Blacktail Deer Plateau something happens when i hold him

Grayday let out one last sigh, the frantic look in his eye finally fading. Khoe wasn't there, and even better than that, Catori was. "Thanks, Red," he said, untucking her from under his chin and giving her a fond lick on the cheek. "You don't know what it means to me to finally have a partner - someone I can trust and rely on." It was true that he'd long considered Pema and Dawn to be his allies, but there was a certain sense of reciprocity between husband and wife. Things that were natural to share with Catori could not even be articulated in the face of the two young shewolves.

With a quiet hum, he turned his thoughts to the strange dog from the hotsprings. "If we see her again, should we offer her a place to stay?" he wondered aloud. "She won't be worth much, but she could probably babysit, or at least patrol and hunt small game. I hate to think of anyone out in this weather all alone."

Of course, he spoke not of Easy, Dauntless, and Lavender, but of litters soon to come.