Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 90
90 "Do it for our baby!!" Kiana's voice echoed through the mill, hitting Ander like a slap in the face. Everything seemed to slow down with that echo, as if every reverberation took minutes instead of moments. The shaft of light shining in from the...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 89
89 She knew this ache. She had felt it only once before, but not nearly as intense as this. It had come from the first Wolf she ever saw, the one with the scars running across his chest in jagged lines. _You_ bitch_! I tried to be_ nice_, and this is...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 88
88 "No..." That was all Ander had time to say. Banno lunged forward, jaws working, teeth snapping. The tines of the pitchfork scraped along the stairs, scratching three thick furrows into the wood. Without stopping to think, Ander grabbed Hezzi and...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 87
87 "I'm sorry..." Hezzi whispered, staring down in horror at Banno's body. "I'm sorry... I- I'm sorry..." His eyes went glassy and unfocussed. He swayed in place and began to pitch backward. He raised his arm, but it was an unconscious response, as if...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 86
86 Ander reached for the stairs, but even this small movement was torture. He slid down to the floor, gasping for air and leaving an arcing streak of blood against the wall, his fingertips barely brushing the first step. He felt heavy, as if someone...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 85
85 Ander felt the pain before anything else. It came back slowly, every beat of his heart a pulse of agony inside his head. His other senses came back one by one, but they didn't tell him much. It was too dark to see, and all he could taste and smell...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 84
84 Ander had been drifting in and out of consciousness, but he had no idea for how long. The only measure of time he had was the lantern at the top of the stairs, shining in the dark like a beacon, egging him on. He'd grab hold of one of the risers,...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 83
83 Nilia showed more of a reaction than Banno did. Her eyes went wide and her mouth dropped open. "You're lying..." she breathed, and the Fox simply smiled that smug, self-satisfied little grin, a grin that had no business being on his mouth when...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 82
82 There was something wrong, but Banno couldn't understand what it was. There was something different. He hated this! He had to resort to leaning against the wall just to keep from falling down. It was like that damn crutch all over again. And then...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 81
81 Mateo slammed the crossbow down on its head and shoved his foot into the stirrup, keeping his eye on Ander's demented freak of a brother. The brute's tongue was hanging out, exposing a great gash right through the middle, as if it were trying to...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 80
80 Mateo had lived pretty much his entire life feeling at least some amount of curmudgeonly anger. You could almost say it was his default state. There was always something to be slightly grumpy about. A pebble in your shoe, for instance. Or an...
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 79
79 Denko looked straight up at the jet black sky, at the lonely flakes of snow drifting down from above. One there... Two there... flowing with the wind in lazy, serpentine coils. He could hardly believe it, but the blizzard was finally dying down,...