{"id":3160,"date":"2017-03-10T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2017-03-09T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T00:45:59","slug":"five-04-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3160","title":{"rendered":"Five – 04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

For a few minutes, I couldn\u2019t speak. Words wouldn\u2019t come and I struggled to process what Cameron had just said. What was that supposed to mean\u2014what did Leviathan\u2019s warning actually mean for us?<\/p>\n

Nothing good. That\u2019s for certain.<\/em> My lips thinned. Cameron\u2019s jaw tightened as he watched me, as if he could somehow sense what I was thinking.<\/p>\n

He stayed silent, his gaze straying from me and to the fire. I swallowed hard, suddenly very conscious of the weight of little Thomas Merlin in my arms.<\/p>\n

There was far more at stake now than there ever had been before\u2014at least for me there was.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat else did he say?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n

Cameron hesitated. I looked at him sharply.<\/p>\n

\u201cCam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me that he\u2019d offered her a place at his side\u2014her and her lover. He wants the world and he\u2019ll do anything to get it. We\u2019re either with him or we\u2019re against him.\u201d Cameron\u2019s hands tightened into fists against his knees as he stared into the fire again. \u201cI don\u2019t know which is worse,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything else we\u2019ve faced or possibly joining forces with that bastard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t come to that,\u201d I said, my stomach feeling hollow even as the words passed my lips. \u201cWe\u2019ll find a way. We always do. I\u2019m sure they had a plan before they came here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt and Hecate,\u201d I said, lurching to my feet, clutching my son against my chest. He gave a soft whimper and I realized exactly how hard I was hanging onto him. A soft curse escaped my lips and I loosened my hold, cradling him against my shoulder. \u201cHell, it\u2019s the middle of the night,\u201d I said. \u201cIt\u2019s the middle of the night and I\u2019m about to go storming in there with bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron looked up and held my gaze for a long moment. \u201cIt can probably wait until morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCan it?\u201d<\/p>\n

He inclined his head. \u201cWe can only hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grimly, I nodded, sitting back down next to him.<\/p>\n

There would be no more sleep for me that night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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