thanks, but i'm going on my way now

Valkyrie listened intently, her mood unreadable as she considered the situation at hand. Though it had been a reasonable assumption to think impending motherhood would change things for Dutch in someway, the Drottin hadn’t anticipated she would want to leave the band.

“The father, can he not come here? You and I have an agreement, surely he can respect that and come to you. And your children will be as safe with us as they would with any pack.” What could a pack offer that a band could not because a fixed position?