Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 45
45 "Jitters!!" Valery screamed, the full horror of what was happening before her eyes slamming into her all at once. She was still in her nightclothes, and ordinarily she would have been freezing her tail off on a night like this, but the barn was...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 29
29 Did they notice it yet? Banno didn't think so. They were too concerned with what was going on in this bed to bother looking down at the floor. He only had moments to think, but this itch... this damnable, infuriating, constant, incessant, ITCH!! It...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 26
26 _Now what do we have here?_ Banno thought, looking up at something he's never seen before. A series of black and white sketches, neatly framed, neatly lined up against the wall, neatly spaced in equal intervals. There were some butterflies, some...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 25
25 Where his left foot touched down on solid ground for the first time since he was pulled out of the river, his right leg just ended a few inches too short, the bandaged stump hovering in mid-air. He didn't like that asymmetry. His eye was just as...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 27
27 "Dad?" Luke said, not quite sure what he intended to say, but feeling like he might not get another chance for a very long time. "Hmm?" Dad looked back, his hand resting on the doorknob. There was so much Luke wanted to say to him, but he was...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 24
24 - lightly patted him on the shoulder, like he was a grieving she-wolf widow at her husband's pyre. It was all Banno could do to keep himself from bursting out in gales of laughter. He'd almost lost it back there with his little speech, talking...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 22
22 _Ssshhh..._ Luke could see those eyes, black inside the black. He could feel them boring into his own like one of Dad's hand drills, going deeper and deeper. _Ssshhh..._ He could still smell the smoke from the dead candle, mixing with the...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 21
21 The reaction was immediate. Over a thousand Wolves threw their hands in the air and shouted: "WHOOOOOOOAAAHH!!" The din was so loud Hezzi couldn't even hear Mother shouting at him. She was pointing at him, her jaws opening and closing so fast it...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 20
20 The entire tribe was gathered in the centre of the village, beneath the shadow of the Cora statue. Even Danado was there, wearing thick leather gloves and footwraps, but he still needed his sister to support him. Hezzi couldn't even imagine what...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 12
12 "Oh dear... Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear..." she said, looking him up and down, her face rapidly switching between uncontrollable joy and crushing sadness. "It's not as bad as it looks," Ander said, all too aware of the miles of white bandages...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 16
16 A single tear ran down Hezzi's cheek, amplifying the already cold breeze into a freezing line against his face. He would allow himself one tear, but no more. One was enough to show his grief, but any more than that would only make Father sad. He...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 15
15 "Hoooo boy," Kiana panted, wondering why Ander had decided to have his home built all the way up here, of all places. Sure, it was nice and private, but the long walks up and down were killing her, and the overstuffed basket banging against her...