{"id":3059,"date":"2016-11-30T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2016-11-29T18:37:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T23:37:14","slug":"forty-five-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3059","title":{"rendered":"Forty-five – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Another knock echoed through the house as he stepped into the kitchen and steeled himself as he crossed the room. He could see the shadows of a figure beyond the frosted panes, but seeing more was an impossibility.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got this and she\u2019s got your back. Trust that if you don\u2019t trust anything else left in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt took a deep breath and opened the door, not entirely certain of what he expected to find but knowing in a heartbeat of seeing the figure standing on the back porch that he wasn\u2019t it.<\/p>\n

\u201cShit,\u201d Matt breathed, then started to turn, to warn Hecate. It was action taken a second too late.<\/p>\n

His hammer clattered to the floor as she dropped it in the kitchen doorway, drawing her blades with a cry. She launched herself at the figure at the back door before Matt could yell a warning, before he could stop her from doing it.<\/p>\n

Only Gilad\u2019s ability to dodge quickly stopped his throat from getting cut.<\/p>\n

Matt grabbed Hecate around the waist to stop her from lunging after him, drawing her tightly against his chest even as she flailed against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet go! He\u2019s come to take you back!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCalm down. I already told you that I\u2019m not going without you even if that is<\/em> why he\u2019s here.\u201d Matt\u2019s gaze shifted toward the other man, older than him by centuries but not looking a day beyond twenty.<\/p>\n

What was a member of the Wild Hunt doing on her doorstep, though, if not to round him up and bring him home?<\/p>\n

Matt sucked in another breath. \u201cYou\u2019d better start explaining, Gilad,\u201d he said, struggling to keep his voice even. \u201cAnd make it fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know why he\u2019s here,\u201d Hecate said, the words nearly a sob. She\u2019d stopped struggling, her blades hanging limp in her hands. \u201cMatt, you know<\/em> why he\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI swear that it\u2019s not what you think,\u201d Gilad said quietly. \u201cI did come because I could sense him here, but only after I got close and I wasn\u2019t looking for him, I swear it. I came because there\u2019s trouble and we need your help.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s trouble and you might be able to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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