Blacktail Deer Plateau Discretion of the Mind · PACK MEET

Peregrine knew his promotion would surprise everyone—himself included, really—and that his brothers might feel weird about it in particular. He did not anticipate the depth of their dubious anger, though he did feel a pressing need to pull them aside and speak with and reassure them. He decided he would do it as soon as possible after the meeting. He had a bit of an internal struggle as he tried to decide which was more important: consummating his mate-ship with Hawkeye or speaking to Atticus and Crete. Oblivious to Atticus's glare and fully entranced by the view of his new mate's buttocks, he decided on the former.

Catching himself, Peregrine shook his head as if trying to clear cobwebs from it and refocused on the conversation at hand as several of their pack mates voiced their plans for co-ranks. He smiled encouragingly at each of them, happy to hear their eager dedication to their respective callings. Hawkeye agreed that their choices seemed to fit them and Peregrine nodded, his black tail waving.

With that, the meeting drew to a close. As the pack began to disperse, Peregrine lingered, hoping to get his mate alone. Instead, she signaled him that she needed to speak to Ariston. Although this caused the new Alpha male to shoot the pale male an impatient look, he nodded. "Come find me as soon as you're done," Peregrine whispered in her ear before disembarking to give the two space, "and you can have your way with me." Perhaps it would've been more conventional for him to say and I can have my way with you but, if anything, he belonged to her. And, well, the Redleaf-DiSarinno was more than happy with that arrangement.