Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 10
Strange, thinking of her as his mother when they'd really only known each other for a couple of months, not even the full length of a season, and yet it also felt perfectly natural (certainly more natural than anything he'd ever felt between himself and shekka
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 19
With foamy slobber dripping from the corner of her mouth, shekka slipped the necklace over wardo's head, finishing the oath. "then rise now, wardo, as our new chieftain."
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 16
Most of the foxes seemed a bit wishy-washy, but beth knew what she was doing when it came to medicine, probably even more so than shekka. the way hezzi was running around was testament to that.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 19
It -" thinking of shekka sent a needle of pain through his heart. for a moment he had forgotten that she was no longer with them. it just sort of... snuck up on him, the image of her smiling, dying face as she dragged the scissors through her throat.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 20
"throw him in the fire, just like shekka said!" "stop!!" oh no, hezzi could recognize that voice anywhere, even in this cacophony.
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 24
"your son's face just got redistributed a lil' bit, shekka-kai!" hezzi tried to blink the blood out of his eyes, but more and more was pouring down his face. he wiped it away and his entire arm came back bloody.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 4
_ she knew it was shekka buried beneath their feet. of that, ander had no doubt. _she was given such a beautiful gift, a precious gift, and to hear her say those things about you... i just...
Ander - Chapter 2, Subchapter 22
"i have been mated to a she-wolf named shekka these past five years. we have a son together. his name is banno, and he recently turned four." sarah stood frozen, unable even to blink.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 37
shekka has made the will of the cora clear, and as the cora wills, so it shall be, and what the cora wills is for ander to suffer, and then to die alone."
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 18
As ander pondered these questions that no one should ever have to ask themselves in a sane world, shekka threw her head back and _laughed_. she just laughed and laughed until tears streamed from her dead eyes, wide open and staring.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 15
Ander could just make out his sideways whisper to her: "shekka, are you all right?" she turned on him as if attacked, barking for the whole tribe to hear, "my son is being tried for murder! of course i'm not all right!"
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 83
To the tribe they were shekka and banno. they were the 'empty one' and the 'flavour of death'. they were the witchdoctor and the strongest son. they were all of those things, yes, but to hezzi they were simply his mother and brother.