Firestone Hot Springs Memories Fade

The information about Constantine prompted him to wonder, "Is he like Junior was? A bit of a bully?" So far, none of the pups in Peregrine's second litter had proved to take after their older half-sister. There was no clearly dominant puppy in the batch. Of course, they were still young and sibling rivalry would develop, no matter what. But he hoped they would avoid establishing a dynamic like the Junior/Saena one of yore. That had been hard to deal with back in the day.

"Oh, you wanna hear something funny? Oss asked to be their fairy godmother," Peregrine shared after a beat. "My kids will never want for guardians. I hope you and Lasher will consider yourselves their aunt and uncle. I think of them as cousins," he said, referring to their pups collectively. For the moment, it did not occur to him that Blue Willow might feel understandably slighted about the godparent thing... but, no matter his closeness to any one wolf, it was a role he would only have ever assigned to someone in his own pack, purely for logistical reasons.