Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 7
7 "Yes!" The identical brothers jumped into the air, their arms hooked together. "Legs for days! Legs for days!" Nilia had no idea what that expression meant or who it was aimed at, and she was feeling far too numb to figure it out anyway. There was...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 6
6 Bileam looked her right in the eye and said, "You must be touched in the head." The crowd didn't seem all too eager, either. Nilia understood that these were not a warrior people, but after spending her entire life surrounded by those who valued...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 5
5 The 'Town Hall' (as Salem had called it) was a grand building made of stone. Nilia estimated it was probably big enough to fit at least three dozen of the tents back home, but even so, it was absolutely packed. The whispers of a thousand nervous...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 4
4 This hollow construction was different from what it had been a few minutes ago. The sunshine had been strangled down to slits, slowly creeping along the floor in thin white lines, barely able to shine through the cloth coverings, and the candles...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 3
3 Kiana lightly tapped her knuckles against the door. "Mother? Do you need any help?" "Kiana? Good timing, get in here." She eased the door open and looked inside. The little grey Wolf was lying on his stomach, and Mother was bent over him with a...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 2
2 _Oh, this is bad. Oh, this is very, very bad. I don't know exactly what it is yet, but I do know that whatever it is, it will be bad, very bad indeed..._ Salem closed the front door and, after a moment's hesitation, turned the deadbolt. He hurried...
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 1
Chapter 6 Different Smiles 1 "_So_," Bethany said, eyeing her eldest daughter from across the breakfast table. "Mmf?" Kiana inquired through a mouthful of eggs and toast, her second helping of the morning. All her blatant shenanigans must...
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 79
79 Nilia's muscles ached and her lungs burned with every inhale. She was cold and tired, but the weight on her back was a constant reminder not to slow down. She could feel his blood running down her spine, the smell of it so thick and cloying she...
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 78
78 Dorin knew something was wrong the moment he saw that column of smoke rising up from beyond the village walls. It was too thick and black to be a cooking fire, the scent too acrid. He recognised that smell. It was a smell he had breathed into his...
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 77
77 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 - Chapter 5, Subchapter 76
76 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 - Chapter 5, Subchapter 75
75 He looked at her hand for a very, very long time. They had dropped her in a ditch overgrown with bushes, and her hand was sticking out of the brambles, as if asking a kindly passer-by to help her back up. Dorin was afraid of what he would find if...