The Heartwood and i pray to god you dont come back here anymore

at once he was accepted; the boy's single eye widened in surprise, then narrowed with suspicion. she had not even fought his claim where another might find it spurious, and confirmed it was indeed the same man.
history between them; merrick relaxed, regarding the haggard shrew with a modicum of respect. curiosity cutting now through his deeper need; and she did not know it.
so she would go to plunder his body. merrick fell into careful step with the woman, enthralled by the sudden knowledge that they were bonded in such a bloody way.
"we knew each other," merrick murmured. "he didn't watch his kid very well." dire flash of teeth as he left the rawboned she-wolf to imagine what he had done there.
"he hunted me for it. found me finally. didn't expect the end, i suppose," the yearling added, preening before he realized it was in chase of a new sensation: approval.