Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 22
22 "Banno!" Ander should have known it wouldn't be this easy. Of all the Wolves to come after them, it had to be _him_; the one Wolf who lived for no other reason than to kill, the one Wolf who could only feel alive by tasting the death of...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 21
21 They had only been running on for a short while when Kiana tapped Ander on the shoulder. "Do you hear that?" "Loud rumbling dead ahead? Yeah, I hear it. Sounds like we've nearly reached the river." Kiana rested her head against Ander's shoulder,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 31
31 Hezzi burst out into the open, his lungs screaming for air. The thunderous river, which normally would have grabbed his attention and held him fascinated, didn't so much as register in his panicked mind. He looked around, trying to figure out where...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 29
29 This was turning into quite a shlog of a night for Hezzi. After all the trouble he went through to help out, Ander simply told him to get back to the village (_ordered_ was more like it), but when he finally got back there, the next guard shift had...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 28
28 ... my brother!" Banno could see the hand reaching out to him. He could even understand who it belonged to, but he was no longer capable of understanding what it meant. His mind, his being, his very perception of the world itself had narrowed down...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 27
27 The water washed over Ander's head, bitter cold, stinging his wounds with a bombardment of sand and grit and broken twigs. The pressure he felt pushing against his body was enormous, almost enough to straighten him out with the current, threatening...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 26
26 - help me!" That voice... Ander fought through the gray haze of pain. It hurt just to breathe, but that voice... Kiana's voice. She needed him, and he made a promise. "Kiana..." Ander started to rise. Even this simple action made his head spin,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 25
The biter snapped shut around banno's ankle, its teeth flinging water through the air in delicate arcs, a sharp contrast to the red explosion at its centre. banno roared. it was a sound filled not with pain, but with pure, undiluted fury.
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 24
24 Very rarely has Ander experienced pain like this. He would be very surprised if that last knee strike didn't crack a rib, but even worse than that was the look he could see on Kiana's face. Even through the rain, even through the stabbing,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 15
15 _This is it, Hezzi. Just - Just go on in there and wake her up. No problem. It's not like she's gonna eat you or anything. That's ridiculous! She's your mother! She loves you, probably. Yeah, so just go on in there and..._ Urgh, even the outside...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 13
13 ...boring into his back. He could feel them crawling all over, like the time he fell asleep on that anthill, but _hers_ were the worst. The way she looked at him, her gaze had a _weight_ to it, as if she knew her life rested on his decision. He...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 12
12 Except for the constant chatter of the rain, there came no sound from any of the Wolves. Not from the crowd, not from Hezzi, not from Father. Even the Fox only stared at him with her mouth slightly open. It was Banno who finally ended it with his...