{"id":1939,"date":"2013-11-27T10:44:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T15:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2013-11-27T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T15:44:27","slug":"seventeen-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=1939","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

The girl’s ghost vanished from sight.\u00a0 A wolf’s howl echoed in the distance, closer than the last.\u00a0 Leinth’s mirth abruptly vanished as her sharp-eyed gaze turned in that direction.
\n\t“They’re coming for you, Wanderer,” she said.\u00a0 “Invite me behind your wards.”
\n\t“What?” he blurted, staring at her in shock.\u00a0 “You want me to what?”
\n\t“Invite me beyond your wards!\u00a0 You can’t hope to stand against them alone.\u00a0 I can help.”
\n\tPhelan stared at her in absolute shock and horror.
\n\t“Damnation<\/em>, Wanderer!\u00a0 Phelan, I want to help you!\u00a0 Is that so hard for you to believe?”
\n\tYes, damn it all!\u00a0 It absolutely <\/em>is hard for me to believe that you actually want to help me.\u00a0 No one ever really does–except for blood, except for Thordin.\u00a0 You’re none of that.<\/em>
\n\t“I loved your cousin, Phelan.”\u00a0 She came to the very edge of the wards, the shimmering line that was visible to his second sight.\u00a0 “I know that’s hard for you to accept, even to believe, but I did.\u00a0 I loved Seamus and he would want me to help you.\u00a0 He would want this<\/em>.”
\n\t“Fuck,” the curse dropped from his lips as his fingers tightened around the haft of his staff.\u00a0 He gave a sharp nod.\u00a0 “If you try something funny, I will<\/em> end you.”
\n\tShe gave him a wry, fleeting smile.\u00a0 “Understood, Wanderer.\u00a0 Understood.”
\n\tHe extended his hand to her.\u00a0 “Come in.”
\n\tHer thin, small hand fit into his and she stepped within the wards.\u00a0 A blast of chill wind howled past them as she stepped close to him, close enough that for half a moment they shared a breath.
\n\tPhelan reared back.\u00a0 “What are you–”
\n\t“Nothing,” she said softly.\u00a0 “Absolutely nothing.”\u00a0 Her fingers flexed, squeezed his hand.\u00a0 “You’ll live through this night and you’ll do something for me, Wanderer.”
\n\t“You want me to find Seamus.”
\n\t“I want you to save<\/em> Seamus.”
\n\tPhelan shuddered as another howl echoed, even closer this time.\u00a0 “One miracle at a time, Leinth.\u00a0 One miracle at a time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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