Moonsong Glacier and I'm drinking your wine

This answer pleased him. He was happy to think of Fallen Sun's children playing before them. He would do his part to raise his pack brother's children, and although some would surely disperse, he still liked to think of it as their family growing.

He shifted as she did, turning onto his belly to rest his head on his paws.

"I welcome this," he said. She knew that, of course. "I do not think he would refuse you, Eira. But if you do bear his children — " A heavy weight was upon his chest. "You must be sure that it is him that you want. This season and the next. I do not want to see his heart broken."

He touched her paw with his nose.

"Nor yours, snowfall woman," he assured her, his voice soft. "I do not say this to doubt you. I speak to you because I cannot speak these words to him."