Lost Creek Hollow I'm just doin' my job here.

the man did not try to urge merrick away again, instead beginning his work with the air of a ragged beast. truth be told, the boy had no intention of attacking the omega. it was the movement of the other's body that held the coywolf's attention, the way he deferred to merrick as no one else did.
it reminded the boy he had power, and that he would only gain more as he grew older. but merrick also understood that soon he would bump up against the hierarchy rigidly enforced by the leadership. did he want to lead? he did not suppose so, but he was young, perhaps too young to know.
and so merrick was silent, ears cupped forward as he drank in each of the other's efforts inside the den.