Bearclaw Valley Who you gonna call?

fully aware that his daughter in law would scold him fiercely for being up, merrick lifted himself to answer the call after all. aventus was mending and she herself had been brutalized.
aside from the soreness of his body, it was his forepaw which plagued him most, even weeks after the raid. yet merrick only set his jaw and forged on, keeping to the path of red dirt.
when he arrived, it was to find stryx with a young dark wolf. her black fur hurt his eyes; he saw for a moment only his raven queen. "who comes to ursus?" the bearwolf growled, moving to flank the physician. his single eye burned into their guest.