Bearclaw Valley i've seen their worlds inside my head

wasnt sure if i was supposed to post next or D:

a flash of red. merrick watched the girl bounce into the air, a set of needle-teeth briefly glinting. head cocked, he drifted ever closer, warily eyeing the blackbird. 
shifting movement soon drew his attention, and he stared at the child that had almost died the first night. by his edict.
someone else had paid that blood price.
mollified by the terror surging from the boy, merrick stole a few more steps, peering at them both with a carefully inscrutable expression.