Bearclaw Valley could wrap up the sun, and protect the girls

love in the hard gemlike cut of her eyes. merrick was caught off-guard briefly; his teeth flashed in a mirthless grin.
"i'm told we're going to be parents."
merrick, vengeful.
merrick, bracing himself for astara's headlong shift into motherhood, into indra. how long before she too abandoned them.
"i'm going to kill them as soon as they're born. don't try to stop me," he warned. the blackbird was his. she had always belonged to him. the maggots growing in her gut changed nothing.