{"id":3322,"date":"2017-08-18T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2017-08-17T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T14:16:37","slug":"nineteen-07-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3322","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

My voice lodged in my throat as the first get of fire shot from one of his hands, lancing out into the rain and the wind, catching a camazotzi<\/em> in the chest. The stench of burning flesh hit me like a punch to the face and I reeled, would have fallen if Phelan\u2019s arm wasn\u2019t still locked around my shoulders.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteady,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n

I grit my teeth, reaching for an arrow. Seamus ordered another volley.<\/p>\n

Rory was building a ball of flame between his palms, his jaw set, something dark in his eyes, a grim determination that I\u2019d seen only a few times in all the years I\u2019d known him. He stared out over the field, his gaze roaming, as if he was searching for something.<\/p>\n

\u201cArchers ready,\u201d Seamus called on the other side of Phelan.<\/p>\n

Matt\u2019s hand wrapped around my arm before I could draw. I looked at him and he stared back, a bleakness in his eyes. \u201cIt\u2019s not good,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n

\u201cSif?\u201d<\/p>\n

He nodded. \u201cIf she dies, he\u2019s going to snap.\u201d<\/p>\n

My stomach bottomed out and I swallowed the bile that suddenly crept upward in my throat. \u201cI know,\u201d I whispered, feeling ice water sluice through my veins. \u201cBut there\u2019s nothing I can do about that right now except end this fight, so if you\u2019ve got any bright ideas, I\u2019m open to suggestions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the glow building in the last second before Rory sent a massive ball of fire spinning out over the field. It sailed in an arc out over the battlefield, starting to fall after it had gone a few dozen yards.<\/p>\n

It hit without a sound and then exploded in a bright flash.<\/p>\n

All I could hear were the screams of the camazotzi<\/em> caught in the explosion.<\/p>\n

Then, there was nothing but the rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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