Blacktail: A Novel

Before the kittens came, Hate occasionally had similar thoughts about his own mate. What of the father?” The rabbit opened his eyes at this, and Hate thought the look in them was strange. “No one knows, lord. It is the way of the pack that only the lord and lady may mate. He bent again, deeper this time, burying his nose in Nugget’s belly, then deeper, first through his flesh, then his guts, finally into the clear blue flame of faith that had called him out to Blacktail’s path with an offering in his mouth.