{"id":3325,"date":"2017-08-21T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2017-08-20T21:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T01:23:29","slug":"twenty-01-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3325","title":{"rendered":"Twenty – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The wind shifted and the rain came down in sheets. Thunder growled above their heads, more sullen than angry. Seamus swallowed the salt of sweat and the taste of the rain down with the bile that had slicked the back of his tongue for the past ten minutes, ever since Marin had dropped her bow. \u201cArchers, hold,\u201d he ordered, his voice abruptly hoarse. The explosion had left bright afterimages dancing through his vision. The ancient warrior and once-healer blinked in vain, trying to clear them.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid\u2014did that do it?\u201d Marin asked, her voice barely more than a whisper. \u201cAre they\u2014have they\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

A low, keening wail echoed off the walls. It scraped at Seamus\u2019s ears, setting his teeth on edge and his head pounding. He pressed his hands over his ears, a moan escaping him.<\/p>\n

No, no.<\/em><\/p>\n

Deeper-throated calls joined the wail, which faded after only a few seconds\u2014seconds that felt like they went on forever. Some shadows began to move away, their shapes visible as lightning crackled through the clouds.<\/p>\n

Seamus exhaled. \u201cI think so,\u201d he said. \u201cI think they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood,\u201d Rory said, his voice a little weak. He sat down hard on the edge of the wall, barely keeping himself from falling over backwards as he wavered for a moment. \u201cI don\u2019t know that I had another one of those in me. Maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad we don\u2019t have to find out,\u201d Marin said. Her voice was a little shaky. Seamus didn\u2019t dare look in her direction, not just yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cHunters, keep the watch,\u201d he called to the members of the Wild Hunt perched on the wall, most of them with ranged weapons at hand\u2014most of them the archers he\u2019d led through the battle. \u201cSound the alarm if something seems wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, sir,\u201d someone said, the voice distorted by the wind and rain. Seamus almost winced at the solemn respectfulness of the tone.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re not their commander anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n

He wanted to make sure it stayed that way, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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