Chapter One
Zoey and Stark weaved their way through the hedge maze on the way to the mansion to see the rest of her friends, she couldn't wait to see all their faces, even Aphrodite, but right now that would have to wait, first she had some questions for Stark.
"Stark I want to know everything that happened to me" it wasn't really a question.
"Well Heath confronted Kalona, or maybe it was the other way around… doesn't matter, anyway, there was a confrontation and Kalona snapped Heath's neck…"
Zoey cringed.
"Are you ok? I'm sorry"
"I'm fine, continue"
"And then you ran towards them harnessing the spirit energy and you threw it at Kalona and he flew over the side of the wall, we didn't see where he went, it all happened so fast"
Zoey chewed on this, then spoke,
"Heath said that he over-heard Kalona and Neferet planning my death, and Kalona found him"
"Wait, Heath said?"
"Oh yeah, when I died, or whatever, Heath was there, we were in the spirit world, or purgatory, and he told me this, oh and Loren was there too"
"Loren? As in Professor Blake?"
"Yes, he said that Neferet killed him because he interfered with her plan to bring me down, I guess he fell for me, literally"
"Oh, just like Heath interfered this time" he realised
"Why do people have to die for being on my side? It's not fair!"
"I know, because Neferet is an evil bitch"
"I can't believe you just called someone an evil bitch!" she laughed at him teasing
"Shut up, its true" he punched Zoey in the arm
"Ow! That hurt warrior, I'm a delicate girl you know!" she laughed and ran away from him playfully.
"But not just an ordinary delicate girl, a Vampyre Fledgling High Priestess delicate girl" he added
"There is no such thing James Stark"
"There is now, I just invented it" he chased her through the maze until they ended up in the centre. On a pedestal was a marble statue of Nyx and on either side of the hedge circle were two marble love seats.
Zoey was in awe of her Goddess's beauty all over again, she walked over to one of the love seats and sat, Stark drew his eyes away from Nyx's figure and found Zoey, she too looked more beautiful than ever, and it was now that he noticed her new tattoos. He walked over and sat beside her, she smiled at him.
"It's so beautiful here"
"Yes, it is" he was not looking at their Goddess Nyx like Zoey was, he was looking at Zoey.
She picked up on his sudden emotional change and immediately felt what he was feeling, and gasped when she realised. He was falling in love with her, no he was in love with her. So much for my vow of Celibacy and women's independence and freedom, she thought, because Zoey couldn't help but feel what Stark was feeling, she was falling in love with him too.