{"id":3968,"date":"2019-05-22T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2019-05-21T18:01:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T22:01:50","slug":"fifteen-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3968","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen – 09"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Carolyn put her arm around Hecate\u2019s shoulders as they slipped out of the Shakespeare garden and moved around the hedgerows toward the path down the hill to where the barrow stood. Torches flickered weakly at the corners of the hallowed ground. Hecate swallowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI should have brought something to replace those,\u201d she said softly. \u201cThey\u2019re going to go out soon, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve burned for so long,\u201d Carolyn said, following her gaze. \u201cSomeone must have refilled the torches or something since we set them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably,\u201d Hecate murmured, then shivered slightly, drawing her sweatshirt tight. It wasn\u2019t even that cold, but a sudden chill worked its way down her spine. \u201cWhat do you want to bet no one will own up to being the one doing it, though?\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolyn choked on a laugh. \u201cI am not taking that bet. I know better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hecate smiled at her sidelong before her attention drifted back to the barrow. She could see a mist slowly starting to gather there and her breath caught in her throat. \u201cCarolyn,\u201d she whispered. \u201cAre you seeing this?\u201d<\/p>\n

Carolyn only nodded, staring down toward the grass where there hadn\u2019t been a mist a few minutes before.<\/p>\n

\u201cShit,\u201d Hecate breathed, slipping out from under Carolyn\u2019s arm. She started to move faster, her skin puckering, the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end and goosebumps rising all along her limbs. There was a crackle of something in the air, something she couldn\u2019t quite identify but knew in her gut she knew<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you feeling this?\u201d Carolyn asked her, moving fast to keep up.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d Hecate said, her throat almost too tight to get the words out. Her heart felt like it had lodged somewhere in her throat. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not sure I like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re more optimistic than I am,\u201d Carolyn said. \u201cI know<\/em> I don\u2019t like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

They were halfway down the hill when the keening began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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