Blacktail Deer Plateau Change makes me nervous

"Yes, she's definitely rough. I'm hoping that once they're grown enough to set them loose in the territory, the constant persecution will stop. Osprey can channel her fierce energies elsewhere—on hunting, I hope—and Saēna will have plenty of room to escape and avoid her. It'd be great if it removed the tension and maybe settled everything down between the pups. I want them all to be friends, though I know it doesn't always happen the way it did with Atti, Crete, Osprey and myself." The four of them had been some type of fluke. They'd also had the benefit of true brother- and sisterhood, whereas the plateau's four pups weren't technically (or genetically) as close.

For a while, Peregrine watched the pups and the surrounding clearing, letting the quiet instill some steadiness within him. He sensed Kisu nearby and wondered if he was avoiding the rendezvous site because of the recent tension between the former Alpha pair. And where was Hawkeye? It was unusual for her to be gone so long, though Peregrine was secretly very glad for her absence. Once she turned up, he would probably ask Blue Willow to move to the other side of the clearing.

"You know," he said after several moments, breaking the companionable silence, "I haven't actually talked to her directly yet. We'd already had a talk in which we basically separated but I haven't told Hawkeye what I know about her and Atticus. At first, I was so fucking angry, I couldn't even look at her, much less speak to her. Then I was planning to cool off and confront her. Then I decided, why bother? What will it accomplish? Nothing. And I don't want to subject the kids to a blowout, so I'm just going to make it really clear with my body language and behavior that it's really done." Peregrine looked sideways, catching the Healer's eye, curious what she would make of his approach to his breakup.