Sleepy Fox Hollow Like a dream I can reach but not quite hold.

she did not accept his touch; rebuffed, mahler withdrew, though his ears attended each word. her grief was palpable, and he realized he had misspoken and removed her hope. 
but then nyx struck upon a notion that had always forced ice into his blood; the general's head rose sharply.
"i vonce hated an alpha female for suggesting such a thing to me. and then i abandoned her pack because i could not support such an idea," mahler growled, considering the fiery dragonness of swiftcurrent. "that vill never be a right of any leader in diaspora."
he softened, grew less terrible. "i do not think takiyok vould harm a child. the season makes fools of us all, clouds logic. she will come to understand."
or so he hoped, for it was her right as dominant female to mete our justice. but even if she had entertained such notions, the winterwhite would not seek death for his children, no matter their dam.
"children are the lifeblood of the pack. they should be sacred to every volf regardless of their parentage."