Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 125
125 A bright flower of pain blossomed against the back of her head, sending warm roots of blood down her neck. There was a voice somewhere... in front of her? Above her? Direction didn't make sense. She could feel something pressing against her back,...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 124
124 They didn't go far before they came across a she-wolf sitting in the shadowy gap between two tents, hugging her knees to her chest and rocking back and forth, muttering beneath her breath. Her hands were soaked in fresh blood, and that was reason...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 123
123 Nilia knew, even before they crashed through the snow-speckled web of bushes at the edge of the basecamp, that something was wrong. She could smell it on the wind, the stench of smoke and blood. The sounds of many voices, broken by the storm into...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 49
49 Dull pain, deep inside his head, throbbing behind his empty eye socket. It was always there, never waning, just like his anger. It boiled inside him, red hot and smoking, as he stepped through the shattered gates. _There were too many simply too...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 48
48 "No..." It was all Dorin could think to say. From this angle, the Pit was no more than a crumbling hole in the ground, bordered by dozens upon dozens of frosted chains feeding into the blackness like a metallic spider's web, but he knew what was...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 47
47 "Line them up. Just like that, yeah." "Are we really going to...?" "What?" "Nothing." Dorin's face felt hot on the inside, but freezing cold on the outside. He was wet and shivering. He didn't understand what was going on. Why was everything...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 46
46 A lot happened in the moments following Wardo's 'verdict', and Dorin saw it all. He saw Ivio, Aisa, and Denko looking at each other, each of them feeling the same fear, the same despair, the same hopelessness. He saw his people - the Wolves he had...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 45
45 The silence was deafening. Everyone's gaze kept switching back and forth between Dorin, standing tall, his challenge hanging in the air, and Wardo, blood slowly dripping down his chin. The Chieftain reached up and wiped the gore away, leaving a...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 44
44 Dorin felt like a huge weight was slowly melting off his shoulders. He was never one for fancy speeches, but... he thought that one went okay. Maybe a bit long, especially after he said there wouldn't be any more speeches, but... okay. _The choice...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 43
43 "A few days ago, in the woods," Dorin began, feeling his heartbeat speed up inside his chest, thudding against his open palm. "I tried to kill myself." Even Wardo was taken aback by that little revelation, his furious scowl momentarily dissolving...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 42
42 For a moment, there was silence. Then the jeering began. Wolves scoffed and made rude hand gestures, yelling curses and foul insults. "Not this again!?" "We've waited long enough!" "If you're too scared to fight, you can go home and curl up with...
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 41
41 Dorin wasn't ready for this, but time had run out. There would be no more stalling, no more planning, and no more hesitating. Wardo was in one of the northern watchtowers. From high up there he could look down on everyone, and force everyone down...