Bearclaw Valley tamerlane

while his family slumbered, merrick had turned evien's skull over and over, staring at it, waiting for the physician to 
"say something," he had snarled desperately to the unhearing ear.
aventus had asked the bear to kill evien. aventus had taken ursus for himself.
or would.
a lap of his tongue. "time someone takes your place," he grit, just before the elk sounded its voice and merrick attended. he arrived to see the priestess snaking off after the creature; he stepped to avicus' side. your brother wants the leadership that evien left. he did not speak aloud, only leveled her with a knowing look.
but they were here to hunt, to shed blood. where his redcub indicated, he would follow.