Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 10
10 Andrew stopped halfway down the path towards the town hall. "Sarah, is there something wrong?" he asked, looking back over his shoulder. "I just realized how terribly irresponsible it was of me to drop those pieces of glass in the snow. Why, any...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 9
9 The road was eerily quiet. Normally it would be bustling with Foxes, but not now. Almost everyone was inside the town hall, and the only evidence that they had ever existed was the mashup of footprints leading to the entrance, and the only sounds to...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 8
8 She was so convinced that everything would fall apart that she didn't immediately understand the question. She was so entrenched in the certainty that she would only end up killing everyone she loved that even the thinnest glimmer of hope seemed...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 7
7 "Yes!" The identical brothers jumped into the air, their arms hooked together. "Legs for days! Legs for days!" Nilia had no idea what that expression meant or who it was aimed at, and she was feeling far too numb to figure it out anyway. There was...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 6
6 Bileam looked her right in the eye and said, "You must be touched in the head." The crowd didn't seem all too eager, either. Nilia understood that these were not a warrior people, but after spending her entire life surrounded by those who valued...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 4
4 This hollow construction was different from what it had been a few minutes ago. The sunshine had been strangled down to slits, slowly creeping along the floor in thin white lines, barely able to shine through the cloth coverings, and the candles...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 3
3 Kiana lightly tapped her knuckles against the door. "Mother? Do you need any help?" "Kiana? Good timing, get in here." She eased the door open and looked inside. The little grey Wolf was lying on his stomach, and Mother was bent over him with a...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 2
2 _Oh, this is bad. Oh, this is very, very bad. I don't know exactly what it is yet, but I do know that whatever it is, it will be bad, very bad indeed..._ Rufio closed the front door and, after a moment's hesitation, turned the deadbolt. He hurried...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 1
Chapter 6 Different Smiles 1 "_So_," Bethany said, eyeing her eldest daughter from across the breakfast table. "Mmf?" Kiana inquired through a mouthful of eggs and toast, her second helping of the morning. All her blatant shenanigans must have...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 72
72 There was no pain, no cold, no sadness. There was only peace and the smell of something sweet, carried by a warm, summer breeze. James opened his eyes. The sky was blue, but not just any blue. It was the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 71
71 Impossible. There was no way it could be true, and yet there was no mistaking that voice. It was the same one he had listened to his entire life, telling him to clean his room and feed the chickens and haul water from the well, the same voice that...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 70
70 Banno stuck his hand into the snow and swept it aside, hating the feel of it against his burned palm, all slick and cold. Even the noise it made as it fell to the ground annoyed him, so muffled and soft, as if the nothingness had gotten into sound...