Ander - Chapter 4, Subchapter 50
shekka had poisoned him. shekka... his mate of thirty years... the mother of his children... she had murdered him. kadai squeezed tighter and tighter, hooking his claws into his own flesh, pushing them deeper and deeper inside.
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 78
Someone had dragged out the war drums and was banging out a fast rhythm, matching it to shekka's frenzied words.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 42
"aisa hurts shekka? shekka hurts aisa? they both hurt each other? maybe so bad they can't walk anymore? what good does that do anyone? what does that accomplish? absolutely nothing!
Ander - Chapter 5, Subchapter 73
Just get shekka-kai to the others and you can go home to rest. you can finally -_ "thank you, dorin," shekka whispered. she said it so softly it might have been the wind, but he knew it was not. had anyone ever been thanked by the empty one?
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 9
He took his hand, still slick with shekka's blood, and pressed it against ander's forehead, leaving a blood red handprint on his face.
Ander - Part 3: Subchapter 25
._ nilia was still trying to keep garten away, ordering him to go see shekka, but he would have none of it. _i'm okay...
Ander - Chapter 4, Subchapter 9
shekka forcefully choked back her tears. now was not the time.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 53
It was the same kind of feeling that sometimes crawled up his spine when he looked at shekka, only more intense. shekka had a sense of emptiness about her, but it was a _repulsive_kind of emptiness. it seemed to push you away.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 45
_please, shekka-kai!_dorin prayed. _see the truth! help us! it's the only way for you to save your son!
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 170
Nilia remembered a time, not too long ago, when shekka had gone into her tent to pray to the cora, and hadn't come out for close to three days.
Ander - Chapter 4, Subchapter 30
It was shekka bending over him, her brow furrowed in deep concentration. she pawed at his chest and his arms, feeling the hot, sticky blood covering him from neck to waist.
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 6
#341 of ander 6 no sooner had they taken the first steps out of the crumbling trench that had almost served as shekka's grave than a figure appeared among the swirling spirals of snow.