"I know," he whispers softly against Derek's cheek as he nuzzles him again. "You did the best you could, given what you knew. I don't blame you for it. I didn't get it at the time, but I do now. And they're good for you, and you're good for them -- they're good for each other. I think you made a good decision with them. They needed this."

He wouldn't have thought so months ago, but he did now. He saw how they settled into the pack, in their own new skin once they got over the intial high of the power trip they were on.