Blacktail Deer Plateau Play that song again

"Yeah…" he agreed softly in response to his brothers comments about the kids. "They're growing up so fast. I feel like every time I blink, I miss something." On one hand, he couldn't wait to see what the future would bring as each of the pups grew up and became their own people. But on the other hand, their puppyhood was speeding by way too damned quickly. The fact that they were already wandering around on their own was proof of that. Soon, they would be learning to hunt and thinking about trade apprenticeships of their own.

Thoughts of his brother's kids brought to mind thoughts of his own kids. He hadn't seen Kraken or Bones for a while now. He worried about them -- particularly Bones, since she'd gone to such trouble to find him and had been visiting fairly regularly -- but he couldn't go looking for them. His place was here, and Bones had known that when she chose to remain with the pack at Swiftcurrent Creek.

He snickered as his brother mentioned that he'd forgotten to tell his co-Alpha about this promotion. "That's going to get you in trouble one of these days, bro," he commented with a grin. "But yeah, we need to fill her in. And anything that involves me seeing her is a good idea in my book." Though they were still only getting to know one another, Atticus was becoming seriously interested in Blue Willow. It wasn't even so much a physical attraction, as was usually the case with men. It was her personality and her intelligence that drew him in more than anything else.