Redhawk Caldera Sequestration

He bobbed his head absently at his son's response. In a way, she had abandoned them, yet Wildfire had at least gone about it the right way. And Peregrine could hardly hold it against her. He had left a pack once too, in search of greener pastures. He had an inkling that his daughter's decision to move was somewhat similar to his. Charon and Floki were both young, strong, healthy bachelors. Perhaps she would start a life there with one of them. Maybe she would even have pups—his grandchildren—one day.

Nightjar's next comments dragged Peregrine out of his thoughts. "What?" he blurted, brow furrowing. "Disloyalty. I escorted her out." The black Alpha's ears fanned backward and he repeated, "What?" in a slightly sterner voice as comprehension dawned on him. It wasn't difficult to decipher what must have happened, even with so little information. Wildfire must have told her brother her intentions and he had taken it upon himself to escort her away.

"Nightjar! You didn't harm her, did you?" he asked a bit sharply, then sucked in a rapid breath as he fought against the urge to rebuke Nightjar. Had his son actually done a bad thing? No, not really. But all the same, "I don't appreciate you taking it upon yourself to exile our members, especially not those born and raised here, NJ. I appreciate your dedication to your trades but... I didn't even think she was decided?" he thought aloud, jade eyes squinting slightly. "In any case, you should let your mother and I decide who stays and who goes," he finished on a slightly brusque note.

His ears splayed backward and he shook his head, sighing. First Fox's failed pregnancy and now this. His son had literally kicked his daughter out on her ass. And he really couldn't fault the boy. Perhaps he himself had been too lenient, allowing Wildfire to dither while she decided whether to stay or go. He supposed he had been hoping she would stay in the end. In any case, Peregrine knew his feelings were biased because Wildfire was and always would be his baby girl and he was a little impressed by Nightjar's apparent ability to be objective despite familial relations. Well, it was just another promising sign that the nearly grown boy would possibly make a stone cold king one day.

And he wouldn't have any younger competition anytime soon, a depressing thought which struck him like a dull blow. "Hey, I don't know if we mentioned it to you but I don't think the new pups will be here as soon as we thought. Maybe in spring." Hopefully Fox would go into season again then and everything would work out... assuming, of course, that neither one of them had suddenly gone infertile along the way. Between that thought, his existing disappointment at the unhappy news and now Wildfire's fresh absence, Peregrine swore he could feel his bruised heart throbbing in his chest.