{"id":3441,"date":"2017-12-15T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2017-12-14T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:27:43","slug":"twenty-eight-07-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3441","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-eight – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from J.T.’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

The silver-blue haze didn\u2019t waver at their approach and J.T. felt a faint chill in the air. By now, he knew too well what it meant, though it puzzled him to see it. The ghosts had been quiet, most of them moved on to whatever came next, and he\u2019d been glad for them to find their peace.<\/p>\n

The tiki torches that sat at each corner of the barrow had gone out and J.T. exhaled quietly, lips pursing for a moment as he fished a lighter out of his pocket. He hadn\u2019t been down since the storms, so seeing them out wasn\u2019t necessarily that<\/em> concerning, considering the amount of rain they\u2019d recently gotten. But that coupled with the haze\u2014that<\/em> was a little disconcerting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of energy up,\u201d Leinth said softly.<\/p>\n

J.T. nodded. He could feel it, a chill that was strangely reassuring, but one that puckered his exposed flesh, a current that skated over his limbs and down his neck and spine, setting nerves tingling with something he couldn\u2019t quite name but almost felt like was anticipation. \u201cWhat do you think it means?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Leinth said softly. \u201cMaybe we should have brought Seamus.\u201d<\/p>\n

His lips thinned. J.T. glanced at her for a few seconds, examining the planes of her face, the hint of something rare in her eyes. Leinth was worried.<\/p>\n

She was afraid<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should be, too. But I\u2019m not. We made the right decision.<\/em><\/p>\n

J.T. shook his head, moving to light the first torch. \u201cNo. No, we shouldn\u2019t have.\u201d The wick sputtered briefly as he set his lighter\u2019s flame to it, then caught, the flame rising blue. J.T. took an uneven breath, staring at it.<\/p>\n

Blue.<\/em> He glanced toward the barrow, toward the haze. Nothing had changed except for the feeling in the pit of his stomach.<\/p>\n

Something was stirring.<\/p>\n

But what?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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