{"id":2247,"date":"2014-09-26T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T04:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2014-09-25T19:23:39","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T23:23:39","slug":"thirty-five-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2247","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-five – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took a few minutes before he realized he really could feel her soul and it was nearly enough to stop his heart in his chest right then and there. Ghosts he could handle, but this<\/em>?<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d<\/em> \u00c9riu\u2019s voice whispered in his ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus pancake-flipping Christ,\u201d J.T. whispered. It was hard to breathe and his hands were shaking now. \u201cI never\u2014I haven\u2019t\u2014\u201d He sucked in a sharp breath, squeezing his eyes shut for a moment. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJay, are you all right?\u201d Thordin asked quietly.<\/p>\n

J.T. shook his head. \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou ask too much of him,\u201d Sif murmured. \u201cUntested, untrained. You ask too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be the first time,\u201d J.T. said, another shudder wracking him. He laid his hands on Thesan\u2019s still form again. Show me, \u00c9riu. Show me what I need to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt works by feel,\u201d<\/em> she said. He felt the chill of her presence settle closer still. Her spectral hand brushed against his temple and it was all he could do not to flinch away. \u201cTrust me, Jameson.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI do,\u201d he murmured. \u201cIt\u2019s myself I don\u2019t quite trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was like wrapping her soul in a blanket, like swaddling a newborn. That was the sense he got as he let \u00c9riu guide him. It felt strange, left his skin crawling slightly. He didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever ask me to do this again, Thordin,\u201d he said firmly as he finished, limbs feeling like jelly. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t set right with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we\u2019ll never have to,\u201d Thordin said, lips a thin, pale slash. \u201cIs it done?\u201d<\/p>\n

J.T. nodded mutely, sitting back against his heels. As done as I can make it.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou did well, Jameson.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t bother to suppress his shudder. Once and never again, \u00c9riu. Once and never, ever again. It\u2019s a good thing I can shave without looking in a mirror, because I\u2019ve got no idea how I\u2019m going to face myself after this.<\/em><\/p>\n

The chill of her embrace enfolded him and he sagged, glad that at least one of them understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It took a few minutes before he realized he really could feel her soul and it was nearly enough to stop his heart in his chest right then and there. Ghosts he could handle, but this? \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid,\u201d \u00c9riu\u2019s … 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":[82,118,14,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-4","category-chapter-35-book-4","category-story","category-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-Af","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247","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=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2248,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions\/2248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}