Oohhhh! So it looks like readers... you get a treat! This week I will just update on a whim! I will most certainly update on Sunday but this chapter just seemed too important to keep to myself until then! So enjoy and pay attention 'cuz this one has some things in it that WILL be popping up later! Read on!
Chapter 3
Stark POV
Listening to how Damien put everything together made everything clear. How distant Z had been, and how she was desperate to block her thoughts and get to Nyx's Temple. Before I even knew what I was doing I was running across campus to Nyx's Temple. I threw the doors open and stopped in the threshold. There in the middle of the floor was my queen, laid in the floor lifelessly with cedar leaves burning next to her.
It took all my strength to walk across the room and kneel at her side. I picked her up and laid her across my lap and smoothed her ebony hair from her face. Her marks were still there which I took as a good sign but seeing her this way was like reliving those dark days when she was shattered and he sat helplessly.
I took her face in my hands and felt completely hopeless. I started to sob and my tears wet her face not waking her as he deep down wanted her to do, wake up from some dream.
And as if Nyx herself heard my prayer, she twitched and opened her eyes.
Zoey POV
Looking up I saw Stark and his distressed eyes looking back at me.
I never got the chance to really think about what I was going to tell him which meant that I would most definitely have to tell him the truth. But that didn't mean you could blame me for trying to stall.
"So... What did I miss? Did second hour already start?" I said sheepishly
"Zoey, you go missing, not tell anyone what you're up to, and are passed out in the floor and all you're worried about if you're late to some stupid english class!" he accuses. "Do you have any idea how scared I was when I walk into the temple and you're here passed out with a burning herb only you and your Grandma would burn when making travels to the Otherworld? Please Zoey just trust me and tell me what the he'll is going on." he said in frustration.
Knowing that sooner or later this was going to happen, I took a deep breathe and told him how while he slept I blocked my mind, how I wanted to visit my mom, and most importantly like the Otherworld was calling me to it, like it needed me to hear something or to tell me something. Stark didn't really show any emotion the whole time I spoke. And when I finally finished he pulled me up in a sitting position and took my hands in his.
"I understand why you went Zoey and I swear I don't blame you, but Goddess I just don't understand why you couldn't have been straight with me in the first place? We are a team. That means you have to be able to trust and tell me how you feel. I'll always be by your side, just give me a chance." he said slowly and leaned his forehead to mine. "I love you and I don't want to lose you, so help me out just a little bit and stay safe."
"Okay. I'm sorry I just couldn't handle it if you tried to stop me. Before I - came back from the Otherworld I actually talked to my mom. My mom and not Linda Heffer! I can't tell you how amazing that was." I said smiling at the memory.
"I'm glad you saw your mom but seriously just tell me so I can at least be here to watch your body. You're lucky as hell a professor didn't walk in on you and call Neferet. She would have killed you and made it look like you just rejected the change!" he said gripping my hands more firmly.
And then I just thought of Stark's body when he rejected the change and was in the morgue. It sent a chill down my spine and made my skin crawl.
"Okay, okay, okay got the message loud and clear! From now on no more Otherworld trips without you." I said intertwining my fingers through his.
"Thank- Wait! You're going back?" he said alarmed.
"Well yeah. I need to talk to Nyx; I was serious when I said that this morning. I just never got a chance to when I was just there I saw my mom and got distracted." I said as I stood and held my hand out to pull him up too.
"No offense Z, but I don't think you should be taking all these trips to the Otherworld. We just got back from there and there's always a price, like I bet you're tired." he said gesturing to my slumped stance. "Well I can't really tell because a certain someone made a mental shield." he said frowning at me.
"Sorry just hold still for a sec and I can get rid of it. It's kinda creepy anyway not feeling there." I said shivering to myself as I felt the emptiness of my own head.
Centering myself I got rid of the walls but only to get a headache as his thoughts came to me.
Thank the Goddess she's okay! I thought I had lost her. Wonder what she wants to talk to Nyx about? Hmmm maybe I'll ask her later... She's just staring at me now and kinda looks distant. Should I take her to Darius or get her a blood baggie? But by the looks of the bags under her eyes, she may need my blood... Not that I mind! The feel of her lips on my neck right before she sinks her teeth in-
"I heard that." I said pushing him jokingly
"Heard what?"
"Didn't you just say how you wouldn't mind giving a little blood? You know Stark I don't mind sharing my blood with you but if you're going to talk like that-" I said as I walked towards the door.
"Z, you're not making any sense. I haven't said anything just thinking while you took down that mental shield" he said confused.
"But if you didn't say anything then... I read your thoughts! Holy Crap! I read your thoughts! Man that's a relief 'cuz now my headaches make a little bit more sense." I said in a rush.
"Z not to burst your bubble but what does that mean. You wouldn't have this new power unless you really needed it. And if this is a new power then that means something is coming towards us, and Nyx thinks we need this.", he said quickly.
"Ah Hell!" I said as I stepped out the door with more questions than I wanted to have when I went in with.
Bam Bam Bammmmmm! Yes! A cliffhanger! Stay tuned for what Zoey's new power really means... and if you're wondering no I am not a vampyre but I have a feeling that Nyx will make an appearance!
*Frannie Sage*
