\u201cSo let me get this straight. She said that she did what we hoped she didn\u2019t do and now we don\u2019t know where the missing piece\u2014or pieces\u2014of Phelan are. Do I have that right?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically,\u201d Neve said, her jaw tight and her eyes worried. \u201cMarin, I\u2019m not sure where we go from here.\u201d<\/p>\n
I grimaced, standing up. \u201cI assume that Seamus tried to get it out of her and she wasn\u2019t budging?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe claims she doesn\u2019t know,\u201d Neve said, glancing back over her shoulder toward the white world beyond the tent. \u201cI was pretty sure that Jacqueline was going to break her in half after she said that. Seamus is trying to calm her down right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, if anyone\u2019s got a chance, I\u2019m thinking it would be him\u2014maybe<\/em>. I exhaled. What the hell are we going to do?<\/em> \u201cI need J.T.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBecause right now, he\u2019s the only one of us who actively sees ghosts, Neve.\u201d I shot her a tight smile and grabbed my jacket as I headed out into the snow. \u201cAnd the fragments of Phelan\u2019s…whatever the hell we\u2019re calling it…are probably pretty close to that.\u201d<\/p>\n She grimaced, hurrying after me. \u201cI guess. Shit, Marin. I don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe makes it through this, Neve,\u201d I said, jaw tightening. He must. I\u2019ve seen him. He has to make it through this.<\/em><\/p>\n But does he make it through this <\/em>whole?<\/em><\/p>\n I thought of the memories I had that belonged to Brighid, the memories of her brother, the pain that she felt and the guilt that she carried after he\u2019d been sundered and then put back together again. What had happened to him hadn\u2019t been her fault, but she\u2019d blamed herself–and he\u2019d never been the same as he\u2019d been before the sundering after he\u2019d been restored to her.<\/p>\n We have to hope that won\u2019t be the case.<\/em><\/p>\n I set my jaw and marched up the hill toward the forge and J.T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cSo let me get this straight. She said that she did what we hoped she didn\u2019t do and now we don\u2019t know where the missing piece\u2014or pieces\u2014of Phelan are. Do I have that right?\u201d \u201cBasically,\u201d Neve said, her jaw tight … Continue reading