"That's probably a good call. But hey, at least you've got plenty of entertaining, gripping conversation to keep you busy." Dante winked, lips curling up in a grin. Truthfully he wondered somewhat if Peregrine would hang around him were the case otherwise. He was the center of this huge pack, surrounded by family and likely admirers. True, Dante now occupied a higher rank, but he was still often a background player. He didn't shine the way Peregrine did. He never had.
Dante honestly wasn't sure how he felt about the handsome male with whom he had formed such a connection to already. They had hit it off right away, and he certainly felt the same attraction that Peregrine was thinking, but he had never known such attractions and therefore wondered if this was normal. When did one know? Dante had always known that gender had no play in attraction for him. He had never chased the girls when he was younger like the other males he came across, but neither had he chased the males. For him, attraction was something that required friendship first, a deep connection that grew into something more.
With Peregrine, he was getting the beginnings of that. However, there was that one glaring roadblock.... the other male was likely straight as an arrow. And if there was one thing Dante did not do, it was make advances on someone who likely would not appreciate them. There was no use betting on a losing horse that way. Their friendship was important to him, nothing would make him wager that.
Peregrine's laughter at his remark about Osprey brought a chuckle from him as well. He was being ironic, but he was truly fond of Perry's daughter. He questioned sometimes the interactions he had seen her have with her siblings, for it was not a leader's place to bully those under her. A leader should stick up for the lowest of the order, not harass them. Still, she was still learning, and with time and guidance would come wisdom. For now she was certainly entertaining to watch.
His next words made Dante glow with pleasure. He met Peregrine's eyes, holding them for a moment before breaking away, not wanting to make him uncomfortable. Again he felt that slight inkling and again he quelled it. "I really do. Yours is the best I've found, and believe me, I've been a lot of places." He looked out towards the mountains. Seemed odd that only a short time ago he had been crossing them with Helena, entering these lands for the first time.
"Have you spent your whole life here? Or was the great alpha Peregrine once a wanderer like myself?"
