{"id":3657,"date":"2018-07-11T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T20:00:19","slug":"forty-two-01-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3657","title":{"rendered":"Forty-two – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Hecate\u2019s hand went limp in his and Matt\u2019s gaze jerked from the sky to her face.\u00a0 His throat constricted, air choked off by sudden panic.\u00a0 He realized a split second too late that something had gone terribly wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cShit,\u201d he whispered, then again, more loudly, \u201cshit<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0 Phelan tore his gaze from the mists\u2014mists that were moving now, slowly rolling across the field despite driving rain and volleys of arrows.\u00a0 His eyes widened as his gaze lit on Hecate\u2019s face, her complexion suddenly the color of ashes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a trap,\u201d Matt blurted, the words born of instinct as opposed to any sort of rational thought.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t sure how he knew, nor did he precisely care<\/em> how he knew\u2014he just did<\/em>.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a trap.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d\u00a0 Marin seemed to suddenly realize that Hecate was there with them on the wall, her eyes widening a fraction.\u00a0 \u201cWhat is\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNevermind,\u201d Phelan said, cutting her off in mid-question.\u00a0 \u201cMatt, you need to pull her out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMe?\u00a0 I don\u2019t\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t tell me you can\u2019t,\u201d Phelan snapped, \u201cbecause you are the only one who can<\/em>.\u00a0 You\u2019re connected to her.\u00a0 The rest of us aren\u2019t.\u00a0 Do it.\u00a0 You have to or we\u2019re going to lose her to them<\/em> and I think we both know that\u2019s the last thing she\u2019d ever want.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the last damned thing I want, too.<\/em>\u00a0 Matt swallowed bile, his grip tightening on her hand.\u00a0 If I\u2019m the only one who can save her, then I guess I\u2019m the only one.\u00a0 Damnation.<\/em>\u00a0 He exhaled a shuddering breath and drew Hecate into his arms, against his chest.\u00a0 She felt like ice against him, her lips blue and flesh pale and bloodless.\u00a0 A chill swept through him unbidden.<\/p>\n

Please.\u00a0 Please don\u2019t leave me, <\/em>mo chro\u00ed.\u00a0 Please.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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