Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 32
32 Nilia knew, even before they crashed through the snow-speckled web of bushes at the edge of the basecamp, that something was wrong. She could smell it on the wind, the stench of smoke and blood. The sounds of many voices, broken by the storm into...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 31
31 Kiana pushed against the dead Wolf with all the crazy, panicky strength she could muster, gasping for air and expelling it again in hysterical half-screams. Her hands kept slipping off his blood-drenched neck and his face kept slapping onto her...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 30
30 Kiana barely had enough time to register the dirty, mangy fur and the dried splatters of blood across its bony knuckles before she was yanked right off her feet. She yelled and tried to pull away, but she wasn't touching the ground anymore, so she...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 29
And far away, in stark contrast to all the other sounds, barely loud enough to be heard, was the sound of weeping. she took the seam and parted it just a crack, just enough to be able to see outside.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 28
28 _I have to help, I_ know _I can help..._ It was beginning to turn into a kind of obsession. Kiana knew this perfectly well, but she couldn't let it go, and neither could she turn back. She had to finish this. There was simply no other way. The...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 27
27 Kiana didn't look it, but she was reeling on the inside. Too much had happened in too short a time. The horror in the pass, Banno, Shekka, Hezzi... each one was enough to shatter her heart all by themselves and leave her a blubbering infirm, but...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 26
26 She didn't think it would be this hard. The pathway stretched before her, bordered on both sides by rows of tents, turning it into an endless hallway. The ceiling was a black, starless sky and the walls were broken by innumerable gaps and...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 25
25 "Kiana!" She jumped at the sound of her own name (all these 'jumps' couldn't possibly be good for her heart) and looked around. Mother was dabbing an alcohol-soaked ball of cotton against the forehead of a wincing Wolf with one hand while...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 24
24 The firewood was stacked so high in Kiana's arms that she had to lean to the side just to see where she was going. The splintery edges snagged at her dress and dug painfully into her aching arms, but she didn't mind. There was a lot of work to be...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 23
23 Banno did not feel any pain. He did not feel any cold. He did not feel anything at all except for a happiness so powerful it threatened to burst right out of him. The wind blew against his face, but he didn't feel it. The snow clumped together...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 22
22 They kept following the trail until they reached a dead tree, fallen across the path. There was a splash of blood on the rotting bark, dried into a dark stain. Ander stepped on top of the dead hunk of wood, but just as he was about to drop down on...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 21
It was such a contrast from what she normally looked like that he almost stumbled over his own feet in surprise. _when did that happen?_he thought in amazement. _when did she become so... open?_ "i let them live because of _you_, ander," she said.