Blacktail Deer Plateau Follow your heart, little child of the west wind

She said the word mate, which he noted with interest. So Hawkeye required a formal bond prior to producing any litters. He pondered this a moment. He'd never been close to a she-wolf besides Osprey, who was his sister, and he'd never aspired to find a mate and father pups. With his new life at plateau came many changes, however, and as he looked down at Hawkeye, he did so lustfully and longingly.

"I would like to offer myself. I'm not after the rank beside you," Peregrine said slowly but deliberately, "but I would like the honor of being by your side and fathering your pups. If you'll have me, that is," he added a little hastily, with a chivalrous dip of his swarthy muzzle.