{"id":3913,"date":"2019-03-25T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3913"},"modified":"2019-03-24T16:37:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T20:37:45","slug":"thirteen-03-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3913","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Paul shrugged with one shoulder, still eating. \u201cWell, if it is, it is, if it\u2019s not, it\u2019s not. Once I\u2019m done eating, I\u2019ll head back out there to take the watch back. They were only spelling me so I could eat, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lin made a noise, finished eating, and I shifted him to my shoulder to burp him. I tried to pretend that I believed Paul\u2019s assessment, but the fact was that I didn\u2019t\u2014not at all, not by a long shot. Thom glanced at me, his brow furrowing, as if he could sense my unease. He leaned toward me, murmuring in my ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you not saying?\u201d<\/p>\n

I shook my head slightly, turning my face to his, my lips brushing against his before I whispered a response. \u201cIt\u2019s longer explanation than I can give right now in mixed company.\u201d<\/p>\n

His brows knit, but he nodded, kissing me lightly before he turned his attention back to his plate. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, sighing. Thom\u2019s arm settled around me and he ate with the other, half inviting me to lean into his embrace. I did just that, though lightly. Somehow, he seemed frail, much moreso than he had even that morning in bed.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t lose you. I can\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n

He squeezed me gently, as if he could hear the thought that I hadn\u2019t given voice to. I rested my head against his.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever it is,\u201d he murmured, breath stirring hair against my cheek, \u201cit\u2019s going to be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d I whispered back. \u201cSomehow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.] Paul shrugged with one shoulder, still eating. \u201cWell, if it is, it is, if it\u2019s not, it\u2019s not. Once I\u2019m done eating, I\u2019ll head back out there to take the watch back. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[299,317],"tags":[150,171,170,152,149,223,148,168,147,165,215,158,200,146],"class_list":["post-3913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-7","category-chapter-13-book-7","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-marin-astoris","tag-original-fiction","tag-paul-van-rijn","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-story","tag-tala-johanson","tag-thom-ambrose","tag-thomas-merlin-ambrose","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-117","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}