Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 32
32 The iron bars were colder than ice against his back, so cold they almost seemed to burn. Hezzi could feel their blocky pattern even through his fur, eating into his flesh. "Sit still," Mother ordered, and Hezzi did his very best to comply, but...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 30
Not water, but the thick, green sludge shekka-kai had been brewing for them over the past few days. the girl hated it because it tasted like chewed up moss pulp, but she also loved it because it made the pain go away for a little while.
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 29
shekka said. "if you pull that out now, she'll die!" "but what do i do!? please, shekka-kai, save her! just - please, i'll do anything if you just save my sister!"
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 27
The horror in the pass, banno, shekka, hezzi... each one was enough to shatter her heart all by themselves and leave her a blubbering infirm, but all of them together...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 118
The horror in the pass, banno, shekka, hezzi... each one was enough to shatter her heart all by themselves and leave her a blubbering infirm, but all of them together...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 30
shekka said. "if you pull that out now, she'll die!" "but what do i do!? please, shekka-kai, save her! just - please, i'll do anything if you just save my sister!"
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 30
Not water, but the thick, green sludge shekka-kai had been brewing for them over the past few days. the girl hated it because it tasted like chewed up moss pulp, but she also loved it because it made the pain go away for a little while.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 16
She's always been so direct about her thoughts and opinions, giving voice to them without hesitation or fear of reprisal, for she was shekka, the empty one, witchdoctor of the wolves and the knower of the cora.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 15
Ander could just make out his sideways whisper to her: "shekka, are you all right?" she turned on him as if attacked, barking for the whole tribe to hear, "my son is being tried for murder! of course i'm not all right!"
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 5
5 Hezzi was in no hurry to go outside. It would take a while for all the Wolves to gather, and he still had some thinking to do. He looked down at the broken carving still clutched in his hand, the sharp splinters of wood sticking out like arrows. So...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 4
4 Hezzi lay on his side, his knees drawn up to his chest, his arms folded tightly against his body, the little wooden figure of himself carved by Ander so many years ago clutched tightly in his fist. With all the flaps closed, his tent was nice and...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 20
That was shekka's domain, not his. "you know this already, but the tribe is becoming a dangerous place. your title as my son shields you, but i cannot guarantee how much longer that will last."