Bearclaw Valley flat horror

defiance?
merrick arched his brow. he smiled and turned away from abel, as if there was no reason to have a reaction.
the shark's gape of his teeth; he twisted against his own wounds and sought to throw the boy forcibly to the snow.
"but you will learn," the bearwolf said evenly, single eye burning with malice. "or you will be a blood sacrifice."
merrick snorted a hot draft of horrid air over abel. "do you want to see indra again?"