{"id":3552,"date":"2018-03-30T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2018-03-29T17:52:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T21:52:53","slug":"thirty-five-06-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3552","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-five – 06"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Phelan stood out on the wall, watching the storm roll in. He could feel it in his bones\u2014something was askew, though he couldn\u2019t quite put his finger on what it was. It was one of those moments when he wished he had more clues, when he wished everything were clearer.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he was silently grateful that they weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou feel it, too, then?\u201d<\/p>\n

He glanced at his cousin, watched Seamus as he climbed up to the top of the concrete and brick structure from the inside. Phelan\u2019s lips thinned for a moment, then his gaze flicked south and west again. He nodded, but didn\u2019t say anything, not yet.<\/p>\n

Seamus came to stand beside him, followed his gaze for a few moments. \u201cThe storm will come first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phelan nodded. \u201cBut what comes inside of it? What comes after<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be nothing,\u201d Seamus said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that any enemy in the cadre would send a storm to soften us up.\u201d Seamus crossed his arms. The storm was nearer now. \u201cBut most of them wouldn\u2019t want to fight in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome would,\u201d Phelan murmured. Wind stirred in the trees, then died. He took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly. Something seemed to whisper in the back of his mind, a wordless warning\u2014or one that he simply couldn\u2019t quite make out, something that was perhaps a little too far away to hear, to understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut most wouldn\u2019t,\u201d Seamus said. \u201cEither way, the Hunt prepares.\u201d<\/p>\n

A chill crept down Phelan\u2019s spine. \u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anything that might need to be done to protect them,\u201d Seamus said, crossing his arms. \u201cFor anything that needs to be done to protect our home, Phelan. What else would they do? This is home. Those kids\u2014all of them here\u2014those are their family now, too. Their people. They\u2019ll die to protect them, and us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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