All credits go to Kristen Cast and P.C. Cast. I do not own their book, story plot, characters, or anything related to their book.
Chapter 1:
Zoey's POV
Stevie Rae, my room mate at the House of Night, was sleeping contently on her bed, snuggled up under her quilt. She looked so peaceful with her soft smile and short blond hair curving gently down her face. But her smile and hair wasn't the first thing you would notice about Stevie Rae. It was her marks, filled in and expanded like mine. The only difference: they were the color of fresh blood. Stevie Rae is a red fledging, a creation of Neferet to do who knows what to the Vampyre and human world. Okay, mostly the human world, but she would get rid of any vampyre that got in her way. But that's another story. After many battles and a near war, the Vampyres of the House of Night have excepted Stevie Rae, have excepted all the red fledgings. And I'll tell ya, it's a relief.
The world seemed to finally be at peace. Kalona is dead, and I'm not dead anymore. Personally, who wants to be dead when they have friends and a hot boyfriend waiting for them? As if my thoughts summoned him, Stark walked through my door.
"Stark, what are you doing here? It's one o' clock, and guys aren't exactly aloud in the Girl's Dorm. Not that I'm complaining," I said as he kissed me. I looked at the red arrows framing his face. That beautiful hair, and sexy eyes . . .that were crinkled in worry. Uh oh, that's never a good sign.
"Zoey," he moaned. "I gotta get you outta here, fast. It's to dangerous for you to stay. To dangerous because-," he cut himself off. "Never mind, let's go." He tugged my arm.
Then, I did something I would never have thought of doing: I pulled away from Stark. He looked at me, with a dazed look. "Trust me," he said. "I trust you," I replied smoothly. "What I don't trust is whatever you say is so 'dangerous'." "The less you know, the better," he countered. "I am NOT going to leave my friends behind to face something so dangerous, I"M EVEN NOT ALOUD TO KNOW ABOUT!" I screamed at him. Stevie Rae stirred in her sleep and I froze. Was I being that loud? Hell, I probably was. Stark's face was enough proof.
"Stark, I'm sorr-," I started but he cut me off. "No, you're not. You meant every word," he stated blankly and left. Stevie Rae sat up in her bed and yawned. "You okay, Z? What happened?" she asked in her usual okie twang. "No, I just found out a 'dangerous' evil is after the school, no idea what it is, possibly lost my Warrior, and endangered the school, hell, maybe even the world. Worst of all, I think I lost my totally hot and sexy boyfriend.
Ah, hell.