{"id":4224,"date":"2020-02-19T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2020-02-18T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T22:38:00","slug":"twenty-nine-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4224","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-nine – 09"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Seamus lapsed into silence again, but Neve waited, knowing in her gut that he wasn\u2019t finished. There was something in his expression that told her that, but at the same time, it tugged on her heart, dragging it down inch by inch.<\/p>\n

She\u2019d never considered how much hiding must have hurt him, too.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t need to protect us like that, but he did\u2014he did because he was scared, because he thought that if any of the Hunt\u2019s enemies knew about our connections, they\u2019d use us against him. It was to protect us <\/em>and the Hunt\u2014and himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

Her lips thinned, traces of anger bubbling up from somewhere deep. She didn\u2019t want to resent him, but part of her did. There was a faint sense of outrage that was undeniable. How dare he,<\/em> a tiny voice sounded in the back of her mind. How dare he make those decisions for you, for Teague, for Phelan. How dare he decide for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was the same anger that she felt toward her father, though far more muted than the wrath she felt toward the late king, one who had made far more decisions for her and her brothers than Seamus ever had.<\/p>\n

And yet the rage was still there.<\/p>\n

Seamus\u2019s fingers bunched in the covers again. He swallowed once, then a second time, slowly looking at Neve.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you feel it?\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeel what?\u201d Anger started to coil deep inside, twisting into knots in her belly. Was he trying to dodge her now that she\u2019d finally gotten him to open up again about this? Was he trying to distract her?<\/p>\n

\u201cOne war ends,\u201d he whispered, his lips barely moving. \u201cAnd sows the seeds for a thousand more. I didn\u2019t know. They couldn\u2019t know. None of us\u2014none of us could have known.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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