Chapter 51

Nix’s POV

I looked at my friend on the ground. His lip is bleeding from the punch he had just received from Lottie. He can’t be Caren’s mate, not my Caren. This has to be a joke? Maybe it is a different Caren? But which way Lottie is trying to get to him, I don’t think it is.

I can’t believe Reed is mated to Caren. Or that he ran from her. I stared at him, shocked. He has explained to me all the reasons he did it. But he did it to Caren, the most fantastic woman on the face of this planet, and he ran from her. I am sad for him but devastated for myself. Now, knowing Caren isn’t my mate.

“She’s burning up.” Max shouts as he holds onto Lottie. Lottie will kill Reed if Max lets her go. I go over to help him control her. Her eyes flicker like she is about to shift. I don’t know Lottie or her wolf.

“Diesel, can Lottie absorb my strength like Caren did?” I asked my wolf. “It doesn’t work like that,” Diesel tells me. So, I just grabbed ahold of her. Max has burn marks on his