Noctisardor Bypass Relax - what you see is what you see

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merrick did not stray far from the valley, gathering his forces and binding them through blood. and now, it seemed, ursus would go the way of every other pack and bring forth young ones. still discomfitted by the idea, the boy ranged out from the pawmarked claim, into his meadow, and beyond that.
he paused at the edge of the elk-field to catch the thick scent of wolves. several of them. but one aroma among the crowd provoked a devilish grin to curl merrick's lips, and he drew forward until the heavy figure of his one-time leader emerged to view.
"treason," the boy called, ironically what had driven him from the hollow the year before.