Blacktail Deer Plateau Take some Time for me

"Why on earth would Osprey refuse to eat?" Peregrine asked after a few slow blinks. Was his sister sabotaging the Healer's efforts to make her well? If so, why? Or was Blue Willow simply mistaken? The Alpha male loved, cherished and respected both women, so it made him uneasy knowing that one of them was in the wrong. Unless Osprey was still so sick that she couldn't keep food down... but Peregrine couldn't bear to contemplate that.

"Well, good," he replied distractedly. "We appreciate the gifts, by the way," he added. The mention of them actually reminded him of a passing thought he'd had recently and he decided to voice it. "We appreciate you looking out for our family. In fact, we consider you to be a part of that family. Especially after what happened to Pied and everything that came afterward, we're not exactly conventional. And the pack's small and tightly-knit. I don't want you to feel like an outsider just because you're not wearing the Redleaf-DiSarinno name. And I hope you'll let the children think of you as their aunt..."