Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 11
11 "How many were there?" Rufio asked. The whole family was gathered around the big table in the living room, each face telling the same story of fear and anxiety. Especially Layla. This was something that didn't fit into the perfect little story she...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 1
Chapter 2 More than a Name 1 Ander didn't know where he was, or what he was doing there. Everything around him was just a solid slab of blackness, stretching off into forever. He looked down, but there was nothing, just more of that empty...
Ander - Part 1: Subchapter 34
34 First, there came the thud and crack of the bolt piercing flesh, then the warmth of blood on her face. But there was no pain. Kiana opened her eyes. She could see the tip of the bolt, red and dripping, less than an inch from her forehead. It was...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 10
10 "Oh, for the love of -!" Kiana said, pulling on her hair in exasperation. Mateo hadn't noticed them yet. He was looking down at his feet, absentmindedly kicking pebbles out of his way as he shuffled along the road, a basket of eggs held in the...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 9
9 "Ander!" Kiana cried in alarm. "You're going to rip your stitches out! Be careful!" "My stitches are fine," Ander said, holding up the left side of Old Jonathan's wagon while his son replaced the broken wheel. It was the least he could do after the...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 23
23 She didn't know how long she sat there and cried. Long enough for her to run out of tears, at any rate. She knew she needed to get moving before her parents started to get suspicious of her absence again, but... What was the point? She didn't...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 16
16 The crowd outside was even bigger than yesterday. Word that the village's resident Wolf was leaving for good must have gotten out, and every Fox wanted to get one last look. Unlike yesterday, though, the atmosphere was heavy and sombre, more like a...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 15
15 Ander could feel the sun shining on his face, could see the darkness behind his eyelids take on that dull, red shade. It could only mean one thing. Morning had come. He didn't want to open his eyes. That would mean last night was over, and even...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 3
3 "Your own brother, eh? That's hard," Rufio said, taking a deep drag on a pipe he had pulled from his front pocket a few minutes ago. Ander was quite interested in the process of stuffing it with pipeweed and then lighting it with a contraption not...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 2
2 - OOoaargh!!" Ander sat straight up, and the pain that tore through his arms dispelled that horrible dream so quickly it was almost welcome. Not quite, but almost. He looked down and was surprised to see both his arms bandaged and wrapped up...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 14
14 "Oh, Ander..." Kiana said, gently placing her hand on his forehead, wondering what horrors lurked just beneath the surface, where she could never reach. He had kicked his blanket away in the throes of his nightmare and now he was shivering in the...
Ander - Part 2: Subchapter 13
13 Ander didn't mind the blackness itself. It was like a shroud, not against the light, but against everything he could feel inside. If it would just stay like this, he could live here forever, a place where he wouldn't need to feel guilt, or sorrow,...