{"id":3628,"date":"2018-06-18T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2018-06-16T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T22:21:31","slug":"forty-03-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"Forty – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Bowstrings sang, punctuated by the reports of rifles, the latter sound echoing as the former faded into the storm. They sailed over the field, the dark shafts lost against the stormclouds, fletchings bright and pale alike flashing briefly until they, too, were lost. The only reason any of them knew that the shots found their mark within the mists was because the screams began. Some were definitely human, cries of rage, cries of pain. Others definitely<\/em> weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Ice sluiced down Matt\u2019s spine and washed through every nerve in his body, leaving him chilled to the core. No. Dammit, no.<\/em> \u201cAre you hearing what I\u2019m hearing?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d Phelan said, his face ashen. \u201cYeah, I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

How the hell did they martial <\/em>dirae to their side?<\/em> The question rose to mind before he could fully process how it might have happened. How had Hecate martialed them in the first place?<\/p>\n

Because Olympium taught her to and it was a trick she never bothered to forget. Why would she? Of course they\u2019d have them at their call. Of course. Their loyalty wasn\u2019t to her. They\u2019re not loyal to anything.<\/em><\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t think his blood could run colder, but it suddenly did, like ice in his veins.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt! Matt, snap out of it!\u201d<\/p>\n

His sister\u2019s voice jarred him and he realized that his sudden horror must have shown on his face. He looked at her sidelong, grasping for her arm. Marin jerked slightly as a current passed between them and her breath caught.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt,\u201d she said again, more gently. \u201cStop holding it and let go.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a moment he thought she meant her arm and his fingers sprang open as if they were loaded on springs. She shook her head hard and fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what you\u2019re drawing all this power for, but you need to let it go,\u201d she said, her voice shaking slightly. \u201cIt will eat you up if you don\u2019t. Whatever you\u2019re holding it for, make it your opening salvo. If that\u2019s your one shot, that\u2019s fine. We\u2019ll be okay. Just do it. Please, just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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