Chapter One
It was totally surreal, Zoey didn't know what was happening to her, one minute she witnessed Kalona snapping Heath's neck and killing him, watching as he fell lifeless onto the stony ground, and next Heath is alive and standing infront of her, how could this happen?
This place felt unreal, it really was too perfect, something didn't feel right about it; it was scary perfect. The white of the flowers, the birthday-cake-icing-blue of the sky and the fact that Heath was alive! Heath saw Zoey's expression, it was one of surprise and of confusion.
"Hey Zo, even though we're finally together and alone, you don't belong here" Heath told her
"And where exactly is here? Heath where are we?"
"This is the other world Zo, the place you go when you die, but you're not dead like me so you cant be here, you have to go back"
"but that's the problem Heath, I don't know how I got here, I must be dead if I am here with you, because you are dead"
Heath was about to reply when suddenly the bushes and trees rustled and out stepped a figure all dressed in black. At first Zoey couldn't see his face but saw that he had dark longish hair and romantic features, one thought suddenly came to mind, one word: Kalona!
But as the figure stepped closer and closer to Zoey and Heath, his features became more apparent and Zoey recognised him, she drew in a short sharp breath, it was Loren Blake, the Vampyre Poetry professor that was brutally murdered just a few months earlier, and he was someone she never expected to see again.
"Loren!"
"Hi Zoey, Heath is right, you do not belong here"
"but I don't understand, if you two are dead, then I must be dead also"
"You are not dead Zoey Redbird, it is your soul that wanders afar" Loren told her in a soft romantic and poetic voice, that voice made Zoey weak all over, and the memories came flooding back like a tidal wave…
The time Loren cooked for her in the professors kitchen, the most incredible sandwich…
Making love and losing her virginity in the gym closet…
She shook it off, because surely the expression had to be showing on her face…
"Zo!"
Heath's voice brought her back to the present
"Yeah what?"
Loren Blake was still standing there; he was in black pants, expensive looking ones, and a black dress shirt and was looking more handsome… ok Zoey get a grip! You got over Loren ages ago because of Neferet… she shook off her thoughts once again, she didn't want to remember the time when she walked in on Loren and Neferet in bed together... she decided to focus on Heath, she looked up at him.
"Yeah Heath?"
"Nothing Zo, you were daydreaming"
"Oh, sorry" she could feel her cheeks get hot, she looked at Loren who was smiling down at her seductively.
"What are you doing here Loren? Don't you know how painful the memories of us are? You betrayed me, my trust!"
"I know, but it really wasn't me, it was Neferet's influence, she's the one who wanted to ruin you, she wants to kill you, just like she killed me"