Redhawk Caldera As the seasons change I want to be there with you

He expected her to protest his idea and deny any possibility of it happening. Instead, she played along, assuring him that she would propose to Dante upon her return. Peregrine smiled, his tongue lolling out in a wolfish laugh.

"You two really would be a pretty pair," he said, "and maybe you could become the plateau's Alpha female. What would you think of that?" he asked, truly curious.

Just like Osprey had never seemed to harbor romantic aspirations, she had never seemed particularly ambitious either. She was a whimsical, free-spirited sort who never seemed to take life seriously. But if she was hitting middle age—and she was, they both were—maybe she would invest more in the idea of planting roots.