{"id":3327,"date":"2017-08-23T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2017-08-22T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T23:21:52","slug":"twenty-02-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3327","title":{"rendered":"Twenty – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Seamus swallowed again, glancing toward Marin and his cousin once more before he slowly started to climb down from the wall. Every limb ached and his throat felt raw, as if the fight had him feeling every decade, every century he\u2019d lived. Perhaps he really was<\/em> getting too old for all the bullshit.<\/p>\n

A few seconds after his boots hit the mud beneath the wall, Marin, Phelan, and Matt were beside him. He leaned against the stones, scrubbing a hand over his face before he regarded Marin with a long and solemn look.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never knew that she became an issue,\u201d he said slowly, watching Marin\u2019s eyes, catching the barest flicker of something that passed through them and then was gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was long after you were gone,\u201d she murmured, scrubbing a hand over her face. \u201cThere was nothing for you to do about it anyway. It was something for us to handle and we handled it. She<\/em> handled it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seamus nearly flinched, barely managing to suppress it. A hand slid into his and he startled slightly, blinking blearily at Leinth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re clear on the back side?\u201d he asked, feeling half dazed.<\/p>\n

\u201cClear on the back side,\u201d she confirmed, then glanced toward the others. \u201cWe should get out of this rain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll need some help in a minute,\u201d J.T. called from above. \u201cPaul and I can\u2019t get him down on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n

All the blood drained from Marin\u2019s face and her gaze snapped toward J.T., still in the watchtower above. \u201cWhat\u2014is it bad, Jay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBad enough,\u201d J.T. said. \u201cI\u2019ll need to get him on a course of antibiotics fast. The wounds\u2014there\u2019s something strange about them and I\u2019ve got a bad feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll help,\u201d Seamus said. He squeezed Leinth\u2019s hand and then let go.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Leinth asked, following Marin\u2019s gaze as she let Seamus move away from her side and toward the ladder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe camazotzi<\/em>,\u201d Seamus said. \u201cThat and Thordin guiding the storm.\u201d<\/p>\n

He mounted the ladder, Matt on his heels. Hopefully, four of them would be enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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