A New Life

Big, black paws touched earth as Merrick ran a patrol of the rock garden. He didn't mind doing this. Running helped him keep his well muscled physique. Plus it got him out of the cave and away from Keelin for a while. She was a good woman, but he couldn't stand being around any woman for too long. For the most part, they were lesser beings. Merrick only held Manea in high regard because they knew one another and he knew that their views were similar in some things. She was strong and capable. Most women weren't.

The sounds of a scuffle up ahead brought silvered ears perking. Merrick threw weight into his paws and flew over the rocky landscape, his talons clicking with each stride. Into view came a cloaked woman struggling with a lioness. In the background, he could see a fresh kill upon a hide and assumed that the cloaked one had been bringing the kill back when she was ambushed. He didn't care much for that part, but if he could get in on a kill...

Launching himself through the air, the giant dire's big body slammed into that of the unsuspecting feline. The lioness crashed to the ground and Merrick's teeth ripped into one tawny shoulder. The cat screamed and the purple and obsidian brute pushed back, narrowly avoiding one swiping paw.

"Merrick Mendacium"