Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 72
72 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 71
71 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 70
70 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 69
69 Bethany kept throwing suspicious glances at that empty bed in the corner, almost daring it to show her that delusion again, the one with Rufio and all the... all the stuff that wasn't real. If she could see it again, she was positive she'd be able...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 68
68 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 67
67 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 66
66 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 65
65 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 - Part 6: Subchapter 64
64 "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 - Part 6: Subchapter 132
132 Layla had just finished checking Dorin's head - _Okay, he's going to need a looooot of stitches before this night is through._ - when Mother came rushing over, swinging her big black bag by her side. Her clothes were completely shredded. Her...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 131
131 "By the Cora, what -" The curmudgeon with the splinted leg's eyes had gone wide and he was pointing at the wall with a scabbed finger. Layla twisted around, still holding Tio close just in case the crazies were throwing stuff again, but the...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 130
130 This was hell. Layla could barely hear herself think over all the noise. Shouting and screaming. Vicious snarls. Bloodcurdling howls of pain. Animalistic grunts. The crying of a small child. She was just outside the medical tent, if you could...