\u201cMarin!\u201d<\/p>\n
I straightened ignoring the shakiness in my limbs as I turned away from the ward that I\u2019d been working on.\u00a0 People would be upset if they learned I was pushing myself too hard and Thom or Phelan or someone wouldn\u2019t let me out of their sight.\u00a0 I squinted against the winter sunshine to see a red-faced Carolyn stumbling through the snow toward me, her jacket zipped and scarf dangling as if she\u2019d been sent to find me just as she\u2019d started to unbundle herself after a trip to the greenhouse and back.<\/p>\n
What the hell is attacking us now?<\/i>\u00a0 I started to walk toward her, brows knitting at the stark terror on her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s attacking?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0 She skidded to a halt, staring at me.\u00a0 \u201cNo, it\u2019s nothing like that.\u00a0 It\u2019s Tala.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach dropped.\u00a0 \u201cWhat happened to Tala?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHer water broke.\u00a0 The baby\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
The twins are coming.<\/i>\u00a0 A shudder shot through me.\u00a0 It felt too early.\u00a0 Our rough math said it was too early.<\/p>\n
What if we were wrong?\u00a0 What if we were right and these babies are…if they…<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cTrust your visions.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
I jerked toward the sound of \u00c9riu\u2019s voice, swearing heartily.\u00a0 Carolyn just blinked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing,\u201d I growled.\u00a0 \u201cWhere is she?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were doing laundry by the secondary fire.\u00a0 Phelan sent me to get you when I found him and Jac.\u201d<\/p>\n
I have no idea why.<\/i>\u00a0 I swallowed bile and pointed back toward the tents.\u00a0 \u201cMove.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know why he sent you to get me, but I\u2019m sure he\u2019s got his reasons.\u00a0 Did anyone go to find Jay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bloody fantastic.\u00a0 He should have sent her to find J.T. before he sent her after me.\u00a0 Idiot.<\/i>\u00a0 \u201cGo find him.\u00a0 If he wasn\u2019t in the tents, he\u2019s up at the forge with my brother.\u00a0 Bring him fast and tell him he needs his kit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go chew Phelan out,\u201d I said.\u00a0 \u201cAfter<\/i> we do what we need to do for Tala and the twins.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cR-right.\u201d\u00a0 Carolyn gulped in a breath and dashed off toward the hill, toward the forge.\u00a0 I watched her go for a bare moment before \u00c9riu\u2019s voice returned.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d best hurry,\u201d <\/i>she warned me softly.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019ll need you, though perhaps not in the way you think.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
I swore again and ran for the tents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cMarin!\u201d I straightened ignoring the shakiness in my limbs as I turned away from the ward that I\u2019d been working on.\u00a0 People would be upset if they learned I was pushing myself too hard and Thom or Phelan or someone … Continue reading