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He didn't reply to the first question. But the second one he answered easily. "Yes. Haven't I said as much, like, twenty times today?" Peregrine asked, his voice slightly exasperated but his tone kindly. "And, yes, I'd like you to be part of the pups' lives..." Maybe he wasn't hitting the nail on the head here. Before he could continue, Pan said some key words that caused the Alpha's lips to draw into a line of consternation.

"Pan..." he began slowly. "They won't be yours. You won't be their parent. That's what I'm trying to tell you. I want you involved and think you'd be a great dad. But I'm their dad and Fox is their mother. And when the time comes, I'll be very dedicated to her and to them." Maybe that's what he was really trying to say: that he wouldn't have time for Pan. And maybe that was the cold, hard truth, but it was also true that Peregrine wanted Pan to be happy too.

"I know Fox cares for you," he continued after a brief pause, "but she won't want to share the parenting with anybody but me. Everyone else in the pack will help to raise them, including you, but they will be ours and only ours. That's what I'm trying to say," Peregrine repeated. "And you deserve more than that. That is my entire point," he finished and fell silent.