Blacktail Deer Plateau Take this feeling and make it grow

As Osprey wept openly on his shoulder, Peregrine's jaw tightened and suddenly the tethers between himself and Atticus began to loosen, fray and tear again. It made at least some sense for Atticus to avoid Peregrine there for a while but why Osprey? The Alpha's ears pinned flat to his head at the sound of her quiet sobs. He was angry with their elder brother all over again.

"That's unbelievable," Peregrine said tautly between lips pulled thin with displeasure. "He was avoiding me but I didn't know he was doing it to you too. Of course you haven't done anything, Oss!" he said vehemently. "I don't know what's going through Atti's head. He treated me like shit but at least there was some excuse for it, unfair as it was. I can't fathom why that dick hasn't bothered to give you the time of day, though, and I'm sorry." His voice lowered to a soft murmur and he slung a leg over her, pulling her into a tight, wolfish hug of comfort.