Chapter 1

ZPOV-

In one moment I was in the meadow with Heath everything was calm and peaceful, now I am surrounded by darkness. It is completely dark if it wasn't for my enhanced vision I wouldn't be able to see at all. My heart started pounding and I was trembling so badly with everything I have been through in the last several months. I don't think I have ever been this scared. I started screaming at the top of my lungs but there was no answer. My words just swirled around me, like they did the day I was marked. It clicked and I started praying to the goddess, begging her to help me. It seemed like forever before there was a response and then it was a golden swirls of words that floated by me. Search your soul my daughter only then will you be able to return. Search my soul what, search it for what? There wasn't an answer damn free will. I closed my eyes and started to replay the last moments before my soul shattered and when an answer didn't come to me I searched harder. I found myself at the beginning again. Waking up in the infirmary realizing my life would never be the same and having no idea what to do. It was like someone was playing a movie but it was my life I was watching. I relived every joy, every happiness, every mistake and every regret. That is when I heard his voice how in the hell did he get here? I could slowly make out his shape and he was coming towards me. Ah my Aya I have found you he cooed in his seductive voice. I wanted to run but had no idea where to go there was no place that I could hide just darkness. I screamed at Kalona to get away from me and leave me alone. He just smile and said oh my Aya why would I do that our souls belong together you used to know that he teased as he got closer and closer. How did you get here you have been banished from the goddess realm? He just laughed and raised his hand to my cheek ah my Aya my body was banished not my soul. Where else would my soul go? Your dead how when was it when I hit you with the ball of spirit? I saw the resistance in his eyes and realized that he was trying to hide something from me. Kalona how did you get here I asked again. Why does that matter Aya I am here and we can now be together always. I wasn't sure how he was doing it but I knew it was a trick as loud as I could I screamed My Name is Zoey Not Aya, and I pushed him as hard as I could. I shouted goddess please let my soul retrace my steps since I have been marked so I can see my truth. I wasn't sure it would work since I had already seen my life and reviewed it but with a whoosh my soul was off….

It was like I was whizzing through the darkness and then I was hovering over myself but it was me at school when I was marked. It was way more powerful then watching it like a movie. I could feel my every feeling then as if there was nothing for me to see at this point in my life I began to fly again and I was in the infirmary. I could see my gran holding my hand she had a peaceful expression on her face. Then there was Neferet she had a peaceful look on her face and she was absolutely stunning. Her smile was breath taking seeing her like this I couldn't imagine her turning into the demonic witch she had become. I began to wake and it was so weird seeing myself, I couldn't help but lock eyes with myself and for a minute it almost felt like I could see myself floating above. I was beginning to get used to the fast forward when I stopped this time I was floating in a dark hallway and I knew what I was going to see. It was the first time I saw Eric Night I should of known then the kind of guy he was but I didn't and when our eyes locked I remembered why. I couldn't help it I drifted closer to him at this distance I could see him clearly trying to push Aphrodite off him. I could also see the intense look on his face as if he was in a trance or something. It was as if he couldn't look away even if he had wanted to. I was off again this time I was in the court yard but I wasn't there only Eric he was sitting on a bench staring off in space he looked like he was deep in thought. That was when Neferet appeared she glided to his side her stunning smile plastered on her face. She asked if she could speak to him for a minute of course he said yes. She asked him if everything was ok, he responded with his brilliant smile and said yes I was just thinking. She nodded and said is there something I can help with. He chuckled and said no I have it under control. She smiled back at him and then put her hand on his shoulder and said Eric have you seen the new fledgling Zoey Redbird, she just arrived yesterday. Um yes I have, well I have seen her I haven't met her as of yet. I see well I was hoping that you would help her get around since you have seen her I know you have noticed her mark is different then any other fledgling. It would be nice if she had someone to lean on during this hard transition. Eric smiled back at her and said of course I will make her feel welcomed and help in any way I can. Neferet chuckled a deep seductive sign and said I knew I could count on you. It was then I saw her grip on his shoulder and she began to recite what sounded like a poem.

A love you will find

Behind her hazel eyes

Her every move will intoxicate you

Love is all you will feel

Till another try's to steal your love

A jealous rage will take

Unable to drown out ones true love

A spell she put him under a spell, what the hell does that mean it wasn't real every kiss every touch his every word was just a spell. With sadness my soul was off again. This time it was Heath I saw he was leaning against a brick wall near dusk. And his mouth about dropped open when Neferet gracefully approached him, Heath his look of shock at her knowing his name yes was his response. I couldn't believe the mesmerizing look on his face, I could tell that he was being seduced by just the site of her. She slowly approached him and I saw her put her hand on his shoulder and recite the same poem as she did Eric. When she was finished she stated that he would be able to find me later this evening over by the east wall. As if he was in a trance he simply nodded and left the school grounds. I cant believe she did this well actually I can but I cant believe I didn't think of it before. That was all the time I had before my soul was off again, this time I was in a car well I wasn't my soul was and I was staring at Neferet and Stark. She casted the same spell on her and he just stared at her like he was a puppy dog in the presence of such beauty. My stomach felt sick and I realized none of it was real. They were all under a spell all the torment over the last several months and it was just a spell to distract me. Wow I had to give it to her because it worked, I wondered how much quicker I would of caught on or if I would have been able to stop it from happening if it wasn't for the distractions. I knew the answer to that question which was yes, why else would she of done it. Then I was back in the darkness and I could feel Kalona's presence he flashed me a seductive smile and said so I take it your soul has shown you Neferets surprise. I was livid I couldn't believe that this was happening for one but a spell what the hell was I suppose to do. I had no idea how to get back to my soul or how to escape Kalona nor if I had the energy to do it. Suddenly I felt very tired, awe my Aya I have no intention of hurting you. Ya I am sure you only wish to take over the world and burn every one that doesn't comply with you. Why cant you just leave me alone Kalona you already know I will never join you. Zoey I have no intention of doing any of those things any longer, yes I was hoping you would stay here with me but being so close to my goddess realm I cant go back to the evil ways of my earth body. I have decided to help you instead I only ask you one favor. You are going to help me sure you are this is probly a trick and you are what projecting yourself here as you did in my dreams. I assure you Zoey I am not you did weaken me when you attacked and I realized that I had hurt you and I wanted to die. That is when Neferet found me and sucked my soul from my body holding my body capture with dark magic and sending my soul here to keep yours here till your body died. This I can not let happen, I know now that you will never love me and I cant keep you against your will. I have decided that I will tell you how to kill Neferet and get back to your body. I looked at him with skepticism but he continued, you will need to infuse the elements into Starks arrows and as you cast the circle you he will have to aim at her heart as you bring each element into the circle he will have to shoot. You will have to make sure that he can not be under her spell anymore as you have learned he is under a love spell if Neferet gets control over him he will turn on you. And to get back to my body that is easy Zoey all you need to do is wish it to be. I closed my eyes and wished for my soul to return to my body and I was off again, only this time I could feel myself reenter my body and could hear my friends.