Blacktail Deer Plateau you can run, but you can't hide

Although Hawkeye did not look any different to the naked eye, Peregrine took her healthy appetite and penchant for mood changes as signs that she was carrying pups. He happily brought her meat and managed to keep his own temper in check even if hers flared. Although he'd never given a thought to fatherhood until now, he fell happily and easily into the role, just as he'd done with his Alpha male status in the pack.

Of course, supporting a pregnant mate made him all the more defensive of his homeland and its inhabitants, so when he roamed the plateau's edge and spotted a stranger squatting on his borders, he didn't hesitate. He flew down the towpath and galloped directly at the squatting wolf, hoping to bowl her over and dispatch her. Peregrine wasn't going to bother with mere threats in the face of such obscene violations of wolfish law; he aimed, simply and surely, to kill.