Blacktail Deer Plateau shiver my timbers (join)

Peregrine listened, though he wasn't entirely sure he'd heard right. "The who?" was his first question and the second was simply, "'Crewless'?" He didn't like feeling stupid, though based on the boy's speech, he figured it was just a bit of a language barrier.

Although the youngster was sitting submissively, Peregrine could see the tension in every line of his black body. "Kraken," the Alpha male said authoritatively, "tell me who's after you and why. Are you in danger?"

His nostrils flared and his ears thrust upward as his dusky blue-green eyes lifted over the boy's head to scan their surroundings. He'd said these sirens might be days behind him, yet Peregrine studied the backdrop vigilantly and, when he found nothing and his gaze returned to the young male, he felt a protective instinct surging within him despite himself.