Fox's Glade Secluded Sanctuary

he was certainly handsome.  merrick decided to allow himself that bit of inner pleasantry. but the look of this skoll was not the sum of his worth.
he eyed briefly the curve of the larger man's throat a moment, appreciative,
hungry.
"i'll allow it," merrick declared, but his tone was bemused. "this is what i intend to be ursus. a land where we are not the most powerful. the bears control here. we are their subjects."