Stevie Rae
"I'm telling you, I'm fine! I just wanted to take a walk to clear my head, that's all!" Stevie Rae insisted. Lenobia had been really mad because she just came in without calling her at all. She thought that it would sound normal that she wanted to take a walk; but she had forgotten that they still thought there was a "killer" Raven Mocker around that they had no idea she'd imprinted with.
"Look, I know you're a strong vampyre and a High Priestess; but you still need to be careful with this Raven Mocker around! You know how dangerous these things are, don't you?" Lenobia kept on ranting.
"I do know those fellas are dangerous alright; but they're not even here anymore! I've seen 'em flyin' away tonight; they were in a hurry they didn't even notice me!" Stevie Rae spurted a lie without even thinking, surprising herself. She had no idea she had the ability to lie so smoothly in her.
"That doesn't prove there's none left here!" Lenobia countered. Stevie Rae sighed, she couldn't argue with Lenobia. She decided to give up.
"Alright, you're right and I'm sorry." she gave in, "I was thoughtless, I should have been more cautious. This won't happen again." Are you happy now? She added in her mind.
"I hope it won't" Lenobia said before she let it go. She still seemed to be very angry; but Stevie Rae wouldn't care about it anymore. She just wanted to go to her room and possibly fall asleep. Dawn was very close and she was starting to feel sleepy.
"So, can I go to sleep now? I'm very tired." Stevie Rae practically begged. Lenobia looked very stern and didn't seem like she would allow her to do so. Oh, right! She had to explain about Dallas! "I mean, I know a lot happened and none of you know anything about what happened with Dallas; but it's not really a complex story." she added before Lenobia could say anything.
"So tell me what happened and I will tell it to the others. We can discuss and research on it while the sun is up." Lenobia reasoned with her. No matter how angry she looked, she defintiely knew about the weak-when-sun-is-up stuff and wouldn't push further. Stevie Rae was grateful for that for once.
"Actually, I've almost no idea what happened either." Stevie Rae started explaining the lie, "He just started sayin' some bullpoopie about the same story the evil Red fledglings had; this one about a Raven Mocker. Then he kicked me outta the car. I saw his eyes turn scarlet before that and he actually Changed."
"He Changed?" Lenobia repeated her, her eyes open with shock, "How could that happen so suddenly?"
"I saw Darkness above the evil fledglings before, and I remember seein' it above Dallas when he started to go mad. But then it disappeared and Dallas Changed. I think he might have accepted Darkness and tha's what caused him to change. Exact opposite of me." Stevie Rae said. Well, this one wasn't a lie exactly; the part about Dallas accepting the darkness was true.
"Tha's some serious news ya have there." she heard Kramisha's voice behind Lenobia. She had just appeared by the door. "So we not goin' back to tunnels for a while, you say? It might be danger."
"I was just about to say that. You and Dallas took your time in the tunnels; he must have been affected by Darkness the most." Lenobia told her opinion.
"And it couldn't affect me since I've already clearly chosen Nyx's side and am her High Priestess." Stevie Rae added to her theory. Well, if her lie was the truth, the theory would probably be perfectly true. Not returning to the tunnels for now probably would be better anyways though; there was always the danger. Not too much, but she didn't want to risk her fledglings. She already felt like poo, having seen the some of the others die; she didn't want any of the others to turn back to the darkness again, or Change like Dallas did.
"Ya know, I know this is serious matters but y'also know dawn is very close and I don't have full potential. Can't you lemme go for tonight and we'll talk tomorrow? Pretty please? I feel bad enough already, I might break down in the middle of the meeting if we have a meeting." Stevie Rae said again before anyone of them could say anything more. Lenobia sighed softly.
"I know, you have been through a lot, Stevie Rae. I know you need your time to collect youself. You go have a good rest, I will take care of things this morning." Lenobia smiled at her. Stevie Rae felt absolutely relieved that she was released of the questioning for a while. She smiled back at her.
"Thank you-"
"But!" Lenobia interrupted, "I won't accept something like this again. You're not going outside alone again.
"Yeah, it definitely won't happen again." Stevie Rae nodded.
"And you will stay with Kramisha tonight, just in case. You tend to run off to somewhere when you feel bad and you have made it into a habit. I don't want you out of the school either, so you're staying with her tonight." Lenobia said.
"Fine." Stevie Rae sighed, she might have brought it upon herself; but she still believed she'd rather sleep alone. Then again, better not argue after this point. "I will sleep together with her. Zoey's bed is empty anyways, Kramisha can sleep there. Can't you, Kramisha?" Stevie Rae said the last sentence looking at Kramisha who had been very quiet the whole time.
"Of course! I'll have me some nice sheets there, I sleep quiet like a puppydog." Kramisha smiled as she skipped towards Stevie Rae. Stevie Rae appreciated her efforts to cheer her up. Kramisha threw her hand on Stevie Rae's shoulder and whispered quietly: "And I love me some stories."
Stevie Rae's insides almost froze, she used all her acting to look normal as they walked past Lenobia and passed the door into the hallway.
She knows! She totally knows! I'm so screwed! Her inner voice screamed. She tried to calm hersef down. For sure Kramisha was acting unusually quiet, she had definitely figured something out. How much could she have figured out? Could she have believed the evil fledglings' words? Did she know that this "other guy" was Rephaim? Well, she probably didn't know it just yet or wasn't sure about it; at least she wasn't going mad like Dallas had. That was a good sign.
What if she has fully figured my secret? She knows the most about Rephaim; actually, she's the only one who knows about the existance of "other boy". She has the highest possibility of discovering it. So what then? Will I kill her to prevent her from talking?
WTF? What in the world was she thinking? Killing Kramisha? That was so out of question! She despised herself for even thinking about it! That was so not gonna happen! If Kramisha found about it? Then Stevie Rae would just confess the whole truth. The whole of it. Then she would hope that Kramisha wouldn't just go mad like Dallas did, that she would understand at least a little. So if Kramisha happened to hate her after hearing it? She'd think about that when that happened.
A/N: Hot right after the third chapter that took so long! Oh gosh, it's so easy to write Stevie Rae's POV after the third chapter; it's easy and fun! It didn't take me an hour to write this and considering I type pretty slow it's a short time. Thanks, people, I'm just so happy y'all like it! I was even told that this could as well be the next book, it made my day! anyway. The next chapter will be from Stevie Rae's POV again, I don't wanna give spoilers; but you probably can guess what might happen anyways. Ludmilla asked about Aphrodite's dream, the one in Burned. I personally think it must be out since it was a version of future where Zoey chose to stay and Zoey came back in the end. All it could change is Aphrodite's curiosity. I'm thinking of adding it in very soon. Now all I have problems is about evil's plans. You know, I'm definitely not good with evil's plans and I can't guess it right OR write something creative. If any of you have anything I could write, please tell me one way or another. I want to keep it good and exciting; both for myself and everyone that happens to read it; I want you guys to enjoy it the best. So yeah! Please review; thank y'all!