Redhawk Caldera The kids aren't alright

In retrospect, his words made no sense. Peregrine snorted quietly to himself, shaking his head lightly. But he was pretty sure the sentiment was clear. She meant a lot to him. She was his partner in life and the center of his universe. That hadn't wavered since the day they'd declared themselves.

He hesitated slightly at her implication. She wasn't in heat, so there was no danger of knocking her up right now. Slowly, a smile lit his salt-and-pepper features. "I may be old, I may be beat up, but I'll never let anything as stupid as all that get between me and that firecrotch," he growled.

All thoughts of Ferret, Jack and even his still healing wounds drained out of him as the Alpha grabbed at his mate, trying to hook a foreleg around her hip to spin her into place.