Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 51
51 It was the scream of his daughter that awoke James from a terrible nightmare of bleeding roses, pulling him back into a world far, far worse than anything his tired mind could dream up, because in this world, all the horrors were frightfully...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 50
50 "You do realise if either of those boys looks in the wrong direction at the wrong time, this entire idea of yours is bust, right?" Sorrin whispered. They were standing just outside the North gate, and he was slightly out of breath from the long...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 63
63 "You all know your parts?" Dorin asked, and all his men nodded their heads in unison. "Good. Danado may have the positional advantage, but we have the numbers. No matter how good he is with that bow, he can only shoot at one of us at a time....
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 46
46 "Hyk-" Nilia tightened her grip around Ivio's throat, pulling back on her wrist so that her bicep cut off his windpipe completely. "Go to sleep, Ivio." "Eeergeghegheeeg!" He writhed beneath the weight of her body and clawed at her arm, scratching...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 45
45 Hyker stopped dead in his tracks. "Hey, Ivio. Stop for a second." Ivio did so, but reluctantly. "Whaaaaaat, what is it!?" he moaned, hopping up and down, stamping out a hole in the snow. "Something's not right here." He swivelled his ear,...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 79
79 Sorrin was huffing and grunting like a bear, but that wasn't what woke Danado up. He had felt something in the depths of sleep. It wasn't a dream, just a sense of urgency. He felt like he needed to wake up, and do it right away, before it was too...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 78
78 Something grabbed him around the neck and jerked him back. Dorin screamed and, although he would never admit it to anyone, for a second he thought it was Lana's arm around his throat, risen from the dead to exact her revenge personally. He fell...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 72
72 There was no pain, no cold, no sadness. There was only peace and the smell of something sweet, carried by a warm, summer breeze. James opened his eyes. The sky was blue, but not just any blue. It was the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 71
71 Impossible. There was no way it could be true, and yet there was no mistaking that voice. It was the same one he had listened to his entire life, telling him to clean his room and feed the chickens and haul water from the well, the same voice that...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 38
It was so tiny, but it contrasted greatly against her golden fur. it spread outwards, growing bigger and bigger, but if she felt any pain she did not show it.
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 39
39 There were no dreams for Banno. He was too tired to dream. His sleep was just a solid wall of blackness... so peaceful... so tranquil... Until it wasn't. There was something else, too... something touching his leg, crawling, biting, stinging. Some...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 41
" * * * everybody told me today: "contrast, you work too hard! take some time off! it's your birthday, ffs!!" to which i replied, "no! my people need me! must... write... ander..." i think i passed out after that, but here's today's update anyway!