The Heartwood [m] partyin' to hella late

The formalities over and the teasing had come back to them both - it sparked in her eyes the same was he felt as he lead the way back to the mountain. FitzDutiful sincerely hoped that Tatum would like life as part of the mountain and, had he known her thought about whether he was the same, he would have been proud to announce he was. It was extremely rare that FitzDutiful had to throw down the alpha gauntlet, he had done it only once with Bindi when he had revoked her beta status from the pack. The new wolves wouldn't know that, and the ones who did weren't likely to hold that over Bindi anyhow - they were a family unit (or so he loved to think).

As they walked, and chattered, FitzDutiful was thinking of places to show. He would make sure to include the cache's and the important destination points. The back entrance cavern and the waterfall as well as informing her of - and briefly introducing Tatum to - the pups. His mate was no longer in the picture, no longer an issue, but he still put his children above anything and anyone. They were the pack's future after all.