{"id":3695,"date":"2018-08-20T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2018-08-19T18:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-19T22:33:56","slug":"forty-four-05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Forty-four – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Neve closed her eyes and sighed softly, then glanced up toward him with a faint smile. \u201cWhat about a story about the sword?\u201d she asked, her voice quiet, almost curious.<\/p>\n

A slight chill crept down his spine and his stomach did a little somersault at the suggestion. He met her gaze with a slightly furrowed brow. \u201cWhat kind of story?\u201d<\/p>\n

She thought about it for a moment, then her smile grew by a fraction. \u201cWhat about how it was made?\u201d<\/p>\n

His breath caught and he smiled back at her. \u201cI think that would be an excellent story,\u201d Cameron whispered, leaning his head against hers. Neve grinned back and nodded slightly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay. So, the sword\u2014it wasn\u2019t made for him.\u201d Her voice was quiet, the cadence changing slightly, shifting toward the tones of a long-experienced bard. Even that sent a chill down his spine, excitement setting his nerves jangling. His arm tightened slightly around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

She shook her head slightly. \u201cNo. It was just made<\/em>. We didn\u2019t know who would hold it, we just knew that it needed to be made\u2014the forging needed to happen. Metal that beautiful needed to be forged into something beautiful.\u201d A wistful smile curved her lips. \u201cThe story goes that my mother and her brothers and sisters found the stone while they were swimming one day. The river had changed somehow\u2014there was a new pool to one side of it that was strange and hadn\u2019t been there before. There had been a storm without rain a few nights before and so when they went to see the pool they thought perhaps something had happened in that storm to create the new pool and I suppose they were right. They found the stone there at the bottom, shining in the water like silver.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it wasn\u2019t silver,\u201d Cameron said softly, half in awe. \u201cIt was something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neve nodded, smiling. \u201cSomething magical\u2014even to us. Even after all these years, I still stare in wonder at that blade, Cam, and I had a hand in its forging. It truly is a fated blade, a real<\/em> magic sword, though not in any of the ways people seem to think.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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