Firefly Ravine They call you cry baby

Tiny cries and puppy noises drew Zephyr in from a walk, though he kept quiet and made sure to not get too close. The two little rats in his jaws suddenly not so important to him, and with a sigh he set them at the entrance of Sens whelping den. Not long did he stay close, shuffling away and only standing within a few feet till the meager food was gone. It'd taken the brute so long to catch those, and he'd been hoping to share them with Rana. However, the new mother would need them much more than he, especially if Depp wasn't around to help her.
       "If you need a break someday, I can step in." 
Obviously not now, but whenever she was fully sick of the screams. The ebony male wished so bad to go look now, but was sure to earn more scars if he did so. 
Would be be around long enough to see these pups grow up? Or would he have been long gone by that time, ruling his own lands?