Blacktail Deer Plateau I'm not made of stone

Pain landed through her to see the strong Beta reduced to this. 

"Grezig," she murmured softly, brokenly, "don't.." she found herself whispering, moving forward to touch her muzzle comfortingly to the agouti's shoulder. She couldn't take this - seeing her friend so crushed and knowing that the only the thing she could do to fix it was the one action she could never perform. She could never give Kavik up, even if she wanted to.

"I," she began, words catching. "I am not against you having children, Grezig," she sighed, closing her eyes, "but I can't permit you to have them with my mate." 

The words that remained unspoken lingered in her eyes. 

I'm sorry you fell in love with him.