Bramblepoint medusa and hemlock

Peregrine inserted his tongue into the space between his lower lip and teeth, holding that thoughtful pose as Taltos spoke. The fact that he instead described Peregrine himself caused a laugh to rumble up from the dark Alpha's chest. He guffawed outright when Lasher called him kind.

He sobered slightly at the question, drawing in a very deep breath which he trapped in his chest for three seconds before slowly releasing. "There was only one other," Peregrine replied. "He was beautiful, although the two of you couldn't have been more different, physically speaking. He vanished a while back," he said, looking at his broad paws. "We only made love once, right before he went missing."

And he hadn't so much as looked at another man since. As Lasher well knew, Peregrine hadn't been able to perform when the opportunity had presented itself. Peregrine wondered if he would ever take another male lover again. He didn't think so.