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...
1.02 A Friend for a Year
# A Friend for a Year #### Summer | Chapter Two Yarrow led me through the campus. We walked under the pass connected to the union, and we walked on the sidewalk on an upwards ramp. He took a left and once we crossed, he stopped and pointed to a...
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 6: Subchapter 113
113 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...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 112
112 A single Wolf mired in bloodlust was bad enough, they most certainly did not need two. "Sorrin!" Ander called as loud as he dared, chasing after the lumbering brute. "Wait, damn it!" Paying him no heed, Sorrin blundered through the trees,...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 111
111 Torjo didn't understand anything anymore. He didn't understand why he was still alive. He didn't understand the blanket draped around his shoulders. He didn't understand the fire warming his hands. And most of all, he didn't understand the strange...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 109
109 Jonah rattled off the story in less than a minute. As terrible as it was, there really wasn't all that much to tell. Many good Foxes dead, Foxes who had tried to help, and a crazy Wolf, wandering through the woods this very moment, headed...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 108
108 The tent rippled and bulged, creating lines of shadows that slithered above their heads like snakes. Ander was sitting on one of the beds, feeling... actually, he didn't know what he was feeling. He knew he felt cold, but that was just on the...