Swiftcurrent Creek but anything is preferable to the pain

donovan. did aventus know what had gone on between them? he hoped not, though the darkness of this bemused him. "he will come if i invite him," merrick said placidly, unlike the glow of felfire in his remaining orb.
a blink. "there might be children in ursus this year. your brothers and your sisters," merrick said pointedly. he would not have such sprung upon his unnaturally made son, fearfully, powerfully; he meant to impose upon his eldest now the importance of their bruin-blessed lineage. "if i make bait of myself for kynareth, if i am incorrect, it falls to you to keep ursus alive."
the true weight of the bear's jaw.