Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 17
17 "You understand, Father?" Hezzi said, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Cora through a gap in the clouds. "Lana is chained to Danado, and Danado is chained to that tent. They can't come." If anything, the clouds were getting even thicker now, the...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 18
18 "So, how did it go?" Nilia asked, punching a training post hard enough to make the top vibrate. It was a bit scary to watch, actually, since Hezzi couldn't stop imagining that post as his own head. Not that Nilia would ever hurt him, of...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 14
14 The clouds were still building, but the wind was starting to die down and the shadowy branches of the oak were slowing to a gentle sway. They had made small talk in that tiny room for a while longer, not really saying anything until it was time to...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 13
13 "My word, you are quite a big one, aren't you?" Michael said, standing next to his wife. "I'd offer to shake your hand, but from the looks of things I'd either end up breaking your fingers, or you'd end up breaking mine. Ha ha!" "Um..." Ander...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 26
26 Wolves were screaming, chanting, shouting, cursing, but it sounded different now, muffled, as if someone had stuffed his ears full of moss. He could see many feet, hundreds of them, shifting back and forth, stepping left and right as their owners...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 25
25 Hezzi was barely able to tell which way was up as they rolled over and under each other, clawing and punching, trading blows, biting into each other's flesh. Pain was coming from everywhere, but he couldn't allow himself to stop. There were too...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 24
24 What the devil was Dorin doing!? Wardo jumped up and down, trying to get a good view through the crowd, but his short stature was making things difficult. Still, the frequent glimpses he caught between the shifting shoulders of those in front of...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 19
19 "I think Nilia might be a little bit crazy, but in a good way," Hezzi said to the mountain, so far away he knew his voice could never reach it from here, but it wasn't really the mountain he was talking to anyway. "She makes me train with her every...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 4
4 frickin' sandwich! Really!?" Luke said, not so much carving the ham as stabbing it. "What do you think about all this, Vee?" Valery didn't really know what to think, so she just calmly and quietly went about slicing the bread. She liked little...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 55
55 Dorin left the knife where it was. Without a handle, he couldn't pull it out even if he wanted to. It was slick with blood and he didn't want to add to the sounds that were still going on down there, the sounds of the biters slowly closing shut on...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 54
54 Dorin felt numb. He couldn't even feel his own pain anymore. It was just... it was like he couldn't feel _anything_ in that exact moment, otherwise the sheer force of it would tear his mind apart. So he just sat there in the snow, completely...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 50
50 The darkness crowded all around her. It wasn't just an absence of light anymore. It was a physical thing, with weight and substance, comprised of hundreds of bodies. They pushed her, jostled her, tried to force her back. "Get out of my way!" she...