{"id":2157,"date":"2014-07-02T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2014-07-01T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T23:55:00","slug":"thirty-06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"Thirty – 06"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cPrincess of Avalon, wake up!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Neve groaned, snuggling closer to Cameron. He was snoring softly, sprawled on his back with one arm curled around her. It was warm beneath their blankets and she knew full well that it wasn\u2019t even close to dawn. She had to be dreaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeve!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Tendrils of ice skated over her cheek, ice laced with lightning. She jerked upright, swearing in the darkness. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the dim glow of Eriu\u2019s spectre lurking next to the bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s here, Neve,\u201d<\/em> the spirit whispered. \u201cSeamus is here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Neve threw herself out of bed, yanking on her coat and boots, eschewing crutches and ignoring pain in her haste. She tore out of their sleeping quarters, through the tents, out into the snow. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness quickly and she sucked in deep lungfuls of icy air, gaze darting wildly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere?\u201d she breathed, realizing in an instant that she\u2019d somehow left Eriu behind, that the ghostly guardian angel wasn\u2019t with her.<\/p>\n

Then she felt it, the barest trace of a link, so faint that she nearly missed it. It was like a gossamer thread, translucent and weak, shining faintly silver in the darkness, no thicker than a single strand of spider\u2019s web. Her heart thudded painfully against her breast and her eyes started to water.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeamus,\u201d she whispered. \u201cConas chaill m\u00e9 t\u00fa, dearth\u00e1ir m\u00f3r.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

She followed that thread toward the edge of camp, toward the bridge. Two figures stood in the shadows on the bridge, leaning against the rail and staring out into the heart of the ravines. One was clearly Phelan\u2014his staff was glowing slightly in the darkness, so dimly than she doubted that he\u2019d noticed it. The other figure with him, though…<\/p>\n

\u201cDearth\u00e1ir m\u00f3r<\/em>.\u201d She sucked in a ragged breath and ran to them, catching the dark-cloaked figure around the waist with both arms, knocking the breath from him and sending them both pitching into Phelan, her brother\u2019s name on her lips.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeamus!\u201d<\/p>\n

They crashed to the ground together in a tangle of limbs, brother cradling sister as they fell. His eyes widened in the darkness and he breathed words that froze her heart in her chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cD\u00e9ithe agus arrachtaigh.<\/em> There\u2019s two<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cPrincess of Avalon, wake up!\u201d Neve groaned, snuggling closer to Cameron. He was snoring softly, sprawled on his back with one arm curled around her. It was warm beneath their blankets and she knew full well that it wasn\u2019t even … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,113,14,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-4","category-chapter-30-book-4","category-story","category-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-yN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}