{"id":4705,"date":"2021-09-22T11:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:30:30","slug":"twenty-five-01-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4705","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-five – 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cI thought you said that he was coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had to close up the forge first,\u201d Hecate held a mug of tea out toward Thordin, her brow furrowing slightly.\u00a0 \u201cYou know how long that can take.\u00a0 Should I have hustled him faster?\u201d<\/p>\n

He winced as he took the mug, cradling it between both hands.\u00a0 \u201cIf he had to close up, I\u2019m not sure you could have.\u00a0 That\u2019s on me.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it is<\/em> bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBigger, more severe.\u201d\u00a0 Thordin shook his head.\u00a0 \u201cOur guests won\u2019t be leaving for a few days, even if they wanted to\u2014even if we<\/em> wanted them to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hecate\u2019s brow arched as she settled in near the stove, resting her own up against her knee.\u00a0 \u201cThat bad?\u00a0 Did you not realize this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot until it was almost on top of us,\u201d Thordin muttered, rubbing at his temple.\u00a0 \u201cThere\u2019s something in the air, Hecate, and it\u2019s not the weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her nose wrinkled and her gaze strayed to the stove\u2019s grate, a frown creasing her forehead.\u00a0 \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t be the only one identifying that, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more than just the camazotzi<\/em> reappearing, too,\u201d Thordin said.\u00a0 \u201cMore than that, more than the storm\u2014more than whatever jumped those kids on their way here.\u00a0 Hell.\u00a0 Have we heard anything from New Hope?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot in the last few weeks,\u201d Hecate said.\u00a0 \u201cBut then we don\u2019t exactly expect to, do we?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess not,\u201d Thordin said, then sighed.\u00a0 \u201cI just\u2014I wish we had, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, unless or until we make the decision to send someone that\u2019s not Cameron down there, or someone from there comes here\u2014we won\u2019t.\u00a0 Are you suggesting that we do the former?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m suggesting anymore,\u201d Thordin said.\u00a0 \u201cJust that something feels wrong and it\u2019s bothering me because I can\u2019t quite put my finger on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou and all the rest of us,\u201d Hecate said, then drank deeply from her mug of tea, wishing it was something stronger.<\/p>\n

It was too early for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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