{"id":3845,"date":"2019-01-21T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2019-01-20T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T23:47:53","slug":"ten-04-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"Ten – 04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019d heard her correctly. I stood with stomach sinking, palms sweating, staring at her and Matt, my heart starting to beat a little faster. I cleared my throat, mouth dry. Words wouldn\u2019t come.<\/p>\n

Was it that I wasn\u2019t sure that I\u2019d heard her correctly, or that I wasn\u2019t sure that I wanted to hear her correctly?<\/p>\n

Even as my stomach kept sinking, my heart was trying to leap out of my chest. Pregnant<\/em>. If I\u2019d heard her right, I was going to be an aunt, my brother would be a father\u2014they would be a family<\/em>, something that she\u2019d been seeking all her life, ever since hers had been ripped away from her centuries ago by Olympium.<\/p>\n

The very same people that at every turn seemed to appear to destroy her happiness every time she found it.<\/p>\n

I sucked in a deep breath as Matt echoed her, \u201cPregnant?\u201d<\/p>\n

I saw her nod, drawing back enough to look at him. She searched his face, watching him, traces of fear and need in her eyes, so huge that it made my throat tighten. Matt took her face gently between his hands, his brows knitting.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally?\u201d he whispered, thumbs stroking her cheeks. \u201cYou\u2019re\u2014we\u2019re\u2014?\u201d<\/p>\n

She nodded hard.<\/p>\n

Matt started at her only half a second longer before his arms were around her. He was laughing, though I was sure I could see tears gathering in his eyes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never seen him so happy.<\/p>\n

From the corner of my eye, I saw Phelan look at Leinth. \u201cHow did you figure it out?\u201d he asked her. A chill shot through me and I looked at her, too, canting my head to one side. Leinth just smiled weakly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know,\u201d she said softly. \u201cI just strongly suspected\u2014as I imagine at least some of the others did.\u201d Her gaze slanted toward me and I looked away, back to Matt and Hecate. I shook my head slightly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only dared,\u201d I whispered, watching them, and said nothing more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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