Sam "Mozart" Reed

Nickname
 Significant other
 Child(ren)
 Team Affiliation(s)
 Core group of friends
Christopher "Abe" & Alabama Powers (children Tommy, Brinique, Davisa, and Kate)
Hunter "Cookie" & Fiona Knox
Faulkner "Dude" & Cheyenne Cooper (child Taylor)
Kason "Benny" & Jessyka Sawyer (children Sara, John, Callie, James, Matthew, and Jessie)
 Other friends
Cooper Nelson
Slade "Cutter" Cuttsinger
SEAL of Protection: Legacy team
Keane "Ghost" Bryson
Penelope "Tiger" Turner
 Other family
 Career

## Biography

### Early Life

In high school, Mozart was friends with Cruz Livingston.

### Avery

When Mozart was a teenager, his younger sister Avery was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered. His parents \_\_.

In the investigation, the likely suspect was Ben Hurst. At that point, Mozart began to start a revenge plan to take down Hurst.

* Before *Protecting Caroline*, Mozart asked Tex to help him research Hurst's location.

Cruz cites Avery's murder as the impetus for him to pursue a career in law enforcement. He has a tattoo with Avery's initials on his right arm.

### *Protecting Caroline* (2014)

Mozart, Wolf, and Abe take a vacation before beginning a new mission, traveling to Norfolk to visit Tex.  On the plane, Mozart, in seat 18C, notices Wolf's signal warning him about the drinks. He notices Caroline coming toward the back of the plane, as she was sitting next to Wolf. Caroline pretends to trip into Mozart, slipping him a coded note Wolf wrote.  As the team begins to regain control of the plane, Mozart kills the man fighting with Caroline in the aisle.

After joining back up with Caroline, she reminds Mozart that they met before the plane boarded, as she attempted to scoot past him along a row of chairs in the airport.

## Characteristics

* At the beginning of *Protecting Caroline*, Mozart is seen as a ladies' man who easily attracts short-term partners (or "fresh meat". He is a bit of a flirt.

## Physical Description

* Dark hair
* Dark eyes
* 3 scars on the right side of his face from the ambush at the cabin in *Protecting Caroline* (2014)

## Relationships

### Romantic

* Adelaide and Michele
	+ Adelaide and Michele were regulars at Aces Bar & Grill. When Abe and Cookie express their interest in them, respectively, Mozart mentions that he had sex with them both a couple of weeks prior. None of his friends were surprised that he had sex with two women at once.
* Molly
	+ When Alabama first meets the team at Aces Bar & Grill, Mozart is dating someone named Molly.
* Summer Pack
	+ April Reed
	+ Sam Reed, Jr.

## Appearance(s)

* *Protecting Caroline* (2014)
* *Protecting Alabama* (2014)
* *Protecting Fiona* (2014)
* *Marrying Caroline* (2015)
* *Protecting Summer* (2015) - main character
* *Protecting Cheyenne* (2015)
* *Protecting Jessyka* (2015)
* *Protecting Julie* (2015)
* *Protecting Melody* (2015)
* *Justice for Mickie* (2015) - mentioned
* *Protecting the Future* (2016)
* *Rescuing Rayne* (2016)
* *Shelter for Elizabeth* (2016)
* *Rescuing Emily* (2016) - mentioned (not by name)
* *Protecting Alabama's Kids* (2016)
* *Shelter for Adeline* (2017) - mentioned
* *Marrying Emily* (2017)
* *Protecting Kiera* (2017)
* *Protecting Dakota* (2017) - mentioned
* *A Moment in Time* (2018) (story: "The Boardwalk")
* *Securing Caite* (2019)
* *Securing Sidney* (2019)
* *Shelter for Koren* (2019) - mentioned
* *Shelter for Penelope* (2019)
* *Securing Kalee* (2020)
* *Another Moment in Time* (2020) (story: "Caroline's Surprise")
* *Securing Jane* (2021) (not by name)

### Special Forces: Operation Alpha Books

* *Redemption for Avery*
* *Safeguarding Miley*
* *Securing Ara*
* *Shielding Evanleigh*

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Protecting Caroline* (2014), chapter 1
2. ↑ *Protecting Caroline* (2014), chapter 5
3. ↑ *Protecting Caroline* (2014), chapter 9
4. ↑ *Protecting Caroline* (2014), prologue
5. ↑ *Protecting Alabama* (2014), chapter 10