Sunbeam Lair well, the world might cut you down again, but you know the way back home

Merrit was wont to travel too far from his family in Sunbeam Lair. Even as he hunted, he stuck to the valley beneath the mount, in range of his lover and his children, for he feared that what had happened to his aunt would happen to her.

He rose early today, before the sun had fully risen; indeed, he often started early, checking the perimeters for any threat, and for any sign of stranger and prey. No wolf scent came to him, nor scent or predator. Every prey scent ran stale, so Merrit continued into the valley in search of something to hunt.

AW! @Yakone for reference!