Bearclaw Valley tamerlane

down, down, down.
the princess of ursus struck first, and solaria held back, a protector who knew her place while the red-girl did not.
merrick bore an eternal weakness for his daughter, but he suspected that her corvid mother would step forward if he failed in this.
a snarl warned his crimson child back; he spared her a snap or a nudge, respecting that she had brought them together for the hunt. yet there was blood to observe, and he intended to take his place where she had been.
better he than the new bruin-jaw; he sensed a heavy readiness in aventus to enforce the law of his position, and would leave avicus to that if she gave he himself a protest.