Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 2
2 - OOoaargh!!" Ander sat straight up, and the pain that tore through his arms dispelled that horrible dream so quickly it was almost welcome. Not quite, but almost. He looked down and was surprised to see both his arms bandaged and wrapped up...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 1
Chapter 2 More than a Name 1 Ander didn't know where he was, or what he was doing there. Everything around him was just a solid slab of blackness, stretching off into forever. He looked down, but there was nothing, just more of that empty...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 33
33 Kiana didn't think they would be able to cross that river, but they did. She didn't want him to try that plan with his arms all mangled, but he wouldn't listen. Just kept saying "We have no choice." Ander's plan worked just as expected, of course,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 32
32 The blow caught Kiana in the stomach. It was more of a shove than an actual strike, but coming from such a large Wolf it was still more than enough to knock her down. She fell to the ground with a splash, her dress now smeared with his...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 31
31 Hezzi burst out into the open, his lungs screaming for air. The thunderous river, which normally would have grabbed his attention and held him fascinated, didn't so much as register in his panicked mind. He looked around, trying to figure out where...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 29
29 This was turning into quite a shlog of a night for Hezzi. After all the trouble he went through to help out, Ander simply told him to get back to the village (_ordered_ was more like it), but when he finally got back there, the next guard shift had...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 28
28 ... my brother!" Banno could see the hand reaching out to him. He could even understand who it belonged to, but he was no longer capable of understanding what it meant. His mind, his being, his very perception of the world itself had narrowed down...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 27
27 The water washed over Ander's head, bitter cold, stinging his wounds with a bombardment of sand and grit and broken twigs. The pressure he felt pushing against his body was enormous, almost enough to straighten him out with the current, threatening...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 26
26 - help me!" That voice... Ander fought through the gray haze of pain. It hurt just to breathe, but that voice... Kiana's voice. She needed him, and he made a promise. "Kiana..." Ander started to rise. Even this simple action made his head spin,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 25
25 - and pulled as hard as she could, falling backwards, taking the monster with her. It stepped back, trying desperately to maintain its balance. That single click was the only warning given. The biter snapped shut around Banno's ankle, its teeth...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 24
24 Very rarely has Ander experienced pain like this. He would be very surprised if that last knee strike didn't crack a rib, but even worse than that was the look he could see on Kiana's face. Even through the rain, even through the stabbing,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 23
23 - sprawling, the scent of wet, half rotted leaves ripe in her nostrils. She twisted around just in time to see them collide with each other, two hulking shapes in the dark, biting and clawing and tearing, snarling like beasts. They were fighting...