Blacktail Deer Plateau Take this feeling and make it grow

"Don't," he replied a little bit inanely, hating that she could empathize with his grief and disliking that sad little smile even more. He hid his face in her neck, nuzzling her affectionately. "I'll slap the fuck out of that asshat as soon as I see him next," he murmured into the curve of her throat, punctuating this threat with a growl to show he meant business.

After a moment, he pulled back to look into her face, their noses nearly touching. "What can I do, for real?" he asked. If Osprey asked him to lay off, he would do that, but he would also be more than happy to track Atticus down and make good on his not-so-playful threat. How dare he drag Osprey through the dirt like this. How dare he make her cry and hurt her heart this way. Regardless of his own sins against Peregrine himself, these things made the swarthy Alpha's blood boil black with fury.