Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 27
27 "What do you mean you're pregnant!?" Father bellowed. Sarah expected him to blow his top, but this was going a bit overboard, even for him. "You can't be pregnant! You know how I know you can't be pregnant? Because if you were, I would have to kill...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 26
26 "Keeping my pregnancy a secret was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do," Sarah said. She wasn't staring off at nothing anymore, but she still wouldn't look at Ander for longer than a few seconds at a stretch. And the way she kept...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 25
25 _It's been nearly a month..._ Sarah thought, _a whole month since I last saw him..._ She struck the soil with her hoe hard enough to bury the blade up to the hilt. The sun was already beating down on them all, even though it was still early...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 24
24 "I would only ever see your father one more time, on the night of your birth," Sarah said, her voice trembling. She kept staring off at nothing in particular, like one who has received news so terrible she couldn't yet process it. In a way, that is...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 23
23 She didn't know how long she sat there and cried. Long enough for her to run out of tears, at any rate. She knew she needed to get moving before her parents started to get suspicious of her absence again, but... What was the point? She didn't...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 22
22 Sarah couldn't help but giggle softly as she climbed down the steep rockfall towards their little meeting place, her hands rhythmically grabbing each knot in the rope Kadai had hung from the top. Going down backwards was still a bit tricky, but...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 20
20 Even after walking for hours, Sarah didn't feel tired at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. Moving through the gaps in the trees, with the mountain reaching for the sun on both sides, she felt like a leaf being carried on the breeze. Her curiosity...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 19
19 Ander ducked his head and passed through the doorway. The inside of their house was similar to Rufio and Bethany's, but the walls were decorated with the antlers of many stags, all brought down by Mateo, no doubt. And speaking of Mateo... "Have...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 18
18 "Kai, wait!" Ander shouted. He was gaining on her fast (his legs were much longer than hers, after all) but what was he supposed to do once he caught up with her? _Tackle_ her? While pondering this conundrum, Sarah changed direction and sprinted...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 17
17 In truth, Ander didn't have nearly as much time left as he had hoped. At this very moment, inside a tent on the other side of the Cora, his father was holding a war council with his most trusted warriors, and the tracker that had found his wayward...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 16
16 The crowd outside was even bigger than yesterday. Word that the village's resident Wolf was leaving for good must have gotten out, and every Fox wanted to get one last look. Unlike yesterday, though, the atmosphere was heavy and sombre, more like a...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 15
15 Ander could feel the sun shining on his face, could see the darkness behind his eyelids take on that dull, red shade. It could only mean one thing. Morning had come. He didn't want to open his eyes. That would mean last night was over, and even...