Blacktail Deer Plateau Sweater weather

"I don't," Peregrine said simply. "All right, you stay here and I'll go hunt her down. I'll be back, I promise." Giving her an innocent look, the Alpha male turned and loped up the towpath to the plateau.

Trotting through the wood, he headed for the den he shared with the pack's Alpha female. "Hawkeye, babe," he called as he neared it, "Pied's here to visit you!" He hoped the name would stir his mate, if nothing else would—supposing she was actually asleep in their den and not out cavorting somewhere else entirely.