Bearclaw Valley i feel sorry for those who don't know the trick

they were more than killbrother and sister now.

they had labored under each other's bodies, and produced fruit for the bear. a pair of gorgeous, feral cubs that possessed both of their parents' hunger. astara could not glance upon either without thinking of her bear -- the rook which had her life and heart entire.

she closed her eyes against merrick, breathing in that shortly lived tranquility.

these days, peace was rare -- and ursus had many enemies.