{"id":2982,"date":"2016-09-14T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2016-09-13T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T21:04:08","slug":"forty-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2982","title":{"rendered":"Forty – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

My vision dimmed for the barest second before it normalized again.<\/p>\n

The drums stopped, then sped up again, and with them, my heart.<\/p>\n

I swore softly under my breath and stood up.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething\u2019s wrong,\u201d I said, my voice little more than a whisper. \u201cSomething\u2019s very wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leinth\u2019s shout reached my ears a moment later and I took off at a dead run toward the sound of her voice. I caught sight of Thordin out of the corner of my eye as I ran\u2014his axe was slung across his back and his expression was grim even before he saw me running.<\/p>\n

Sif shouted my name and something after that, but whatever her words might have been were lost as I rushed onward.<\/p>\n

Leinth was hauling Phelan toward me, her eyes wide, a chill permeating the air around her, power crackling around them both. Green fire raced along Phelan\u2019s limbs, suffusing his whole being\u2014but form the way he hung limp in Leinth\u2019s grasp, I knew that he was out cold.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the hell happened?\u201d I blurted, my eyes probably as wide as Leinth\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething attacked him,\u201d she said as I got close enough for her to pass Phelan over to me\u2014and to Thordin, who\u2019d come up behind me to help. \u201cHe locked up, could barely breathe. Something about old enemies and new enemies and gods and monsters know what else. I have to get to the wall.\u201d Her gaze flicked toward Thordin. \u201cSo do you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I get these two somewhere safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

I glared at Thordin and he glared right back at me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to argue with you, Marin,\u201d he said even as he hefted Phelan over his shoulder and Leinth thrust Phelan\u2019s staff into my hands. \u201cYou\u2019re going down to the tunnels and you\u2019re staying there until we give the all clear signal\u2014whether you like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

I snarled, fingers tightening around the staff in my hands. The wood was chilled from Leinth\u2019s touch, but I could feel the steady thrum of Phelan\u2019s magic channeling through it. My gaze drifted toward the Taliesin and a shiver crept down my spine.<\/p>\n

Whatever he\u2019d done wasn\u2019t finished\u2014he was still doing it.<\/p>\n

There was something about that I found terrifying and reassuring at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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