{"id":3643,"date":"2018-06-27T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2018-06-26T20:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T00:18:14","slug":"forty-one-01-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3643","title":{"rendered":"Forty-one – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

She could taste his fear, even at this distance.\u00a0 They could hear the screams, though distant and faint.\u00a0 Hecate\u2019s jaw tightened as she stared off toward the wall, though she couldn\u2019t see it from where they still sat by the fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you think it is?\u201d Thom asked, his voice a hushed whisper.\u00a0 There was no reason for it\u2014there was no enemy here to overhear them\u2014but he did it anyway and somehow it felt right that he did.\u00a0 That more than anything left her slightly frightened, a little shaken.\u00a0 \u201cWell.\u00a0 Who.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know who it is,\u201d she whispered, cradling her nephew against her chest.\u00a0 Lin had one tiny fist wrapped around one of his father\u2019s fingers, the other fist somehow tangled in the fabric of her shirt.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t have to guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stared at her for a few seconds, lips thinning as he huddled in the blanket she\u2019d thrown around his shoulders.\u00a0 \u201cWho is it, then?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOlympium,\u201d she breathed.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s them.\u201d\u00a0 They\u2019re coming for me\u2014but maybe more than just me.\u00a0 Maybe.<\/em>\u00a0 She hoped against hope that it was for more than just her, though she\u2019d rather they not come at all.<\/p>\n

Thom winced, a shudder running through him.\u00a0 \u201cAre they going to need you out on the wall?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hecate closed her eyes against stinging tears, jaw tightening slightly.\u00a0 \u201cNo,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cNo, this is where Matt wants me and this is where I\u2019m going to stay.\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s worried enough as it is\u2014and has enough to worry about on his own.<\/em>\u00a0 She felt sick to her very core, terrified.\u00a0 They would make a target of him as much as they\u2019d made one of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d she said. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not a fool, Thom.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least, not about this.\u00a0 Not about this\u2014not this time.\u00a0 I know what they\u2019re capable of.<\/em><\/p>\n

But I\u2019m also starting to know what we\u2019re capable of, and I have to believe there\u2019s a chance.\u00a0 I have to.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no other choice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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