Redhawk Caldera trust issues

At first, he had a hard time not telling Fox about what had happened. He kept reminding himself that now was not the time to burden his mate with such nonsense. In any event, the encroaching birth helped take Peregrine's mind off things. Everything else ceased to be of any import to the father-to-be. He stayed close to Fox, making sure she wanted for nothing, and prepared to lay low with her and their newborns for a little while. Everyone and everything else could wait.

The Alpha female had other plans, though. As he trotted back toward their den with a freshly killed rabbit in his jaws, he heard his mate send out a call. Peregrine immediately broke into a gallop, wondering if she had gone into labor and needed assistance. Yet her voice led him to the shore of the lake, where he found the heavily pregnant Fox standing there with a look of anticipation upon her face. He hastened to her side, dropping the rabbit at her feet and nudging her.

"Everything okay?" he asked breathlessly, nosing her ear gently.