Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 40
mateo jumped up, trying desperately to grab on, but they were dancing just out of reach, always, always just out of reach... "i don't love you, mateo! i love ander! he's _huuuuge_!" "we'll never be together!
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 27
"you want me to feel, mateo?" she asked, her hot breath pushing against his face. "you want to know what happens when i feel? huh?" mateo gasped for air, but it was no use.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 62
Can you do that for me, mateo? can you feel my fear for me?" mateo swallowed the lump in his throat and put on a brave smile. "i made a promise, didn't i?"
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 22
mateo really, _really_ shouldn't have said that...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 80
There was no way mateo could have risked a shot like that. "are you even listening to me, you little bastard!? huh!?" banno shrieked. "you took my ear! you altered me, you sack of filth!" mateo took a single breath, in and out. it wasn't deep or slow.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 25
"be quiet, mateo," she said. "do not speak of ander, or kiana, or anyone. do not speak at all." mateo did not like the tone of her voice one bit.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 2
She slowly shook her head, and mateo was horrified to see that he had caused a tear to form in those beautiful green eyes. "you don't understand, mateo," she said. "you think banno's words were bad? you think their charge was bad? you know nothing!
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 102
mateo shook his head gravely. "couldn't have been. if they got crushed, there would have been a lot of broken bones and battered bodies, but not this much blood."
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 93
"push, mateo!" nilia ordered through gritted teeth. "push like you've never pushed before!"
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 8
You're in mateo's house, speaking to his mother, who also happens to be ander's mother, so you watch your mouth!_ "um... a fox with a bit of a temper."
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 13
The wolf hurled him aside with a revolted sneer and mateo tumbled through the snow, end over end, before crashing into a jagged chunk of rock jutting out of the mountainside. mateo tried to sit up, but could barely lift his back.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 24
As mateo hung from nilia's grasp like some living lantern, he couldn't help but think... did this giant wreck of a woman just save his life? was he... going to be okay? mateo waited for her to put him down, but the floor didn't come any closer.