{"id":3094,"date":"2017-01-04T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2017-01-03T18:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T23:47:13","slug":"forty-eight-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Forty-eight – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cWhat\u2019s going on out there?\u201d Phelan picked up speed as he moved toward the wall, fully intending to scramble up to perch alongside Sif, who stared grimly out toward the field, her bow ready but her draw arm relaxed, even with an arrow in hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cConfrontation,\u201d Thordin answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cA reckoning,\u201d Matt corrected as he slowly sank back down into his spot on the wall. Phelan\u2019s stomach flipped over as he caught sight of the warhammer slung across the other man\u2019s back.<\/p>\n

That looks like\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

He stopped that thought before it could be fully realized, clamping down hard.<\/p>\n

You have bigger shit to be concerned with right now. Focus.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThen she\u2019s out there,\u201d Phelan said, starting to climb up the wall. Sif spared him a moment\u2019s glance before turning her attention back to the field.<\/p>\n

Matt nodded grimly, not looking at Phelan. \u201cShe\u2019s out there,\u201d he muttered, regret heavy in his voice. \u201cTold me to come back here, wait with all of you. I shouldn\u2019t have listened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelan winced at the words, which rang all too familiar if he cast his mind back through the centuries. He\u2019d heard that tone of voice before from more than one man\u2014from both C\u00edar and Teague on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat else did she tell you to do?\u201d Phelan asked, his voice quiet, nearly lost in the storm. Matt tore his gaze away from where Hecate stood out on the field facing whoever Olympium had sent to treat with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Matt asked, suspicion mingling with incredulity in his tone.<\/p>\n

Phelan shook his head quickly. \u201cI was just wondering what she\u2019s planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo save all of us,\u201d Matt said, his voice shaking with as much anger as fear. \u201cThat\u2019s why we came. She knew that they\u2019d be looking for both of us.\u201d He sucked in a breath. \u201cShe regrets what she\u2019s done to all of you over the centuries, Phelan. Please believe me when I say that and believe her when this is over. She was trying to fill a void that couldn\u2019t be filled until now. It was driving her insane as much as everything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s willing to sacrifice everything now to make it right and I\u2019m hoping against hope it\u2019s not going to take that last step to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Phelan’s point of view.] \u201cWhat\u2019s going on out there?\u201d Phelan picked up speed as he moved toward the wall, fully intending to scramble up to perch alongside Sif, who stared grimly out toward the field, her … 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":[124,238,14],"tags":[150,171,170,181,149,173,148,168,147,167,165,169,146],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-5","category-chapter-48","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-matthew-astoris","tag-original-fiction","tag-phelan-ocredne","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-sif","tag-story","tag-thordin","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-NU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","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=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3095,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}