Bearclaw Valley Uncertain flame

How dare this fucking idiot threaten Merrick. Merrick, surrounded by his supporters, his friends and pawns alike. Toad no longer believed there was a brain behind that pretty face. Pretty face that he now desired to tear apart- the snap from Merrick, and advance of Astara, was signal enough. And so Toad came like a pale angel of death, jaws opened bearlike to tear at whatever the pregnant woman did not. He would be upon Clay before the boy knew it; he knew they would give him another message now, one he would not soon forget.