Story for the Day: Paudrig's Hunt --Part 2

Standing on its hind legs, glaring down at the boy who entered his den, the bear let out a horrible roar. The ground shook under the strength of the sound, the dripstones broke and shattered as they fell, the humid stench of festering fish filled the air, the breath billowing out from between the bear’s  jaws, and in a fulmination of teeth and claws, the bear leapt out of the darkness and toward the child.The immense grizzled beast emerged, and Paudrig’s vision grew measured. A surge of...