Redhawk Caldera native boomerang

When he heard that Junior had been here and Fox hadn't bothered to mention it to him, Peregrine's watery eyes cut to her face. "She was here? And you didn't tell me? Why?" he asked, even though she'd already explained. "How is she? Did she look all right? Why was she all the way out here?"

But there was more to the story. Saēna had evidently done the same thing. He thought of his youngest daughter's face crumpling at the meeting. He couldn't find it within himself to be angry with her over her behavior. He had hurt her. They had hurt her.

"We deserve it," he whispered flatly after a moment. "Do you know how many relationships I've damaged — some maybe beyond repair — doing all of this?" he questioned, feeling suddenly overwrought. "I lost Lasher, my kids hate me, my best friend is horribly disappointed..."

All for you, he thought but he didn't go that far. He knew she was worth it, as were the pups they would bring into the world soon. That didn't stop it all from being horribly difficult and, at the moment, he simply couldn't pretend to be unaffected by everything that had happened.