Merry Christmas everyone! Okay, I know I've gotten into this really bad habit of only updating monthly... I can't promise it'll improve soon, because I have exams in February, but I'll do my best :)
Thanks so much to every single person who reviewed the last chapter, from the bottom of my heart. I know it was really bad, and sorry about the big chunk of a paragraph at the end.. First and last time I ever update on an iPad. It screws everything up xP
It was a year today since I started Stolen... I know it's really terrible that it's been a year and I'm still writing it, but hopefully I'll have it finished soon! Then I have to decide whether I'll continue with another sequel or just leave it there.
Ah, hell, I thought as I opened my eyes and acknowledged the black that surrounded me. What the hell had just happened? Neferet's revenge, I guessed. I mean, she already had control over Stark's body. It would only make sense that she also had control over the souls in it.
Now I faced a new problem, however. I was stuck in the dark while my friends were probably getting eaten. By my consort, who just so happened to be in my Warrior's body. Sigh.
And it's not even as if I was in the Otherworld or anything. I was just in darkness. Great, right?
I'm not even sure how long I was there. There was no sense of time there. You just existed, and dealt with it. Except I was really worried about my friends. What if Heath was attacking them?
But it isn't Heath I told myself. That's Neferet. It was her doing all of this, everything was her fault. It made me sad when I thought about how I used to see her as a mother figure. I looked up to her, and she let me down. It was just so much more disappointing because she was one of the few people I trusted.
My dad, for instance, didn't have my trust. He left me with my mom, who I trusted until John came into the picture. And I don't think it's necessary to mention that he doesn't classify as a person I'd trust either. But besides them, I did seem to have a history of trusting the wrong people. Kayla. The girl I trusted as my best friend, but who stabbed me in the back the second I was gone. I trusted Kalona, and got Heath killed because of it. So yeah, I had trust issues.
But I was right to trust Heath. He'd always been there for me. And all of my friends were, so far, trustable. With the slight exception of Stevie Rae hiding Rephaim, but I guess I'd kept plenty of things from her in the past, too.
However much I trusted my friends, somehow I knew that Stark could definitely be trusted, and for some reason I actually trusted him more than my friends. I regret that now. I regret trusting Stark with everything I had. But I couldn't help it, I just did. When I saw him that first day, something in me recognized him and knew that he could be trusted.
While I was having this epiphany about my lack of trust, I failed to notice the faint glow of light coming towards me. When I did see it though, I started. It had almost reached me now, and was beginning to form the familiar figure of Nyx. I relaxed.
"Hello, Zoey," Nyx smiled.
"Hello," I replied politely. I was more familiar with our goddess than I should have been, but we weren't really at the 'hey, s'up?' stage yet. And I doubted we'd ever reach it.
"How are you?" she asked, frowning at me.
I shrugged. "Well. Good, because Kalona's not here. Bad, because I'm Warriorless, Neferet's getting the upper hand in this fight, and has control of Heath's soul and Stark's body, which are both probably attacking my friends as we speak. How are you?"
Nyx smiled tiredly. "I am not well. Honestly, it is a strain to be here. This is where your Warrior was, and I came to talk to him. This is a place full of Darkness, and it is not welcoming to Light. It was very hard for me to stay here, and I had to leave him. I fear the same will happen now."
"What, so Neferet controls this place too?"
The goddess nodded. "She can make anything happen here. She was able to send you here through Heath." She paused. "Well. It's not really him. He doesn't know what has happened, and I expect he will be very upset when he realizes what he has unwillingly done."
"How long will I be here for?"
"I don't know, Zoeybird. As I said, Neferet will decide how long you spend here, and what will happen here. Beware of anyone she sends through James's body. He is the only one who has the ability to keep her out of it, though I don't think he realizes that."
I shook my head. "No, I don't think he does either."
Slowly the light pulsing around Nyx began to fade. "I am sorry, Zoey, but it seems I must go. I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Good luck," she added as she disappeared.
"Thanks," I said under my breath.
Truthfully, I was really worried. If the goddess couldn't deal with Neferet, and she clearly couldn't, why was everyone so sure that I could? She was obviously unstoppable. I knew I had to try, though.
I stared at where Nyx had been for a long moment, then turned. What I saw shocked me.
I was suddenly in the Otherworld, and Stark was standing behind me, smiling. Everything Nyx had said slipped from my mind as I ran towards my Warrior and threw myself into his arms.
I know it's a little short, sorry. I'll try to make the next one longer =)
I know I'm really late, but congrats to Matt Cardle lol.
Happy Christmas guys, and happy New Year!
Oh, and if I was to put up a story that I wrote on this site, would you guys read it? Cause I'd prefer to put it up here before any other site because I know you guys and want your opinions first. It's not even finished yet, I only have like 3 chapters lol, but if I finished it? Let me know!
Thanks,
TOB.
XOXOXOXOX
(Sorry again for the wait)
