This is my first FanFic. I do not own House of night, or any of the characters from the books.
This is set after Hunted. Please review.
Defeated.
ZPOV
It had been two days since our showdown against Kalona and Neferet. Everything at the House of Night was beginning to settle down. All of the professors and the local Council of Nyx were in a scramble to get a temporary priestess in place so that the school could continue to run. The Prefect Council and I had been taking that time to rest.
My alarm had started to wail in my ear just an Nala began to grumble at me. It was only noon, I still had hours left to sleep before I was supposed to preform the cleansing ritual to undo the tainted affect that Neferet and Kalona had left in their wake. Then I remembered why my alarm had gone off so early, it was time to call Grandma and the Abbey with Sister Mary Angela. She was still staying there because she was still very weak from her accident.
Stevie Ray started to complain in her sleep about the noise, that alerted me to the fact that my alarm was still going off. I quickly smacked it until to quieted down and grabbed my phone and went into the hall. ( Oh by the way, everyone was back at the House of Night, and I do mean everyone, all of the red fledglings were being observed, to see if they really were safe to let loose.) I quickly dialed Grandmas cell so I could check in with her.
She answered on the second ring, "Hello U-we-tsi a-ge-hu-tsa." she greeted me.
"Hey Grandma," I said, as the Cherokee word for daughter washed over me as familiar as my own name.
"How are you doing Little Bird? Your sound wary," she told me. "I am Grandma, I know we did a great thing, but Kalona isn't gone, and I know he will be back. I guess..., I guess I'm just trying to be a few steps ahead of the game," I said.
"Trust me Little Bird, everything will fall into place, you just have to trust yourself and your Goddess." As she said the words I felt my heart grow lighter, she always knew exactly what to say, "Thanks Grandma," I said. "How are you doing?"
"I'm doing much better Zoey Bird. I'm glad you called me but don't you need to get some sleep?" she asked me.
"Yeah, I do Grandma, I just wanted to check in with you."
"Well I'm doing fine, get some rest Zoey. I'll call you tomorrow night."
"Bye Grandma," I said.
Bye Little Bird, remember don't worry." and with that she hung up.
I leaned back against the wall and told myself to listen to Grandma's advice. I knew she was right, but sometimes it is hard not to think ahead. I closed my eyes and centered myself and called spirit to me. "Spirit, I need your help." I felt I jumping inside myself that signaled the arrival of spirit. "Please help to keep me grounded in the coming weeks." I asked. "Thank you spirit," I felt a little shift in my mood before spirit departed.
I still had my eyes closed when I heard a soft noise that was coming toward me down the hall. I looked to my left and say Stark approaching me.
"Hey," he said as he put his fist over his heart and bowed to me.
I smiled and bowed back to him. "Hi," I said.
"It has been awhile since I saw you. You aren't avoiding me are you?" He asked me with his sarcastic smirky smile that made my heart squeeze. "No, now why would you think that?" I asked him back. "Oh well only because I have stopped by your room at least 4 times in the past two days, and every time I'm here Stevie Ray tells me that you are tied up, or in the shower, or on the phone," he told me. "You caught me," I told him. "Its just...its just that I have had so much to think of, and I'm trying to be prepared and have everything ready for the ritual tonight, and I still have to figure out what to do about the imprint between Heath and me and...." "Its okay," he told me, as he grabbed my hands. "Calm down, everything will work out."
"How do you know?" I asked him.
He leaned toward me and just before his lips brushed mine he whispered "Because I know you," and then his lips were on mine, and I believed him.
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