Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 43
43 Her screams finally subsided, swallowed up by the hungry mist. It felt like her throat had been shredded. She looked down at her hands and was surprised to see that she had pulled clumps of her hair out in despair. They felt moist and clingy...
Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 9
9 - crunching outside her tent, one pair heavy, one pair light, both of them loud enough to wake the dead. Even after they had passed by and the sound should have disappeared, she could still hear them inside her head. Maddening... infuriating... How...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 20
20 Hezzi watched from high up in the watchtower as Ander fell to the ground and a sea of Wolves cheered in unison, jumping up and down, waves of grey and black and brown. A small pool of blood started to leak from the gash in Ander's forehead, vibrant...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 16
16 There was a fair bit of catcalling at first, and many Wolves claiming that Ander was only slandering Banno's memory, putting words in his mouth in an attempt to save his own skin. Ander couldn't even go a single minute without somebody yelling that...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 21
21 It didn't last. Nothing ever does. All the pains came flowing back one by one, but his shoulder and nose were the worst by far, throbbing in the dark like embers. But why? He knew he must be hurt, but he couldn't remember how it happened... Did...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 17
17 Uproar. Ander watched in horror as the Wolves before him went completely berserk. Codo and Erris grabbed fistfuls of burning logs and hurled them as far as they could. Multitudes of Wolves screamed and shouted - not in fear, but uncontrollable...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 15
Standing to his right, in complete contrast to his father, was hezzi. he had his teeth bared just like banno used to, and his fur stood up in agitated spikes.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 13
13 "Sarah, where are you?" Kadai whispered, looking left and right, his voice completely drowned out by the babbling of the river. The rain had stopped almost completely now, reduced to individual kisses of ice striking his body at random intervals,...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 12
12 The wind had died down, and the first stars of the night were starting to peek out from the gaps between the thinning clouds, but the rain was still there, falling in a fine mist. It covered the monstrous beech tree in a gleaming blanket, doubling...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 14
14 "And now we come to the issue at hand," Father said. "I told you this terrible tale at great cost to myself because I fear you might not live through this night, and I don't want you to leave this world without knowing the whole truth. But I know...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 18
18 You can prepare yourself for your own death as much as you want. You can think of better things, like the happiest moments of your life, or the ones you're laying your life down for. You can tell yourself that by sacrificing everything you have...
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 19
19 Someone must have been waiting anxiously for the signal to begin, because the moment that word left Kadai's lips, a rock came flying out of the crowd and narrowly missed Ander's head. He actually felt the wind generated by its rough edges as it...