We’d agreed to meet beside the Nursery chamber, right after Kaza would have been done with her nightly march around the Hill and just before she might decide to begin another…
Toki chatted animatedly as we marched on towards the Queen’s chamber. As usual he was brimming with excitement. And as was usual for me, I was both baffled and irritated by his…
Doga had summoned her! Zita knew she should feel apprehensive that the head of her unit and the third in command after the Queen and Kaza had, for the first time…
We made our way hastily towards the exit of the Hill, our antennae linked as we marched side by side. “Are you sure we won’t be caught?” Zita asked again, her…
I crawled towards the Nursery Chamber, impatient to see Zita. The way I felt, I neither cared if I crawled into Kaza or if she crawled all over me. I needed to see…
Zita scurried down the sandy pathway, meandering her way towards the Drone chamber. At any sound—either real or imagined—she skittered into tiny holes that lined the walls of the Hill. Her…
I marched along with the other ants, our straight-lined ordered file heading steadily for the exit of the Hill. “Imagine you and me crawling out like this side by side, away…