Noctisardor Bypass [r] fevered

a small body, spinning in the blackness; merrick's teeth caught at nothing. the figure was not laurel and he growled in anticipation. the other child then, thrown into his path as an act of cowardice.
heart thrummed; kill and kill and kill the bearwolf snapped his teeth and would have grabbed the little worthless scrap had —
was it?
red fur vermillion and autumnal and his own stomach dropped out from beneath him as he towered over the struggling child. hard paw shot out and pressed into her ribcage, promising a snap if the spawnling continued her fight.
he did not look at laurel.
his single eye blazed down with anger and surprise and rage and a deepening satisfaction;
"she's her."
the bearwolf lifted his muzzle. "no wonder you left the other one." laughter like dry leaves.
"i came here to find you. to rip your throat out the way i should have the last time we met. you're the reason she's fucking gone. you're the reason i had to —" 
punish her
but now indra wasn't gone, was she? he looked down at the child, marvelling openly. "but then i came here. look what i found. maybe i'll reunite her with indra."
now, regardless of kicking legs or terror or cries, merrick made as if to scruff the girl and begin to drag her off.