Emberwood if he's a king, he's a priest and god too

your kill
merrick worried the corpse only a moment longer before he rounded upon ashlar, jaws dripping. "in ursus," came the terrible control of his rasped voice, "you may be asked to kill. and you may be asked to prove it is something you are able to do."
jerking his head toward the cooling corpse. "coyotes steal. they take"
and what did tadec take?
he did not take he did not give he no longer exists
"— but more than that, you have not showed me how your teeth are used."
winnowing down toward ashlar with a cold stare and the disapproval blanketed between them.