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Her first question read as purely rhetorical, so Peregrine made no reply. But her second question begged an answer. His lowered gaze lifted briefly to her face, then dropped back to his broad paws. He shook his head no. Even before the incident, he had given up on Luke. The male had left him waiting... waiting... and waiting some more. Peregrine didn't mind delayed gratification but there came a point when interest waned. He had reached and bypassed that point.

That wasn't to say he wouldn't have welcomed the man's friendship or not given him a second chance but wasn't that all irrelevant now? So he answered simply and truthfully, "No."