{"id":3809,"date":"2018-12-14T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3809"},"modified":"2018-12-13T18:12:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T23:12:01","slug":"seven-06-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3809","title":{"rendered":"Seven – 06"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Thom reached out a hand to her and Marin exhaled, standing up and coming to sit with him on the bed. He wrapped both arms around her and held her for a few seconds. She felt her heart calm, her breathing evening out a little. She reached up with one hand to wipe her eyes even as the fingers of the other tangled in his sleeve.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d he whispered, burying his nose in her hair.<\/p>\n

Marin nodded, almost convulsively. \u201cYeah. Yeah, I\u2019m okay. It\u2019s just\u2014wow. It\u2019s jarring, that\u2019s all. I mean, they probably don\u2019t even know yet.\u201d Even as she said it, now that she actually<\/em> thought about it\u2014actual thought as the shock was starting to wear off\u2014she realized it was absurd to think that Hecate didn\u2019t have any kind of inkling. She was a midwife, had been trained for it since birth, regardless of what had happened to her after Olympium had come and stolen her away from her home and murdered her family.<\/p>\n

Thom drew back, studying her, brow furrowing as if he\u2019d sensed her thoughts. Perhaps she\u2019d stiffened slightly or shifted her posture in another way. Either way, he was shooting her a familiarly quizzical look. \u201cSomething tells me that you just reconsidered that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI did,\u201d she said softly, squeezing his arm gently. \u201cHecate would know. She would know if she was pregnant. She knows what to look for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot going on,\u201d Thom murmured, leaning toward her again. \u201cIt\u2019s possible she hasn\u2019t thought about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe,\u201d Marin agreed, then sighed, straightening slightly. \u201cLet me take my shoes off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to stay a little while?\u201d Thom asked.<\/p>\n

She nodded, running her hand gently up and down his arm. \u201cYeah. I don\u2019t think anyone really needs me right now\u2014except for you and Lin, and he\u2019s asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

She felt him smile against her neck. \u201cI always need you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight back at you,\u201d she said softly, then kissed his temple before she leaned down to start taking off her shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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