"None of that," Sirius said sternly, but the hand he set on Faelan's hand was gentle and supportive. "I want you. I gather Neville's glad to have you around, as well. For all you know, your siblings might have wanted you, and even want you still, right? And your birthday was hardly unobserved.
"Your parents may have been cowards, and your former pack a lot of brutish fools, but don't burden yourself -- or the rest of the world -- with that."