Lion Head Mesa smoke & burgundy

the bloodlust did not depart when pharaoh left.
merrick had no head or want for alliances. his future had narrowed to a singular point upon a galloping horizon.
the bearwolf nodded to avicus and turned, following suit in a wolf-trot that carried them from the crush of akashingo into the cold and open air.
merrick wished to tell his daughter that he did not think he would return.