{"id":3305,"date":"2017-08-02T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T04:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2017-08-01T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:22:35","slug":"eighteen-05-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3305","title":{"rendered":"Eighteen – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from J.T.’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Another curse dropped from J.T.\u2019s lips. He twisted toward Paul, his eyes narrowing. What the hell is going sideways now?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTalk to me, Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a shit-ton of lightning,\u201d Paul said. J.T. nearly swore again.<\/p>\n

That isn\u2019t helpful, Paul.<\/em> \u201cDammit, Paul.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJ.T., I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on out there, okay?\u201d Paul snapped. \u201cI don\u2019t know anything more than you do. I can just tell you what I see and right now it\u2019s a fuck-ton of lightning.\u201d<\/p>\n

J.T. glanced down at Thom, still unconscious, showing no signs of waking. He pressed his hand against his friend\u2019s forehead, finding it hot\u2014hotter than it should be.<\/p>\n

When it rains, it pours.<\/em><\/p>\n

A crack of thunder that shook the watchtower punctuated the thought and a chill shot down J.T.\u2019s spine. \u201cWhat happened before the lightning?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see. I was tracking a camazotzi<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre they pulling back?\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s brows knit. \u201cHard to tell. There\u2019s still a lot of them in the air and on the ground but the light-show\u2019s taking them out and so are the archers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seamus was still ordering the archers to maintain fire; J.T. could hear him, though it was growing harder and harder as the storm began to strengthen, the rain coming harder. The air had turned cold with the storm, far colder than it should have been on a summer day. J.T. knew it wasn\u2019t a good sign, but he had to trust that they were in control\u2014and if they weren\u2019t, that they\u2019d still find a way to squeak out of this alive anyway.<\/p>\n

Marin shouted something over the sound of the thunder and rain, but the words were lost as the wind picked up, starting to howl. Phelan shouted back. J.T.\u2019s stomach dropped. Even if he didn\u2019t hear the words, he heard the tone.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re screwed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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