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He did not like that idea, and it showed in the tightening of his jaw. He wanted to demand that they find another way, that it wasn't safe for her to travel back and forth so much. He had some sense of the double standard he often harbored when it came to his wife, but he had difficulty seeing past it when he knew she would be in a situation where he had little control over what happened to her. Maybe, was all he could say, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. 

Qiao? he said. That would work, and she could be here to help you when you have the pups. He liked that idea. And maybe there was a way for that midwife to come here and help her too. It would ease some of his worry with all hands on deck.

Her last words made him slightly curve his lips. I have absolutely no doubt about that, he murmured against her fur, kissing the area his breath had just warmed.