Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 72
There was her headstrong little soldier, mateo, nervously fiddling with the straps of his crossbow, as if wishing for nothing more than to be able to blast all her problems away.
Ander - Epilogue: Subchapter 10 (THE END)
"you promised that, once the baby was born, we'd get nilia to hold them, and you damn well know that's going to happen the moment she and mateo get back from their little trip up in the mountains." "'aunty nilia'."
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 8
mateo looked at the broken hammer, then the bent arrow, and then his eyes came to rest on nilia's. "what was that you were saying about a wall?" a surprisingly quick learner, that one. now to drive the point home to the rest of them.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 44
Hezzi, mateo, renna, sarah, layla, bethany, salem, taberah, so many wolves and foxes she would gladly risk her life for. or should she try and break free of this place? go to help ander and kiana?
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 15
"call off the marriage between kiana and mateo." bethany and kiana both gasped and layla's eyes went wide. salem stood completely motionless, regarding ander with those shrewd eyes of his, contemplating the situation. finally, he nodded. "done."
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 39
Is mateo bothering you again?" "no, i just... everything is so perfect exactly as they are, ander. i don't want to risk changing anything." "but things will change, whether we want it to or not. don't you see? sooner or later, bethany _will_ find out.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 57
She and ander had talked for a long, long time after mateo had blown his top.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 10
She didn't know how much time she had left until michael or mateo came looking for her, so she had to clean herself up right.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 39
The eight triangular divots made by his own claws to hide his feelings, the starburst in the palm of his right hand to save kiana from mateo's crossbow bolt.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 31
"you think you know me, mateo, but you don't. you have no idea how selfish i can be.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 60
And mateo! they're in here somewhere and you have to find them!_ there was a jagged, splintery hunk of wood up ahead, slowly burning its way through a shredded mattress. not ideal, but it would have to do. "stop here!"
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 42
These were the same foxes that had helped kiana load ander into a vegetable cart after he got shot by mateo, and she was incredibly lucky to have crossed their path on the way out of grovenglen. devin on the other hand... not so much.