Nocturne Summit don't keep saying our hands are tied

As worry flooded Speedy's face Charon instantly regretted breaking the subject. But it needed to be talked about, especially now that they were headed back to the real world. Speedy seemed torn; between wanting to tell and wanting to spare him and his family all of this. She brought up another point -- pups -- and Charon was torn this time, too. Mostly torn between what would be clever to say. If they did not mention the culmination of Speedy's heat and she was not pregnant then everything would turn out fine. But if she was...

And he didn't want to hide it. Charon instantly said: I'll protect them, too. They were not just Speedy's, after all. Somehow. We'll make it work. I just need to think of how and what we'll say. A bold thought entered Charon's mind, then. What if he took Speedy as his mate and fought Amekaze for her right to be Alpha at his side? But then, when he thought of Amekaze, Charon still felt guilty for what he had done at least a little bit. When he thought of his mate, and of all the litters they had raised together... She didn't deserve that.

But neither did Speedy. It would be a very rough patch, but they'd get through it. They had to. Now Charon just needed to figure out what on earth he'd say to Ame and Hydra. Hopefully with all the hormones swirling to have subsided, they'd both be a bit more reasonable. He had not forgotten he had left Amekaze with a fight last time they'd seen each other.