{"id":3946,"date":"2019-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2019-04-28T19:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T23:43:55","slug":"fourteen-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3946","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen – 08"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cI hope against hope it won\u2019t come to that,\u201d Seamus said. He set his plate down, rubbing at his eyes. Leinth frowned at him, edging a little closer. He didn\u2019t seem to notice, not even when she put her arm around him again. \u201cBut I\u2019m saying that a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all do,\u201d Marin said. \u201cIt\u2019s all we can do sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe say that a lot, too.\u201d Tala smiled wryly, starting to clean up. \u201cNot that it\u2019s bad, but we definitely do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can remember hearing a few stories about him,\u201d Hecate said. \u201cAbout Orcus, from long ago. I was never sure what was rumor and what was fact, though\u2014from before you gave him over. I\u2014I\u2019m not really sure if I ever saw him after. I\u2019m not sure I want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t,\u201d Seamus murmured. \u201cHe was just about the ugliest<\/em> thing I ever saw. Like I said, huge, hairy, unkempt, the kind you\u2019d expect to smell awful but he didn\u2019t. That was the strangest part. He always smelled a little like smoke and wet earth. I wouldn\u2019t call it pleasant, but it certainly wasn\u2019t what you\u2019d expect from looking at him.\u201d He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly before he continued. \u201cHe was strong as hell, too. I planned for months how to take him down, right to the last detail. He was quick, but I was faster. I think that was the only reason I won\u2014that and because his hate and desire had driven him half mad.\u201d He glanced toward Leinth, expression falling. \u201cHe said he would kill me and you\u2019d come to him. He believed it, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI never would have,\u201d she whispered, reaching up to touch his cheek. Seamus smiled weakly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hecate pressed herself into Matt\u2019s arms. He held her a little tighter, as if he could feel the old pain that tried to well up.<\/p>\n

The centuries alone had been long and both of them knew how mad they had driven her. She only hoped that it would never happen again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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