{"id":4060,"date":"2019-08-19T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2019-08-18T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T01:14:10","slug":"twenty-one-03-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4060","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-one – 03"},"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 \u201cWell, it\u2019s a nice dream, anyway,\u201d Hecate murmured, then shook her head.\u00a0 Her gaze drifted toward Phelan, her brow furrowing slightly as she studied him.\u00a0 \u201cYou, sir, are very much not good.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He swallowed again, suppressing the impulse to shake his head.\u00a0 The pounding in his head was growing stronger, but he was continuing to try to ignore it.\u00a0 Maybe if he ignored it for long enough, it\u2019d go away, like it had in the aftermath of meteorfall almost exactly a year ago.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019ll pass,\u201d he muttered.\u00a0 \u201cAlways has.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhat exactly is going on?\u201d Marin asked, frowning as she looked at him again.\u00a0 He knew what she saw\u2014sunken eyes and a washed-out, slightly greenish cast to his skin, probably made worse by the shadows of the hall and the bright red of his hair.\u00a0 \u201cShe\u2019s right, you look like absolute hell.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t just a migraine.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phelan didn\u2019t say anything, concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other instead.\u00a0 His limbs felt heavy and for a second, he considered that maybe they were right and he should have stayed in bed.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t, though, not with a looming crisis and his cousin already laid up.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be fair.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beside him, Marin sighed quietly.\u00a0 From the corner of his eye, he could see her shake her head.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll survive,\u201d he murmured.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve managed to this long.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s been a minor miracle,\u201d Hecate said, a trace of wry humor in her voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phelan choked on a laugh, one that sent a fresh spike of pain through his head and sent spots dancing before his eyes.\u00a0 He stumbled a step and almost fell\u2014would have, had Hecate not caught him.\u00a0 Her voice got quiet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWanderer,\u201d she whispered.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re not well.\u00a0 Please.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cJust\u2014just help me get to the fire and pour me some tea.\u00a0 Then we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWill you make it that far?\u201d Marin said, her gaze searing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He smiled weakly.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not going to give myself a choice.\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 \u201cWell, it\u2019s a nice dream, anyway,\u201d Hecate murmured, then shook her head.\u00a0 Her gaze drifted toward Phelan, her brow furrowing slightly as she studied him.\u00a0 \u201cYou, sir, are very much not … 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":[299,326,14],"tags":[150,171,170,194,152,149,173,148,168,147,165,146],"class_list":["post-4060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-7","category-chapter-21-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-13u","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060","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=4060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4061,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions\/4061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}