{"id":3613,"date":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2018-05-31T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T23:07:48","slug":"thirty-nine-02-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3613","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-nine – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I forced myself not to run, to just walk, my shoulders straight and head high. Matt was half a step behind, then alongside me a moment later, slinging his warhammer across his back.<\/p>\n

Not his warhammer. C\u00edar\u2019s warhammer.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t sure that mattered all that much anymore, though. Either way, it belonged to my brother, and he was at my side. Rain was coming down harder now and it was growing colder\u2014it reminded me more and more of the day we faced Olympium weeks before. The grim expression on Matt\u2019s face told me that he had the same feeling.<\/p>\n

People were running back and forth, some of ours and some of the Hunt. The voices calling to each other were distinct, some familiar and others not\u2014I could hear Paul from the watchtower calling back and forth to Seamus, who was probably still out on the wall. Other voices were less familiar, though growing moreso as time wore on\u2014Gilad and Petyr from the Hunt, among others. Lightning lanced through the clouds, thunder rolling in its wake.<\/p>\n

Matt took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. \u201cYou think it\u2019s her?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEither that or Olympium\u2019s come back,\u201d I murmured. \u201cAnd I like neither option.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you think it\u2019s her.\u201d<\/p>\n

I nodded, stomach twisting. \u201cYeah. Yeah, I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not good news,\u201d he said quietly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt never is,\u201d I said, voice almost lost to the rolling thunder. We were within sight of the wall. Seamus perched near the gate, shouting direction to the defenders that were filtering in, joining him on the wall. Archers were starting to take their positions. I could see Paul up in the watchtower, his rifle in hand, gaze trained on the field beyond the walls.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we can win,\u201d Matt said quietly. He reached over and squeezed my arm. \u201cAnd we will.\u201d<\/p>\n

I managed to smile. \u201cYeah,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n

There was no other choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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