Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 162
162 The way Banno looked at her, it made her skin crawl. It was different from a normal look. Even a bad look you could understand, as long as it was something you knew. You could tell if the person giving you that look was angry, or scared, or sad,...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 161
161 Banno felt... wrong. He did not understand why he felt this way. The 'why' of it was too much for him to grasp. Even the wrongness of it, the reason for all these feelings, was something he was barely aware of. It was a deep thing. A low thing....
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 160
The veins were swelling up, standing out in stark contrast against the white. _he can't do it_, james thought, incredulous, hardly daring to believe it. _he doesn't have enough air to fight back. i'm going to murder this bastard.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 159
159 Banno stopped, his jaw still open wide, his single eye fixed on the serrated blade. It was only a fraction of a moment, but in it, James saw something that would stay with him for the rest of his life. The flat of the blade caught the fireplace...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 158
158 Banno didn't merely step through the door. He _unfolded_ himself through the door until his head was nearly brushing the ceiling. The fireplace cast his shadow along the wall; a misshapen abomination. "You should be dead..." James whispered, but...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 157
In contrast to this, luke awoke with a start and clutched madly at his front pocket, a detail james would later wish he had paid more attention to. "dad? what's going on?" boom. boom. boom. like the footsteps of a giant.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 156
156 It was dark. Too dark. He could barely see where he was going, but he couldn't stop. He had to keep going. His kids needed him to keep going, no matter what. They were all so tired, but there wasn't any time to rest. It was gaining. _Come on!_...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 155
155 Banno could see them up ahead; golden squares of light in the storm, beckoning him closer. Every snowflake falling past that light was transformed into a dying flame, as if her very presence was enough to make them real. "Don't worry, girl, we're...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 154
154 A stillness spread through the crowd. It lasted for only a moment, but in that moment, there were no more screams in the distance. No shouts. No roars. No sounds of teeth sawing through flesh or arrows piercing skin. There was only the crackle of...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 153
153 Sarah felt as if some horrible, sadistic demon had cut her open from throat to groin and scooped out all her insides, bones and all, leaving her completely hollow, numb to all sensations except pain. She knew she was crying, but she couldn't feel...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 152
152 "Who's still in there!?" someone shouted. Bethany did not know who. "For the love of the Cora, who's still in there!?" Voices. That's all they were. "Thoka, you and Ivio keep to the south side! Don't let those freaks get through! Denko, you stay...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 151
151 The flames had grown too high to even think about climbing over the top (not unless she wanted to char the meat right off her bones), so she threw herself down onto her stomach and pressed her cheek flat against the ground. Thank the gods the...