{"id":2886,"date":"2016-06-10T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2016-06-09T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T14:44:29","slug":"thirty-four-01-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2886","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-four – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Gray Miller’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to try to stop us and I can\u2019t let that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sitting on the cot in the quarters they\u2019d been given for the duration of their stay, Gray watched Aoife stuffing things into her backpack, his frown only deepening as he watched her, listened to her. He hadn\u2019t been entirely sold on the idea in the first place and the resistance everyone else was displaying was starting to tell him that his instincts had been correct.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe won\u2019t stop,\u201d Aoife said, continuing to pace, her boots echoing softly on the wood. \u201cShe won\u2019t stop just because she\u2019s gotten her claws into Marin\u2019s brother. Why can\u2019t they understand that? How does that not make sense to them?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would she take Marin\u2019s brother?\u201d Gray asked, hoping to avert another tirade that might\u2014probably would\u2014end in frustrated tears. \u201cI mean, there had to be a reason, right, and it doesn\u2019t seem like it was to trade him for someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aoife stopped, staring at the wall in front of her, her lips thinning. A raspy breath escaped her a second before she shook her head slowly. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I wish I did. Marin\u2019s brother\u2014he was someone else before, in a past life. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve told you about the Imbolg and the Ridden Druid, though.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m guessing that\u2019s why she\u2019d want him, then? Because of who he used to be?\u201d Gray frowned, leaning back. \u201cWhat do you know about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing,\u201d she said, her voice edging toward the breaking point. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense unless she\u2019s somehow biding her time and lulling us into a false sense of security. It wouldn\u2019t be the first time.\u00a0\u00a0 She always comes back, though\u2014she always comes after them again and it\u2019s never good when she does.\u201d Aoife squeezed her eyes shut and Gray could see the tears on her face. \u201cI have to stop the cycle, Gray. Seems like no one else has the guts to do it, so I\u2019m going to have to do it myself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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