Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 4
4 Hezzi lay on his side, his knees drawn up to his chest, his arms folded tightly against his body, the little wooden figure of himself carved by Ander so many years ago clutched tightly in his fist. With all the flaps closed, his tent was nice and...
Ander - Part 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 - Part 2: Subchapter 21
21 "That was how I met Kadai, your father, Ander," Sarah said. Her hands had stopped twisting her dress, but they were clenched so tightly they were almost vibrating. Ander sneaked a peek over her shoulder at Mateo. Like him, the Fox hasn't said a...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 23
23 - sprawling, the scent of wet, half rotted leaves ripe in her nostrils. She twisted around just in time to see them collide with each other, two hulking shapes in the dark, biting and clawing and tearing, snarling like beasts. They were fighting...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 22
22 "Banno!" Ander should have known it wouldn't be this easy. Of all the Wolves to come after them, it had to be _him_; the one Wolf who lived for no other reason than to kill, the one Wolf who could only feel alive by tasting the death of...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 21
21 They had only been running on for a short while when Kiana tapped Ander on the shoulder. "Do you hear that?" "Loud rumbling dead ahead? Yeah, I hear it. Sounds like we've nearly reached the river." Kiana rested her head against Ander's shoulder,...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 31
31 Hezzi burst out into the open, his lungs screaming for air. The thunderous river, which normally would have grabbed his attention and held him fascinated, didn't so much as register in his panicked mind. He looked around, trying to figure out where...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 30
30 The pain that exploded inside Ander's right arm made the holes in his left feel like mere mosquito bites. He watched in horror as Banno tore into his muscle, shaking his head back and forth like a starving animal, red slobber flying from his mouth...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 29
29 This was turning into quite a shlog of a night for Hezzi. After all the trouble he went through to help out, Ander simply told him to get back to the village (_ordered_ was more like it), but when he finally got back there, the next guard shift had...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 28
28 ... my brother!" Banno could see the hand reaching out to him. He could even understand who it belonged to, but he was no longer capable of understanding what it meant. His mind, his being, his very perception of the world itself had narrowed down...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 27
27 The water washed over Ander's head, bitter cold, stinging his wounds with a bombardment of sand and grit and broken twigs. The pressure he felt pushing against his body was enormous, almost enough to straighten him out with the current, threatening...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 26
26 - help me!" That voice... Ander fought through the gray haze of pain. It hurt just to breathe, but that voice... Kiana's voice. She needed him, and he made a promise. "Kiana..." Ander started to rise. Even this simple action made his head spin,...