{"id":2921,"date":"2016-07-15T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2921"},"modified":"2016-07-14T20:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T00:43:56","slug":"thirty-six-02-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2921","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-six – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Cameron grinned back, swinging from the saddle. \u201cComplications back home, but that doesn\u2019t matter now. I\u2019ve brought trade goods and supplies for you and your people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we\u2019re very glad you made the trip.\u201d Lara took both of his hands in hers and squeezed. \u201cEspecially since the look in your eye tells me you bloody well needed a break from whatever\u2019s going on back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron choked on a laugh, squeezing her fingers before turning to start unhitching the pack horse from his mount\u2019s saddle. \u201cMaybe I do\u2014maybe I did.\u201d He leaned against his mount\u2019s flank for a moment before glancing back to Lara. \u201cWhat have you heard? Anything?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lara\u2019s brow arched slightly and she regarded him with a long, measuring look. \u201cAre you asking if we\u2019ve run into other travelers, or are you asking me something else?\u201d<\/p>\n

He sighed. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m asking,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I just thought maybe\u2014I guess I thought maybe you\u2019d have seen or heard or felt something, maybe something different than we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh,\u201d she said softly. \u201cIs that all? This and that, mostly. There were some travelers that passed through that, like all of us, were unlucky enough to survive the end of the world. They didn\u2019t seem as attuned as the rest of us.\u201d She took his horse\u2019s reins and let him concentrate on untethering the packhorse\u2014and marshalling his thoughts. \u201cI\u2019ve felt other powers, though\u2014close, too close for my comfort, to be honest. I went with some outriders to check on what it could be but we found nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me guess,\u201d Cameron murmured. \u201cIt came from the direction of the lake, didn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lara blinked. \u201cHow did you\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen him,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cHe pretended not to threaten us, pretended that he wanted to be our friend, but I don\u2019t think any of us bought it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLeviathan,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cHis name was Leviathan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Cameron’s point of view.] Cameron grinned back, swinging from the saddle. \u201cComplications back home, but that doesn\u2019t matter now. I\u2019ve brought trade goods and supplies for you and your people.\u201d \u201cWell, I think I speak for … 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":[124,212,14],"tags":[150,161,171,170,213,149,148,168,147,165,146],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-5","category-chapter-36-book-5","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-cameron-mackenzie","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-lara-duchnes","tag-original-fiction","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-story","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-L7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921","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=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}