ’m sorry.  This whole mess is the Texas pack’s fault and now my brother is hurt.  Not by a bloody bear shifter, but by the men who are supposed to be here to help us.  How helpful is it that my brother has a broken nose and broken ribs and was damn near raped?”
    “Careful pup,” Damien said to Troy. “I don’t take kindly to being disrespected.  But,” he said as he saw that Troy was going to start up again, “you do have a good point.  Your brother was attacked by my enforcers and as such, under pack law, you and your Alpha get to decide what should happen to them.  Personally I would just kill them , but if you can think of something you would rather have happen instead, then I will abide by your decision.”
    “You would kill them, both of them,” Kane said flatly while Troy just stood quietly gob-smacked.  Sure the attack on Scott was bad - the actions broke a lot of pack laws, but rape was not unheard of in some packs.  Death seemed a bit extreme.
    “Scott is my mate,” Damien said shortly.  “I am inclined to kill them both, yes.”
    Kane and Troy both stared at Damien in shock for a moment and then Troy shook his head, the disgust on his face evident.
    “Oh this day just gets better and better,” he said crossly, “I am going back to the house to check up on my brother ,” the emphasis for Damien more than Kane. He headed back to the tree line and the pack house.
    “And when did you find time, in all of this mess,” Kane asked, “to realize that one of my pack members was your mate?”
    “Shawn and I were talking about it when you came out and interrupted us on the porch. I’d been feeling edgy since I got here, and yes it is more than just seeing you two all lovey dovey and sickening,” Damien snarled.  “I smelt him in the house and Shawn worked out who it was.  When I saw Scott in the glade just before, all bloodied like that, I have never wanted to kill anyone as much as I do those two enforcers right now.”
    Surprisingly Kane grinned. “Well