{"id":14613,"date":"2014-02-13T00:18:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T00:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/13\/slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a-4\/"},"modified":"2014-02-13T00:18:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T00:18:44","slug":"slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/02\/13\/slumps-over-the-bar-at-carpe-noctem-turning-a-4\/","title":{"rendered":"*slumps over the bar at Carpe Noctem, turning a half-empty glass*"},"content":{"rendered":"

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theyrecompletelymesmerized<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Vex stepped out of the back room and spotted Summer slouched over the bar. \u201c\u2018Ello love,\u201d he greeted as he made his way over to stand on the other side of the bar, a glass of jack and coke in his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Concerned, the Mesmer set down his glass and made his way over to the other side of the bar. Putting a hand gently on her shoulder, he bent his head to speak near her ear, where it\u2019d be easy to hear him. \u201cSummer, love? Are you okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201c\u2018I\u2019m fine,\u201d she lied. She turned her head a little, away, so there was no chance of him seeing the bruises patterning her left jawline. \u201cI\u2019m fine, Vex. I just needed a drink.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He really didn\u2019t believe her, and why would he? She never came to Carpe Noctem for just a drink<\/em>; it was usually more of a visit, but today it was like she wanted him to leave her alone. \u00a0\u201dAre you sure? There\u2019s not anything wrong?\u201d he asked, raising an eyebrow, \u201cYou can come upstairs with me and talk if there\u2019s anything bothering you, love. You know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She jerked up, forgetting she was trying to hide, and her hair tumbled back, revealing a cluster of fingertip-sized bruises on her cheekbone and a black-and-blue mark on her jaw. Her speech was a little slurred from the pain. “I can take care of myself!” Then she flinched and lifted the glass to press it against the bruise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

theyrecompletelymesmerized: iamthefirechild: theyrecompletelymesmerized: theyrecompletelymesmerized: Vex stepped out of the back room and spotted Summer slouched over the bar. \u201c\u2018Ello love,\u201d he greeted as he made his way over to stand on the other side of the bar, a glass of jack and coke in his hand.\u00a0 Concerned, the Mesmer set down his glass and made … Continue reading *slumps over the bar at Carpe Noctem, turning a half-empty glass*<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,953,954],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14613"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}