{"id":4074,"date":"2019-09-02T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2019-09-01T20:13:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T00:13:26","slug":"twenty-two-01-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4074","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-two – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cI have a bad feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothing could make her blood run cold the way hearing those words from his lips could. Kira turned, swallowing the bile that had suddenly risen in her throat, and regarded Teague with a worried look. \u201cAbout what?\u201d she asked, her voice barely more than a whisper.<\/p>\n

Teague stood near the back door, their son cradled in his arms. Kira was doing laundry in a big tub in the middle of the yard between the barn and the house, her sleeves rolled up, her arms soapy and wet to her elbows. He stared not at her, but at the tub, his brow furrowed. \u201cThings are changing,\u201d he said quietly. \u201cSomething\u2019s happening that I didn\u2019t\u2014that I didn\u2019t anticipate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHere?\u201d She shook the worst of the water and soap from her hands and arms and moved toward him. Teague\u2019s eyes slid shut as she reached for his arm, the cotton of his shirt sun-warmed, as if he\u2019d been standing out here for a long time before he\u2019d gotten her attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d he said. \u201cNo, not here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her throat tightened for a second. \u201cYou mean\u2014\u201d She swallowed hard again, her chest feeling tight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think that so many threats would make them a target so quickly,\u201d Teague whispered. \u201cBut I\u2014I can feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Phelan and your sister and my cousin and all of them\u2014they\u2019re in danger? Again?\u201d<\/p>\n

Teague choked on a laugh. \u201cAgain. Always. It seems like always.\u201d He shook his head. \u201cBut this\u2014this one is strange. I hadn\u2019t anticipated this threat\u2014certainly not in the combination that seems to be forming. I\u2019m\u2014I\u2019m worried, Kira.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing we can do from here, Teague.\u201d Her fingers curled into the fabric of his sleeve, digging gently into the corded muscle beneath. She hadn\u2019t felt him this tense in months. \u201cAll we can do is hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHope,\u201d he echoed, squeezing his eyes shut again. \u201cI don\u2019t know that we have enough of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do,\u201d she said. \u201cWe always have\u2014and it\u2019s all we have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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