Bearclaw Valley got off a plane to the countryside,

merrick stalked after his raven.
avicus, gone; and he too looked west with his scarletcream hackles climbing into a series of trembling railway spikes.
donovan — had his treachery with the tiger led to this?
had he come in the night to steal away their redcub?
merrick seethed, throat parched for the blood beating powerfully in the grandmaster's musculature.
reckoning; he and the night queen would bring their justice.