{"id":3048,"date":"2016-11-21T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2016-11-20T07:45:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:45:29","slug":"forty-five-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3048","title":{"rendered":"Forty-five – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Thom took a pair of breaths before he looked toward Thordin. \u201cDo you remember running into them before?\u201d<\/p>\n

After a moment\u2019s hesitation, Thordin said, \u201cNot consciously, not those two. The other one, though, I know I\u2019ve seen him before and it wasn\u2019t in my life before this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thom shuddered but shook his head. \u201cI wish we had time to sort out that mystery. Come on.\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t like the looks of this at all. Think we\u2019ll have time to evacuate some of the others before they hit us?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFuck if I know,\u201d Thordin muttered as the two turned and jogged back toward the gates and the relative safety of the walls. \u201cThese people don\u2019t seem like folks we can run from.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Thom agreed. \u201cIt was\u2014it was just an idle thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not so idle, I suspect.<\/em> Thordin grimaced. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any good choices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gate creaked open to let them in. A grim-faced Seamus was at the forefront of the group waiting to meet them, his complexion pale.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did it go?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have dissention in the ranks,\u201d Thom said. \u201cThey went to deal with it but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to make them withdraw unless they end up with some kind of full-scale mutiny on their hands.\u201d He glanced toward Thordin, then back to Seamus and the rest. \u201cThey\u2019re looking for the Hecate\u2014Matt, too, but mostly the Hecate. They said they want her back. Said they\u2019d give us our lives and leave us alone if we told them where she is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we don\u2019t know where she is,\u201d Leinth said, her brow furrowing. \u201cHow could we tell them something we don\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if we knew, I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d tell them,\u201d Thom said, glancing toward Thordin. \u201cWhat about you?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thordin shook his head. \u201cNo. No, I absolutely wouldn\u2019t tell them. Whatever they\u2019re planning for her, it\u2019s not good and I don\u2019t want any part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Above them, still perched on the wall, Sif exhaled slowly. \u201cSo then we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thordin looked up and met her gaze. He nodded slowly. \u201cSo we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quiet and thoughtful, Thom nodded. \u201cThat we will. Spread the archers out along the walls and tell the Hunt to get ready. They\u2019re not going to wait long once they\u2019ve quashed Aietes\u2019s little snit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Thordin’s point of view.] Thom took a pair of breaths before he looked toward Thordin. \u201cDo you remember running into them before?\u201d After a moment\u2019s hesitation, Thordin said, \u201cNot consciously, not those two. The other one, … 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":[124,234,14],"tags":[150,171,170,166,149,148,159,168,147,167,165,158,169,146],"class_list":["post-3048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-5","category-chapter-45","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-leinth","tag-original-fiction","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-seamus-vaughan","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-sif","tag-story","tag-thom-ambrose","tag-thordin","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-Na","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048","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=3048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3049,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions\/3049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}