Chapter 7
Zoey
When I walked into the council room the council wasn't there yet and I took a seat next to Stark who held his bow by his feet.
"Are you ok," he asked me.
"Yea, but shouldn't I be asking you that," I answered, "You're the one that's taking out the bait." I said. He laughed.
"Yea, but you're the one that has to take out the damn bird," he said sarcastically.
"Don't remind me," I told him at the same time the council walked in. We stood up and bowed formally. I saw Achlys and she winked at me I winked back. They took their place on the stage.
"Good evening," Layna said, "Blessed be Zoey."
"Blessed be," I answered. And at that moment Kalona and Neferet strode in. I will never forget how I saw Kalona at that moment I knew what Sister Mary Angela was talking about he did look older than the earth. He was just wearing a pair of jeans and his wings were spread out to show their beauty except to me right now he was not how I last saw him he looked evil and old and I was no longer drawn to him. Was it because I had fallen in love with Stark or was it because I saw him kill Heath? I don't know but I was not at all drawn to him.
"Hello ladies," Kalona said to the council when he made his way on the stage.
"Good evening Kalona," Layna said nonchalantly about him.
"You should treat Erebus like a God not like another person," Neferet said calmly but her eyes and voice said something else. Layna nodded making Neferet think that she had the whole council under her control for a reason.
"Kalona is not Erebus," Layna said, "Erebus would never kill a human consort." Neferet laughed an evil laugh and said, "Woman I suppose you let Zoey's words taint you, and he did no such thing."
"And you yourself is evil," Achlys said, "I can see a dark aura around you; you're not fooling anyone but yourself."
"You are not faithful to you or our Goddess, and you will never become High Priestess of all Vampyres, how do you expect us to put you in that position if you are the one that killed Shekinah!" At that point Stark stood up and shot the arrow and it went straight to Neferet's heart. She hit the ground instantly and died the black aura that surrounded her had left and the black raven wing necklace that lied between her breast dissolved. Kalona dropped to his knees beside her.
"My queen, how could you kill my queen," Kalona almost whispered. He stood up and looked at me then Stark then me again, "You underestimated me A-ya, I will find you when I get back and you will see that you underestimated me!" At that point it seemed like the sky reached down and grabbed him and he disappeared.
"Where did he go," Achlys asked.
"Somewhere else," I said.
"But he is still out there somewhere," Stark said.
"So he'll be back," Layna said.
"Yes he will," I replied.
"You should go back to your rooms we don't know when he will be back," Achlys said. Everyone went back to their rooms and I walked through the long dim hallway with Stark.
"Are you ok," I asked him.
"Yea, why wouldn't I be," Stark answered.
"Because you just killed Neferet," I said bluntly.
"So, it doesn't matter she was an evil bitch, and I saved you she wanted to kill you Zoey," he replied.
"I know," I answered. He stopped and brushed a strand of hair out of my face, "I saw him differently."
"What do you mean," he asked but his eyes said he knew what I was talking about.
"Kalona, he looked older, older than the earth," I said, "I wasn't drawn to him at all."
"Really," Stark asked.
"Yea," I answered, "Why?"
"I don't know," he answered.
"I think it's because I have fallen in love," I said smiling at the look in his beautiful brown eyes.
"With who," he asked sarcastically. I giggled and said, "With you." I let him pull me in and kiss me. I loved Stark and now he knows that and I hope we can be happy but I don't think we can be happy until Kalona is gone. We stopped kissing and he said, "I love you too." I held his hand and we walked back to the room.