{"id":3931,"date":"2019-04-12T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2019-04-11T19:18:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:18:16","slug":"fourteen-02-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3931","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cH-how do you know?\u201d Hecate\u2019s breath caught in her throat. \u201cWhat\u2014what makes you think that he\u2019d\u2014that he\u2019d have her?\u201d The terror was back, the deep-rooted fear. Even Matt\u2019s touch seemed like a distant thing, comfort that she could barely perceive.<\/p>\n

It was hard to breathe.<\/p>\n

Seamus swallowed once, then again, studying his hands. \u201cHe might have her or she might be\u2014be free. Be out there on her own.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot likely,\u201d Matt murmured quietly even as his arm tightened around her. \u201cNot with what they saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hunt? What did they see?\u201d Leinth\u2019s gaze flicked toward Matt, then to Phelan. Hecate sank back, pressing herself against Matt\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

It was her. It had to be her. The figure they saw, the small one. It had to be her.<\/em><\/p>\n

She felt sick, chilled to the bone. She squeezed her eyes shut. Marin reached over and put her hand on her knee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m okay,\u201d Hecate lied in a whisper. \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not,\u201d Marin whispered back. \u201cBut it\u2019s okay not to be. She\u2019s your friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s the closest thing I have to family other than all of you,\u201d Hecate said, reaching up to mop at her eyes. Her stomach roiled and she swallowed bile. Keep yourself together. You can do this. Don\u2019t fall apart. You can\u2019t fall apart. Keep it together.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d want some kind of leverage,\u201d Seamus said, his voice pained. \u201cIf he could find a way, he would. He\u2019d find a way to get leverage over anyone who might oppose him. Having her\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a lot of leverage,\u201d Hecate said softly. \u201cNo one hates her. I was the monster. She was the innocent. Damn. Damn and damn.\u201d She scrubbed her hand over her face angrily, eyes stinging with tears. \u201cI promised her that I\u2019d take care of her. We have to help her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will,\u201d Marin said softly. \u201cI promise, we will.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Hecate’s point of view.] \u201cH-how do you know?\u201d Hecate\u2019s breath caught in her throat. \u201cWhat\u2014what makes you think that he\u2019d\u2014that he\u2019d have her?\u201d The terror was back, the deep-rooted fear. Even Matt\u2019s touch seemed like a … 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":[299,318,14],"tags":[150,171,170,194,166,152,181,149,173,148,159,168,147,165,215,158,200,146],"class_list":["post-3931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-7","category-chapter-14-book-7","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-hecate","tag-leinth","tag-marin-astoris","tag-matthew-astoris","tag-original-fiction","tag-phelan-ocredne","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-seamus-vaughan","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-11p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931","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=3931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3932,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3931\/revisions\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}