{"id":3307,"date":"2017-08-04T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2017-08-03T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T22:38:25","slug":"nineteen-01-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3307","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A camazotzi<\/em> screamed as it slammed into the wards, energy sheeting across them in a blast of light. I felt light-headed even as I drew and fired another shot far out over the field, skewering a camazotzi<\/em> in midair as it began a dive toward Thordin, my brother, and Cameron. Through the driving rain, I could see Sif hanging limp in Thordin\u2019s arms. The fact that she\u2019d remained motionless in all the time I\u2019d been watching their approach had left me with a sick, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t want to consider the possibility that we\u2019d lose her somehow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy haven\u2019t they stopped coming?\u201d Kellin shouted from down the wall.<\/p>\n

I shook my head, not sure if she\u2019d see. At the end of the day, her guess was as good as mine. \u201cDon\u2019t care! We just need to turn them back. The wards can\u2019t take much more pounding before they buckle!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose bastards keep suicide bombing them,\u201d Phelan shouted over the sound of the wind as it picked up, chilling me to the bone as much as his words. \u201cI need Matt back up here to help me keep them anchored. They\u2019re starting to weaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

I swore under my breath, dropping the arrow I was about to fire. I pressed my palm hard against the stone of the wall, my senses traveling down, down into the wall, down to the earth below them, to the thick skein of copper buried beneath their foundations. I could feel the anchors of the wards, buried deep as we were building the walls all those months ago.<\/p>\n

They were much weaker than they should have been, as if something had been disrupting them at the roots.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething\u2019s wrong!\u201d I shouted to Phelan. \u201cCan you sense it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSense what? I\u2019m a little busy right now!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGet the gates open,\u201d Seamus interjected. \u201cQuick, before they\u2019re on top of us. All archers, fire!\u201d<\/p>\n

Darkness nibbled at the edges of my vision. Something was trying to steal my breath.<\/p>\n

A curse dropped from my lips and I forced it back, my personal shields snapping into place.<\/p>\n

Whatever was attacking our wards had decided I<\/em> was prey, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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