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

"there, over there," merrick breathed, "is a pack led by someone i knew. she — she has to go." like laurel. like any reminder of the place indra had abandoned him, and sickeningly the boy recalled that the hollow was not far away from ursus — not enough to justify how she had left him.
"plus, we haven't been on a hunt in a long time," lover in his remaining eye as merrick came to kiss the curve of one ear.