The moment dorin gave it to her, this little key took on the weight of her friends' lives, and that was a burden she didn't want to carry, not after what she had let happen to ander...
Ander, Clean, Fox, Nilia, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf
It was dorin, huffing and wheezing, clinging to some she-wolf whose name he could not remember. they were both grey and frosted with snow. whole clumps of the stuff were accumulating in their fur.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
You promised our new chieftain you'd see to dorin next."
"so that's it? you're pushing me away just like everyone else? well... you can try, hezzi, but i'm used to this kind of thing. you'll see.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
"hey, dorin, how's it coming along?"
dorin pulled the spear out of the fire in a small cascade of hot coals. the metallic head left a burning afterglow in the air as he flipped it around to inspect the bright red tip.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
"hey, dorin, how's it coming along?"
dorin pulled the spear out of the fire in a small cascade of hot coals. the metallic head left a burning afterglow in the air as he flipped it around to inspect the bright red tip.
Ander, Clean, Fox, Garten, Hezzi, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf
You promised our new chieftain you'd see to dorin next."
"so that's it? you're pushing me away just like everyone else? well... you can try, hezzi, but i'm used to this kind of thing. you'll see.
Ander, Clean, Fox, Hezzi, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf, shekka
dorin staggered back, both hands clasped over his spouting face, blood dripping from between his fingers.
"dorin!"
renna was barely aware of what she had done.
Ander, Clean, Fox, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf
"dorin!" she screamed. "dorin, help me!"
dorin lay motionless in a spreading pool of his own blood. he did not perk his floppy ear or even open a single, bleary eye. he was dead to the world.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
dorin spared his quivering master one final glance, then simply backed away through the crowd, staring fixedly at ander with wide eyes, slowly shaking his head, one hand clutching his torn ear.
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
"was dorin telling the truth?"
"what? what are you -"
"he said you ordered him to kill hezzi! was he telling the truth?"
"you wanna do this now? _now!?_"
"yes, now! tell me and i'll pull you up."
"shekka, you petty, lying, manipulative bidsch!"
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf
dorin spared his quivering master one final glance, then simply backed away through the crowd, staring fixedly at ander with wide eyes, slowly shaking his head, one hand clutching his torn ear.
Ander, Bloody Ostriches, Clean, Fight, Fox, Garten, Nilia, Novel, Serial, Story, Wolf
"please look at dorin. he's the one who needs your help."
layla didn't try to pursue the obvious questions any further than that.
_where is ander and sorrin and all the others? why are you alone?_
_what happened with banno? is he dead?
Ander, Anthro, Clean, Fox, Novel, Story, Wolf