{"id":3275,"date":"2017-07-03T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2017-07-02T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T18:05:42","slug":"fourteen-05-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3275","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Grim-faced, Sif stood slowly. \u201cThey won\u2019t make it here in time,\u201d she said. \u201cThe others? He\u2019ll be on us before they\u2019re arrayed on the wall. He\u2019s coming too fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seamus straightened slowly, his fingers tightening around the haft of his bow. \u201cThen we need to delay him.\u201d<\/p>\n

She looked at him with a faint smile. \u201cI\u2019m glad we\u2019re of the same mind in this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seamus nodded slowly. \u201cI imagine we are. Do you want me to come along, or cover you from the wall?\u201d<\/p>\n

For a few seconds, she stared at him, weighing options. Finally, she shook her head. \u201cIf Menhit shows up down there to back him up, you\u2019ll be in danger from her little true love trick. Cover me and whatever you do, don\u2019t let Thordin follow me out into that field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seamus nodded, expression grim. \u201cI\u2019ll do what I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean it, Seamus. Do whatever you have to do to keep him off of that field.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will,\u201d he assured her, his voice quiet. \u201cNow go, before someone shows up to talk you out of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for not trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in favor of anything that keeps everyone here alive. Be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sif gave him a firm nod and dropped off the wall. She landed in a crouch and straightened slowly, staring out over the field for a moment before she started to walk forward, toward Anhur and what she suspected would be a vain attempt to divert him from his goal\u2014or his task, as she suspected was actually the case.<\/p>\n

Even if he truly wanted revenge, he wouldn\u2019t come of his own accord. I know that for certain. <\/em>His death had been too brutal. The man wasn\u2019t fearless. Sif suspected even death didn\u2019t fully erase old fears, and the fear of death was the oldest for all of them.<\/p>\n

Even a thousand years can\u2019t erase some fears.<\/em><\/p>\n

Her fingers tightened around the haft of her bow. She wasn\u2019t about to let anyone take Thordin from her. Not again.<\/p>\n

Never again.<\/p>\n

Taking a deep breath, she began to run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Sif’s point of view.] Grim-faced, Sif stood slowly. \u201cThey won\u2019t make it here in time,\u201d she said. \u201cThe others? He\u2019ll be on us before they\u2019re arrayed on the wall. He\u2019s coming too fast.\u201d Seamus straightened slowly, … 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":[240,256,14],"tags":[150,171,170,149,148,159,168,147,167,165,146],"class_list":["post-3275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-6","category-chapter-14-book-6","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-original-fiction","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-seamus-vaughan","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-sif","tag-story","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-QP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275","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=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions\/3276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}