{"id":4157,"date":"2019-11-22T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4157"},"modified":"2019-11-21T19:06:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T00:06:43","slug":"twenty-seven-01-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4157","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-seven – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A steady, chilling rain came with the dawn. It found most of them on horseback, riding together toward their ultimate destination\u2014an army camp miles away, peopled with individuals who would love to see them dead or worse.<\/p>\n

All of them were definitely trying not to actively think about what the or worse<\/em> might actually entail. Phelan knew for certain that he was trying not to think about it as he swayed along with the motion of his horse, riding with Marin on one side of him and Matt on the other. Matt was flanked by Hecate and Thordin on the other side, Marin by Thom and Cameron. Neither sibling had been successful in convincing their spouses to stay behind. Somewhere ahead of them rode Sif, scouting alongside Gideon from the Hunt, making sure that there was no sign that the enemy knew they were coming.<\/p>\n

Surprise was their only ally in this, and she was a fickle ally indeed.<\/p>\n

His gaze flicked toward the sky for a few seconds and he frowned, twisting his reins in hand. Thordin arched a brow at him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t you, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thordin shook his head. \u201cNo. Not me. Not even something that\u2019s a remnant of the last time I played with the storms. Can\u2019t tell you whether it\u2019s fully natural or not right now, though. Not without someone taking my reins and making sure I don\u2019t fall out of the saddle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll be time enough for that once we reach our staging point,\u201d Marin said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get a last feel for the lay of the land and figure out exactly what we\u2019re working with in regard to his defenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t imagine that he wouldn\u2019t have some<\/em> sort of magical defenses,\u201d Hecate said, her brow furrowing. \u201cThere must be something that the Hunt just didn\u2019t notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scouts did say they didn\u2019t sense anything but that they could have missed it. It\u2019s not necessarily their area of expertise.\u201d Matt\u2019s lips thinned. \u201cWe just have to hope that maybe there really isn\u2019t anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot likely,\u201d Phelan murmured. \u201cBut we can hope.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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