Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 71
71 It was as if that dead voice had jumped from his head and into the real world. It was flesh and blood, horribly real, and yet Ander still could not accept it. He kept seeing that arrow puncturing the thin membrane of Banno's eye, erupting into a...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 70
70 Dorin's eyes darted from the walls of stone on their flanks to the wall of wood barring the way. Hundreds and hundreds of Foxes were lining the top, each of them with a bow in hand and a quiver of arrows over their shoulder. _We're going to die...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 69
69 Shadows upon shadows, birthing and dying inside the absolute blackness of the Cora's pass, their lives bookended by millions upon millions of flakes of snow. Ander stared into this chaotic mess, feeling like the pass was staring right back....
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 68
68 Bethany kept throwing suspicious glances at that empty bed in the corner, almost daring it to show her that delusion again, the one with Salem and all the... all the stuff that wasn't real. If she could see it again, she was positive she'd be able...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 67
67 Ander materialized through the layers of falling snow, becoming clearer as Kiana drew near. He was talking to his little brother. "Are the sentries down yet?" "About half," Hezzi replied, his bright red scarf billowing around his ears. "The far...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 66
66 With the wall growing out of the ground like a massive set of spiky teeth, the pass looked more like a hungry mouth than ever before, ready to chomp down and devour anything and everything foolish enough to approach it. And standing right on top of...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 65
65 Eleven beacons, first one halfway through the pass, one at every twist and turn. If it took half a minute to light each one, then that meant the Wolves were already five and a half minutes past the middle by the time the last one flared up, by the...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 16
16 "Stop, don't shoot!!" Mateo shouted, nearly giving everyone a heart attack. Jonah certainly felt like his was beating somewhere around his throat now. "By the gods, Mat, what!?" Nick yelled, absolutely furious. He had almost dropped the crossbow...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 64
64 Danado stood at the top of Wolf Hill, staring out at the massive black shape that was the Cora. That orange glow halfway to the summit was so small. He knew it was actually a blazing signal fire, built out of many layers of stacked wood - _Just...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 63
63 "How's it lookin out there?" Uncle Jon asked. "Um... not that good, to be honest." Jonah pulled back the curtains a bit, showing them all exactly what he meant by 'not that good'. The last shreds of daylight had bled away, and all anyone could...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 62
62 The snow was starting to come down hard, but at least the trees were doing a good job of keeping the wind at bay. Mateo was sitting on one of the many stumps left over from the construction of the wall, polishing Agatha for the hundredth time, when...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 61
61 Mother and Father had all their things packed up and ready to go in less than a minute, and now all four of them stood by the door, awkwardly wondering what to say, what to do, how to act. They were still waiting. Even as it was happening, they...