{"id":4056,"date":"2019-08-14T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2019-08-13T17:47:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T21:47:56","slug":"twenty-one-01-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4056","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-one – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMatt is not<\/i> going to want to let this happen,\u201d Marin was saying, her voice coming from somewhere behind him as Phelan stepped out his door, rubbing sleep from his eyes.\u00a0 The hall was dim, which was welcome, because his unexpected nap had done little to help ease his thumping headache.\u00a0 They came from time to time and they never boded well.\u00a0 Jacqueline had given him something to help him sleep, both of them hoping it would help, but sadly, it had been to no avail.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhile any other time, I would be more than happy to give him what he wants, this time, I can\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0 Hecate\u2019s voice was firm, though quiet.\u00a0 \u201cI love him and I respect him, but we can\u2019t both<\/i> be selfish about this.\u00a0 If I don\u2019t go, we\u2019re at a disadvantage and I can\u2019t afford to lose any of you or this place\u2014and you guys can\u2019t afford to lose this place, either.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, I don\u2019t like the sound of this at all.<\/i>\u00a0 Phelan massaged his temple, turning toward the sound of their voices.\u00a0 \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter now?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There was a silence where the two women looked at each other in the dim before Marin finally answered.\u00a0 \u201cThe other shoe dropped.\u00a0 Where have you been?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIn bed,\u201d Phelan said, moving slowly toward them.\u00a0 \u201cMigraine was making me nauseous.\u00a0 Jac thought maybe laying down would help.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDid it?\u201d Marin asked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo,\u201d he said, careful not to shake his head.\u00a0 \u201cNot enough, anyway.\u00a0 Sleep helped maybe a little to take the edge off, but it\u2019s still there.\u00a0 Stomach seems like it\u2019s back under control for the moment, though.\u201d\u00a0 Still, he didn\u2019t think he\u2019d be eating anything anytime soon, just in case.\u00a0 \u201cSo the other shoe dropped how?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWell, that diffuse bad feeling we all had this morning turned into a threat and an ultimatum,\u201d Hecate said.\u00a0 \u201cNow I have to go convince my husband that he can\u2019t stop me from marching into war with the rest of you.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Phelan’s point of view.] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMatt is not going to want to let this happen,\u201d Marin was saying, her voice coming from somewhere behind him as Phelan stepped out his door, rubbing sleep from his eyes.\u00a0 … 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":[299,14],"tags":[150,171,170,194,152,149,173,148,168,147,165,146],"class_list":["post-4056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-7","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-hecate","tag-marin-astoris","tag-original-fiction","tag-phelan-ocredne","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-story","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-13q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056","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=4056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4057,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056\/revisions\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}