Anders

Chapter Two
He fired twice, crumpling the silhouette on the roof.  Anders hoped that the intermittent gunfire around them had effectively camouflaged the weapon- at any rate, the dumpsters no longer served as sanctuary.  He climbed out into the alleyway and crouched down to one knee.
The father was cradling his child, his instincts muted into oblivion as all thought settled on his son’s face.  The son’s face [...]

Reign

The rain fell sporadically throughout the day, covering everything with a fine and constant sheen.  Squabbling birds gathered in the trickling runoffs to splash around uproariously before skirmishing for places unknown.
The sky was neither gray nor blue.  The rain clouds were far too ethereal to hold back the entirety of the sun’s might, yet the [...]