{"id":4440,"date":"2020-10-07T21:07:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T01:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2020-10-07T21:07:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T01:07:29","slug":"twelve-05-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4440","title":{"rendered":"Twelve – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A shiver wracked her and she swallowed hard, struggling to find her voice as they stood in silence for a few moments after his admission.\u00a0 He reached for her hand and she let him take it, their fingers lacing together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep wondering if this was what Mom and Dad felt like,\u201d he said quietly.\u00a0 \u201cIf they always felt like they were somehow letting someone down or running the risk of upsetting someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kailey shook her head slowly.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know, Lin.\u00a0 I don\u2019t even know how I <\/em>feel right now.\u00a0 I can\u2019t even begin to think of what your parents must have felt like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lin squeezed her hand.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be,\u201d she said, then sighed.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not angry at you.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m angry at or if I\u2019m actually angry.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what <\/em>I feel.\u00a0 Just that it\u2019s not quite right but it\u2019s not quite wrong, either.\u201d\u00a0 She squeezed her eyes shut.\u00a0 \u201cThe once and future king.\u00a0 They\u2019re looking for a myth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA myth that might be real.\u00a0 That probably is real.\u201d\u00a0 Lin gently leaned his shoulder into hers and she sighed again, letting go of his hand to wrap her arms around him.\u00a0 He was warm in her embrace, too warm, and she knew that they shouldn\u2019t be standing out here like this.\u00a0 She needed to get him back to bed and she needed to sort out her own thoughts\u2014maybe alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe,\u201d she said quietly, resting her head against his.\u00a0 He wrapped one arm around her waist and held on.\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPhelan is,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd there are a lot of other things that don\u2019t seem like they should be real that definitely are.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like we\u2019re not living among legends and myths right now, right?\u00a0 Hell, your mom was a freaking goddess, Kay.\u00a0 Why the hell are you so surprised that another myth might be real?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d she whispered.\u00a0 \u201cI guess I just thought it was a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people did,\u201d Lin said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd a lot of things were\u2014until they weren\u2019t anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah.\u00a0 Like this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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