Bearclaw Valley I just slip away and I am gone

She tumbled onto her back and his teeth drew her sweet blood into his cursed mouth.
Oh, how sweet she was.
But there it was. Pain behind him.
He'd failed to check his surroundings it seemed and her daughter pulled on his tail with all her bearish might.
Annoying, but not life-threatening.
He kicked out a back leg, hoping to strike her, but unlikely to do so with the nightshade powering her retaliation on his body. Shoving him from her frame.

Then a large force struck his rear, shoving him aside too far to recover from.
Earp whirled, expecting to meet Merrick.
He met Skoll instead.
His teeth drove for the man, aiming to snag him in the neck.​