Sequoia Coast DISCOVER · Jawbone Hill

When Hawkeye answered, Pied almost immediately realized she was talking about Peregrine... and, by the sound of it, his brothers—her uncles—as well. Of course, Pied knew each of them and understood her sister's comment. She reflected back on her brief, intense encounter with Peregrine in the woods and was relieved that he'd evidently returned to the plateau unmolested.

"You must be talking about Peregrine, Atticus and Crete?" she guessed. Technically, there were many brothers in that generation, yet it was pretty safe to assume it was Perry's litter mates who'd followed him here. "It's Tyrannus, actually," she corrected her friend lightly. "He's actually my mother's litter mate. We all lived in Flightless Falcons at one point," she explained. "I don't know any of the three very well but I think you've got a fine bunch of boys there... and all bachelors too."

Pied chortled lightly at the term old man. "We're good. We're talking more and more about a litter. I can't wait. Of course, the timing all depends on my biological clock... and I'm hoping with all of my being that Akhlut gives us his blessing before the alarm goes off."