Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 34
34 _Has he noticed? Oh dear gods, has he noticed!?_ It felt like her heart had stopped when she first saw those dark spots on the ground, but now it was beating at triple speed to make up for lost time, making the pain in her midsection even worse....
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 33
33 "Sarah! You get back here right now!" Her father's voice, so close, but she didn't dare turn around. She doubted she'd be able to see him anyway, even if he was right behind her. The darkness was so deep. And why weren't the trees getting any...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 32
32 "Hagh!" Sarah gasped, falling back against the headboard. Andrew fussed, but at least he didn't cry out, so there was that to be grateful for. The way her father was going on outside the door, with his harsh, one-sided conversation with his wife...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 9
9 It was a completely different world beneath those branches. The wind didn't cut into him so badly, and the canopy shielded him from much of the rain, but the drops that did make it through were huge and fat, dripping from boughs that creaked and...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 8
8 "No, wait, that's all wrong!" Ander said, his fingers rising to his temples almost automatically. He shook his head from left to right, as if maybe this could make the pieces fit together, because they sure as hell didn't fit right the way Father...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 7
7 "I don't need to tell you what happened after that," Father said. "You already know it, and I'd rather keep that memory to myself." Ander nodded, but what really shocked him about his father's story was Wardo's intent. He knew the trig old Wolf...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 6
6 "Wardo, you filthy bastard! You followed me!" Kadai growled, watching him emerge form the trees with that infuriating grin on his face, the same grin that always made Kadai want to deck the sneaky bastard where he stood. Sarah twisted around in his...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 5
5 Ander was expecting the inside to be pitch-black after the glare from the bonfire, but the flames still shone through every stitch and seam, even penetrating the thick animal hides with a fuzzy, orange glow. Shadows from the Wolves outside flitted...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 4
4 He could feel the heat from the bonfire even at this distance, as if the air itself was burning. So many familiar faces. There was Jargo, who would sometimes get impatient with his daughter and beat her until she was lame. There was Moka, who...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 2
2 Bonfires were a common sight within these walls. They made fires to burn their dead, to make sacrifices to the Cora, to mark the birth of new cubs, but Kadai couldn't remember the last time a fire had grown as large as this. It towered above their...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 1
Chapter 3 Life 1 A change comes over the woods at dusk. The birds stop chirping, the rustling of the small animals in the underbrush cease. As the shadows grow long and the infinite golden blades of the setting sun pierce the canopy, all life...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 50
50 "NOOO!!" Kadai sat bolt upright, gasping for air, his heart thumping madly in his chest. Everything was gone. _Literally_. He was sitting in an endless expanse of white. There was no sky, there was no ground. It was all just white. He didn't even...