Whitefish River a thousand times good night

last from me! <3

"i figured it was better than nothing, at the time," merrick rejoined lightly, though he was irritated to be drawn deeper into the lie. attention given over to the older woman, he nodded sagely as she finished. "thank you," he murmured, not offering himself as a potential recruit. their conversation had gone on long enough — merrick had gleaned the information for which he had come.
"i'd best be off your borders, then," he added, casting the pretty girl a cheeky wink before turning to trot back into the forest's recesses, affable expression dissolving as the serpentine cunning flickered in his eyes,
a den of little birds to destroy.