Tryson shook his head, but did not intervene when Pete raised a lip at one of the Tigers, sitting at the foot of the tree in the middle of the village. The tiger snarled, but did not get to his feet.
Tryson left out him. As Alpha, he should omit most of them if he chose, even though it wasn't his way. But he would do the whole thing he ought to to avoid warfare today of all days. If any individual wanted to show off, or challenge, or bait him, let them do it when he and Diane have been safely mated and back from their solitude.
The solitude…
Every time he idea of all that time alone with Diane , the freedom to do whatever they chose, every time they chose, his whole chest squeezed. Then his ribs would ache and he'd be reminded the other reasons why he desired to avoid all viable figh
