Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 36
36 Things were different now. Dorin didn't think it would happen so quickly, but he noticed the signs wherever he went. No one raised their hands in greeting or shouted his name from across the village centre. No one waved him over to come look at the...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 35
35 The world was black. Even the small, blurry spot of vision the Cora had seen fit to leave her was smaller than ever before, showing nothing but empty whiteness. Sometimes it would flicker, and then it would be white again. She supposed it must be...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 34
34 "Done," Shekka-Kai said, slapping a Wolf's ear leaf down on Wardo's arm in a manner that looked almost intentionally painful, but if their fearless new Chieftain felt any pain, he didn't show it. He just sat there with that massive grin of his and...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 33
33 The little axe felt more like a toy in his hand than an actual tool, but it was good to get his muscles working again. Banno lined up the blade, and with a casual flick of the wrist he split the log cleanly down the middle. The two halves flipped...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 32
32 The iron bars were colder than ice against his back, so cold they almost seemed to burn. Hezzi could feel their blocky pattern even through his fur, eating into his flesh. "Sit still," Mother ordered, and Hezzi did his very best to comply, but...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 31
31 Dorin felt like throwing up again, but there was nothing left in his stomach. He didn't understand what he was feeling. It was like a terrible, empty, sucking sensation deep inside, like he was about to collapse inward like an unstable...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 30
30 "Laanaaah!" Danado shouted, his whole world collapsing before his eyes. He struggled against Sorrin's grip, thrashing and flailing. "Don't go, Dan! They'll kill you, too! Don't -" "Shut up! That's my sister! _That's my sister!_" He finally broke...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 29
29 She burst through the crowd, dagger in hand, knocking that old crone on her tail without even noticing. Wardo's eyes went wide and his mouth dropped open and oh... how Lana relished the sight. There was nothing fake about that look, no gleeful...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 28
28 "Get back, you vultures!" Mother screamed, not that it did her much good. Their curiosity was greater than their fear. They crowded around him as he lay in the snow, too weak and hurt to get up. He felt worse than naked. He felt like a prize pelt...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 27
27 "Oh no..." Danado whispered as some Wolves cheered and others stood stupefied. The Chieftaincy had changed hands four times in a single hour, twice to the same Wolf. This was unheard of. "Can he even do that?" Lana snorted. "Wardo manipulated the...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 26
26 Wolves were screaming, chanting, shouting, cursing, but it sounded different now, muffled, as if someone had stuffed his ears full of moss. He could see many feet, hundreds of them, shifting back and forth, stepping left and right as their owners...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 25
25 Hezzi was barely able to tell which way was up as they rolled over and under each other, clawing and punching, trading blows, biting into each other's flesh. Pain was coming from everywhere, but he couldn't allow himself to stop. There were too...