Bearclaw Valley a chalice of pastel blood

attractive. bountiful. fertile. and tied to something that seized merrick's attention immediately. his ragged ears trained upon earp; the single eye shone with more intrigue than before. "what are the ancients?" did earp feel attuned to the woodland bears as the coywolf did?
shadowman became the focal point of the brat prince's existence — he was silent, waiting, trapdoor spider awaiting its choice moment to pounce.