Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 31
"all right, shekka, you make a good point. the worst injuries should be treated first. too bad you'll have to treat him out here, in the cold." shekka's eyes narrowed. "what are you talking about, wardo?"
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 96
The snow bulged around shekka's body. sarah and kiana both leaned back as far as they could, struggling to get purchase against the crumbling slope. and suddenly, without warning, the snow released its grip and shekka was ripped free.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 2
"thank you, shekka," he said, hoping his disgust would not carry over to his voice.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 7
To the rest of the tribe, shekka was proud, powerful, and terrifying.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 42
"aisa hurts shekka? shekka hurts aisa? they both hurt each other? maybe so bad they can't walk anymore? what good does that do anyone? what does that accomplish? absolutely nothing!
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 11
shekka's eyes fluttered and her vision flickered rapidly between two shades of black. she squeezed her eyes shut, opened them again, but it stayed black.
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 75
Just get shekka-kai to the others and you can go home to rest. you can finally -_ "thank you, dorin," shekka whispered. she said it so softly it might have been the wind, but he knew it was not. had anyone ever been thanked by the empty one?
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 9
shekka forcefully choked back her tears. now was not the time.
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 80
Someone had dragged out the wardrums and was banging out a fast rhythm, matching it to shekka's frenzied words.
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 50
shekka had poisoned him. shekka... his mate of thirty years... the mother of his children... she had murdered him. kadai squeezed tighter and tighter, hooking his claws into his own flesh, pushing them deeper and deeper inside.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 9
He took his hand, still slick with shekka's blood, and pressed it against ander's forehead, leaving a blood red handprint on his face.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 6
You may have no regard for the laws of our tribe and of our god, but shekka certainly does.