{"id":2975,"date":"2016-09-07T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2016-09-06T23:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T03:41:57","slug":"thirty-nine-07-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2975","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-nine – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cThey won\u2019t come from here,\u201d Leinth said, her gaze still on the trees as Phelan slowly straightened from his crouch, limbs shaky as if he\u2019d just run a marathon. There was a low-level hum in the air from the energy he\u2019d pushed into the wards, his magic mingling and merging with Marin\u2019s, strengthening the ravine-side barrier at the very least.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you know?\u201d he asked quietly.<\/p>\n

A wry smile twitched the corner of Leinth\u2019s mouth upward. \u201cThey never did do well with terrain like this. They\u2019ll hit us at the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than half,\u201d she said. \u201cSome of the Hunt should watch out here, but most of them and all of us need to be on the walls. Trust me in this, Phelan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do and that\u2019s what worries me.\u201d He scrubbed his hand roughly over his face and then flexed his fingers. He could sense the power lurking beneath his feet, ready and waiting to be called. It sent ice skittering up and down his spine and goosebumps racing up and down his limbs.<\/p>\n

It had been that way since the day on the ice, when he\u2019d reached too deep and touched something he\u2019d never felt before.<\/p>\n

If I called, it would answer. I know it would answer.<\/em><\/p>\n

That knowledge wasn\u2019t something that should have frightened him, but it did.<\/p>\n

Phelan closed his eyes.<\/p>\n

Leinth touched his arm. \u201cWanderer?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d he said softly. \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should go,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n

He nodded. \u201cI\u2019m coming,\u201d he said. \u201cGo on.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she stood there, staring at him, waiting. Phelan sighed, smiling his trademark crooked smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going without me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re right,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not. Come on, Phelan. We have work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

He exhaled a sigh. They always did.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right,\u201d he said softly. \u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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