Big Salmon Lake War paint

Peregrine couldn't recollect whether Luke had told him this before. A lot had happened since their last encounter, not to mention the ones prior. (If he'd been a philosophical sort, he might have mused over all the obstacles preventing he and Luke from getting together. Perhaps fate was working against them.) The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed that a wolf like Luke would remain on his own. This explanation made some sense, though.

"Why not? Where are you thinking of settling?" he asked. "You know, it's kind of too bad. I would have liked to recruit you. I know Fox would like to have you as well." Peregrine's head tipped slightly. He was satisfied with his mate and lover—he wondered what Luke would make of Pan—and their mutual attraction seemed to have simmered with time. But Luke was still a fit wolf and a good candidate for the caldera, so the Alpha wolf couldn't help but test the waters.