{"id":4528,"date":"2021-01-29T19:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T00:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2021-01-29T19:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T00:14:27","slug":"sixteen-05-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4528","title":{"rendered":"Sixteen – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

He glanced at the rest of his friends\u2014still sleeping\u2014then crept closer to her, keeping his voice low.\u00a0 \u201cI guess not,\u201d he murmured, looking from her to David.\u00a0 \u201cHow bad do you think it is, really?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit premature to ask that question,\u201d she admitted, mustering a smile as she glanced at him.\u00a0 \u201cI haven\u2019t had much of a look since I was a bit busy with some other problems yesterday.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry to come so early, though…\u201d she paused, glancing at the sleeping forms all around them.\u00a0 \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem like I\u2019m disturbing anyone except for maybe you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bryant smiled weakly.\u00a0 \u201cI couldn\u2019t sleep.\u00a0 And the others…I guess we feel safe enough here to get some extra rest.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a long ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou didn\u2019t get to rest when you spoke to Lara down in New Hope?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s Lara?\u201d\u00a0 He frowned.\u00a0 \u201cNew Hope?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth of here,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cCloser to the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCloser to the lake than here?\u00a0 That\u2019s impressive.\u00a0 But no.\u00a0 No, we didn\u2019t cross through anywhere in weeks.\u00a0 Came from the southeast along the old highways.\u00a0 Those…\u201d Bryant paused, staring at the floorboards.\u00a0 \u201cI mean, I remember what they used to be like when I was a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot many do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot many people younger than you guys, you mean,\u201d he murmured, looking past her to David.\u00a0 \u201cOf course, that\u2019s a weird spot to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can only imagine,\u201d she said softly, glancing at him.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve been looking out for all of them for a long time, haven\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n

He just nodded, his mouth too dry to speak.<\/p>\n

It feels like forever<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Bryant Tapping’s point of view.] He glanced at the rest of his friends\u2014still sleeping\u2014then crept closer to her, keeping his voice low.\u00a0 \u201cI guess not,\u201d he murmured, looking from her to David.\u00a0 \u201cHow bad do you … 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":[336,337,365,14],"tags":[340,150,358,171,170,174,350,149,148,168,147,165,146],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ambrose-cycle","category-book-8","category-chapter-16-book-8","category-story","tag-ambrose-cycle","tag-awakenings","tag-bryant-tapping","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-jacqueline-bell","tag-knights-errant","tag-original-fiction","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial","tag-serial-fiction","tag-story","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-1b2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","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=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4529,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions\/4529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}