Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 63
63 The snow was starting to come down hard, but at least the trees were doing a good job of keeping the wind at bay. Mateo was sitting on one of the many stumps left over from the construction of the wall, polishing Agatha for the hundredth time, when...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 53
53 Shekka had been caught in a paralytic trance this whole time, shocked by what her ears were telling her. She had heard the exchange between Banno and Wardo, had heard the wet rip of meat and the crunch of bone. She had listened as Wardo's words...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 52
52 Are you real? Dorin was positive that was what Banno had said, but he couldn't understand what he meant by that. All he knew for certain was that he had to move, and he had to do it right now. That thing (it may look like a Wolf, but it was no more...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 51
51 The meat exploded into a chaotic frenzy of noise. Truth be told, Banno had almost forgotten they were there, but now they were screaming for blood. "The Foxes did this!?" "Unacceptable!" "It's just like Shekka-Kai said! It's a curse! A...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 62
62 Mother and Father had all their things packed up and ready to go in less than a minute, and now all four of them stood by the door, awkwardly wondering what to say, what to do, how to act. They were still waiting. Even as it was happening, they...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 61
61 "You're not coming with me!" "My sons are out there, Michael! And in case you've forgotten, one of them is yours!" "Oh now hold on just a second! You can't just- Oh that is quite- Argh!" Sarah was being quite unreasonable, which was rather odd,...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 60
60 Lonin felt like he was standing right in the middle of the eye of the storm, a single spot of calm in a sea of chaos. "Where the hell is my coat!?" Nicholas yelled, tearing cushions off the couch and tossing them to the floor...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 101
101 The stone was heavy in Jonah's hands. He knew what he had to do with it, but... it wasn't that simple. _Yes it is, you bloody coward. You just have to put it down. So just do it and get it done. Time is ticking away._ Yeah. Just 'put it down'....
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 100
100 Ander slowly started to rise, a loose coil of rope still dangling from his hand. It felt like he was caught in a terrible dream where everything came to pass at only half the speed, like he was stuck deep underwater and had to fight and push with...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 117
117 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 115
115 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 120
120 Most of these tents had already been ransacked. Bit of an extreme choice of words, perhaps, but fairly accurate. They were stripped completely bare and for some reason reminded Kiana of barren market stalls at midnight; just a line of...