Blacktail Deer Plateau Change makes me nervous

He didn't even flinch at her reaction, perhaps because he was used to small children yelling, screaming, spitting, snapping and, hell, even puking in his face. "It's cool," he said. "Sorry," he repeated when she said he'd hurt her.

She seemed concerned about him but he shook his head at her. "You know what? I feel very at peace with everything right now. It might be because I just spent a few hours with the kids. Had 'em all to myself. Or maybe it's just because I made the right decision for myself, for her and for our family." He shrugged.

Realizing he may sound callous, he added, "I mean, I'm bummed it didn't work out, of course, and that the kids are now part of a broken family. But I'm going to do whatever I can to make sure they don't feel the impact too bad, just like we talked about last time. I'm gonna be civil with their mom, in front of them and when they're not around, and show them that we don't love them any less just 'cause we're not together anymore."

Wetting his lips, Peregrine pondered whether he should mention the straw that had broken the camel's back. It involved Atticus, who was her possible love interest at this point (or so he still hoped). But it was in the past too and Peregrine enjoyed feeling as if he could tell the Beta female anything. It was wonderful having a friend like that at a time like this.

"Atti actually told me something which was the reason I officially decided to break things off," Peregrine said in a quieter voice. "He told me that he and Hawkeye practically fucked while we were together. I'm kinda pissed at him too but I'm just glad he came clean. She sure as shit never told me about it." And though he felt cool, calm and collected for the most part, some acid leaked into his voice as he conveyed this information to Blue Willow.