Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 72
72 There was no pain, no cold, no sadness. There was only peace and the smell of something sweet, carried by a warm, summer breeze. James opened his eyes. The sky was blue, but not just any blue. It was the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 71
71 Impossible. There was no way it could be true, and yet there was no mistaking that voice. It was the same one he had listened to his entire life, telling him to clean his room and feed the chickens and haul water from the well, the same voice that...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 70
70 Banno stuck his hand into the snow and swept it aside, hating the feel of it against his burned palm, all slick and cold. Even the noise it made as it fell to the ground annoyed him, so muffled and soft, as if the nothingness had gotten into sound...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 69
69 Luke jerked awake, completely smothered in darkness. He covered his mouth and nose, not wanting his panicked breathing to wake his siblings. Perhaps sensing their big brother's distress, Valery nuzzled against him, moaning softly in her sleep, and...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 68
68 There was no light save for the pale glow of the moon. No flicker of orange flames shining through the gaps in the trees, no beacon to guide him. He was sure they would have made a fire by now, but there was nothing, only emptiness. All the colour...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 67
67 Off in the shadows, Dorin was staring at this display of affection, his body and soul completely numb. He was still alive, but he didn't know how to feel about that. Not happy, that's for certain, but not sad, either. There was just this tired...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 66
66 There were eight of them, all lined up, their hands and feet bound tightly. Danado limped down the line, inspecting each of them in turn, the rage in his heart slowly coming to a boil. Seffer was unconscious, with a huge bump growing out of his...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 65
65 The log was half-buried in the snow when he saw it, dead and rotted, almost invisible. If it wasn't for the broken branches sticking out of the top, they would have walked right by it, probably to die. "Why did you stop?" Tim asked. His voice was...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 64
64 There was no dead Wolf sprawled in the snow, no pools of blood, no dead Danado staring up at the night sky with his tongue hanging out and an arrow growing out of his forehead. Seffer's arrow had struck a lumpy, uprooted tree stump with two dead...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 63
63 "You all know your parts?" Dorin asked, and all his men nodded their heads in unison. "Good. Danado may have the positional advantage, but we have the numbers. No matter how good he is with that bow, he can only shoot at one of us at a time....
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 62
62 The rocks were slippery beneath his bare feet, constantly shifting over each other as if consciously trying to trip him up. They pushed painfully against his soles with every step, but he had no idea how long the feeling in his feet would last with...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 61
61 - made her go outside! In the cold! What kind of a terrible father are you, huh!?" Banno swiped his claws across James's face, but the dead Fox only nodded once and lay still again, just an empty piece of meat with a flapping jaw. "Hey! I'm talking...