Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 30
30 Sarah hugged her child closer, feeling his warmth against her cheek. She couldn't believe that anyone would ever want to hurt an innocent little baby, but the heavy sound of her father's footsteps pounding through the hall filled her with...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 29
29 "Oh dear gods Mother I'm going to die!" Sarah screamed. It felt like her midriff was being stabbed by daggers, daggers that were on fire, flaming daggers that were also coated with poison, and those flaming daggers coated with poison were somehow...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 28
28 "'Be careful what you wish for,' they say." Sarah had taken a handkerchief from the folds of her dress to wipe away the errant tears that occasionally snuck through her guard, and Ander wondered whether it could be the very same one she had used...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 27
27 "What do you mean you're pregnant!?" Father bellowed. Sarah expected him to blow his top, but this was going a bit overboard, even for him. "You can't be pregnant! You know how I know you can't be pregnant? Because if you were, I would have to kill...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 26
26 "Keeping my pregnancy a secret was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do," Sarah said. She wasn't staring off at nothing anymore, but she still wouldn't look at Ander for longer than a few seconds at a stretch. And the way she kept...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 25
25 _It's been nearly a month..._Sarah thought, _a whole month since I last saw him..._ She struck the soil with her hoe hard enough to bury the blade up to the hilt. The sun was already beating down on them all, even though it was still early...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 24
24 "I would only ever see your father one more time, on the night of your birth," Sarah said, her voice trembling. She kept staring off at nothing in particular, like one who had received news so terrible she couldn't yet process it. In a way, that...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 23
23 She didn't know how long she sat there and cried. Long enough for her to run out of tears, at any rate. She knew she needed to get moving before her parents started to get suspicious of her absence again, but... What was the point? She didn't...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 22
22 Sarah couldn't help but giggle softly as she climbed down the steep rockfall towards their little meeting place, her hands rhythmically grabbing each knot in the rope Kadai had hung from the top. Going down backwards was still a bit tricky, but...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 20
20 Even after walking for hours, Sarah didn't feel tired at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. Moving through the gaps in the trees, with the mountain reaching for the sun on both sides, she felt like a leaf being carried on the breeze. Her curiosity...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 19
19 Ander ducked his head and passed through the doorway. The inside of their house was similar to Salem and Bethany's, but the walls were decorated with the antlers of many stags, all brought down by Mateo, no doubt. And speaking of Mateo... "Have...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 18
18 "Kai, wait!" Ander shouted. He was gaining on her fast (his legs were much longer than hers, after all) but what was he supposed to do once he caught up with her? _Tackle_her? While pondering this conundrum, Sarah changed direction and sprinted up...