Bearclaw Valley your dark splendor

there was a change in astara, and one that merrick did not appreciate. her tall frame was built with a hard litheness he had often enjoyed embracing, and so the thickening of her waistline was noted, as was the change in her scent. her loyal affection had not discontinued, but merrick felt an impending sense of otherness about his panther.
and so he sought out @Evien, taking up the trail of the healer's scent with a disconsolate look upon his lopsided features. 
"something is wrong with her," he blurted when he had found the chocolate doctor, not bothering to explain about whom he was speaking, as he assumed evien would know.