Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 30
30 "Laanaaah!" Danado shouted, his whole world collapsing before his eyes. He struggled against Sorrin's grip, thrashing and flailing. "Don't go, Dan! They'll kill you, too! Don't -" "Shut up! That's my sister! _That's my sister!_" He finally broke...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 28
28 "Get back, you vultures!" Mother screamed, not that it did her much good. Their curiosity was greater than their fear. They crowded around him as he lay in the snow, too weak and hurt to get up. He felt worse than naked. He felt like a prize pelt...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 27
27 "Oh no..." Danado whispered as some Wolves cheered and others stood stupefied. The Chieftaincy had changed hands four times in a single hour, twice to the same Wolf. This was unheard of. "Can he even do that?" Lana snorted. "Wardo manipulated the...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 26
26 Wolves were screaming, chanting, shouting, cursing, but it sounded different now, muffled, as if someone had stuffed his ears full of moss. He could see many feet, hundreds of them, shifting back and forth, stepping left and right as their owners...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 25
25 Hezzi was barely able to tell which way was up as they rolled over and under each other, clawing and punching, trading blows, biting into each other's flesh. Pain was coming from everywhere, but he couldn't allow himself to stop. There were too...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 24
24 What the devil was Dorin doing!? Wardo jumped up and down, trying to get a good view through the crowd, but his short stature was making things difficult. Still, the frequent glimpses he caught between the shifting shoulders of those in front of...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 23
23 A huge circle was drawn in the dirt, right in the village centre, easily two dozen strides from one end to the other. Wolves crowded around the line, and those that couldn't get close enough for a good view clambered up the watchtowers and lined...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 22
22 It all clicked into place just then, and Hezzi rounded on Wardo, angrier than he's been in months. "You filthy coward!" Wardo looked left and right, a comically fake expression of confusion plastered all over his smug face. "Who? Me?" "Yes, you!...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 21
21 The reaction was immediate. Over a thousand Wolves threw their hands in the air and shouted: "WHOOOOOOOAAAHH!!" The din was so loud Hezzi couldn't even hear Mother shouting at him. She was pointing at him, her jaws opening and closing so fast it...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 20
20 The entire tribe was gathered in the centre of the village, beneath the shadow of the Cora statue. Even Danado was there, wearing thick leather gloves and footwraps, but he still needed his sister to support him. Hezzi couldn't even imagine what...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 19
19 "I think Nilia might be a little bit crazy, but in a good way," Hezzi said to the mountain, so far away he knew his voice could never reach it from here, but it wasn't really the mountain he was talking to anyway. "She makes me train with her every...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 18
18 "So, how did it go?" Nilia asked, punching a training post hard enough to make the top vibrate. It was a bit scary to watch, actually, since Hezzi couldn't stop imagining that post as his own head. Not that Nilia would ever hurt him, of...