{"id":3312,"date":"2017-08-09T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T23:11:49","slug":"nineteen-03-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3312","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The distraction was all whatever had been attacking me needed.<\/p>\n

Phantom claws dug into my flesh and my head rang like a bell, like I\u2019d been knocked from the wall and banged it hard against the ground. My vision doubled but I could still see the field in front of me, so I knew that hadn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarin?\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelan\u2019s voice sounded like it was echoing through a tunnel before it ever reached me\u2014and a long tunnel, at that. My breath came shallowly and I couldn\u2019t find voice enough to answer him. His fingers suddenly closed around my arm and the sudden attack stalled. I sucked in two breaths even as he stiffened beside me, his gaze jerking away from me and focusing on something I couldn\u2019t see out on the field, out in the storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cD\u00e9ithe agus arrachtaigh<\/em>. Seamus!\u201d<\/p>\n

My head was still ringing, but at least I could breathe again. My bow slipped from suddenly nerveless fingers, clattering against the stones of the wall. I was shaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening?\u201d I managed to whisper. \u201cWho\u2019s doing this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFight back, Marin,\u201d Phelan said, his fingers digging into my flesh. \u201cFight back<\/em>, dammit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not Thesan.\u201d I\u2019d have recognized her\u2014at least I thought that I would. Red nibbled at the edges of my vision. I sucked in another breath. Phelan wrapped both arms around me and hung on. Comforting warmth swept through me and for a second, I fought against it, thinking it was a new attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop,\u201d he whispered. \u201cThat\u2019s me. Fight her<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is it?\u201d I asked again.<\/p>\n

\u201cCyhyraeth,\u201d he breathed, the name so quiet I could barely hear it over the sound of my heart in my ears and the storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCyhyraeth,\u201d he repeated. \u201cCome to claim the vengeance she swore a thousand and a thousand yesterdays ago on the soul that once belonged to Brigh\u00edd of the Imbolg, who drove her from the shores of Eire when the world was young.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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