As much as I wish I owned HON, I do not

P.C. and Kristen Cast do.

Neferet

I had asked Kalona to leave during my examination of Zoey. He gave me a confused look and I told him that for now it would just be easier to take care of her. I mean he did make a big deal about her being wounded and all, so I thought I might as well give it a shot.

It worked.

I was now standing over Zoey, and whether she wanted to or not she would need to wake up now. There was no real telling of when Kalona was coming back, and I needed to let her know the truth. I did not like what I had to do but it just had to be done.

I slapped her.

Her eyes shot open and went to me and she tried to back away on the bed. I did not take my gaze off her at all. No way was I doing that now when I had to tell her something so important.

"Zoey, we need to have a talk," I said, in my usual tone though it sounded a little more motherly then she would have liked.

"I'm not joining you or him," she nearly spat back at me and I just sighed. Teens could be so tiring at times.

"I'm not asking you to join him, in fact I'm here to tell you the truth," I said and she did not look like she was buying it. Could I blame her?

"Nothing you say is truthful anymore, you've turned from Nyx, why should I even believe you?" she asked, and it felt as if a million sharp swords were piercing through my body. I could not stand this void of hate and mistrust between the two of us, no matter what she's not leaving this room until I convince her I am not lying.

"Zoey Redbird, I'm asking you to just hear me out I have not turned my back on Nyx ask any of the professors that. What I need to tell you is that I'm not with Kalona because I'm married to Loren," I said and she started blinking as if she was confused. Probably was, I mean Loren had slept with her, but she needed to understand what happened there too.

"Sure you are, because you had him use me, I saw you two together in his bed," she said to me and I just sighed.

"Kalona has more powers then you know of, one of them being able to possess a body. That is what happened: Kalona possessed Loren's body when he was having sex with you. When you saw Loren and me together, Kalona possessed the both of us Zoey, I'm not lying look I can even show you," I told her, exposing the badge of Nyx from under the collar of my dress.

I saw her eyes widen, just a tiny bit mind you, but it was enough for me. I kept the insignia exposed as she looked like she was thinking about whether to believe me or not, I sent up a million or so silent prayers to Nyx that she would.

"Zoeybird, I have never and will never abandon my goddess," I said and bowed my head to show her I was telling the complete truth. I saw her eyes widen and I let a smile make its way onto my face.

"You're not with him," it was more of a statement then anything else.

"No, I'm with Loren who is currently 15 ft underground with Nolan," I told her and her eyes widened again. If they got any larger, they might fall off her face.

"Neferet…I'm sorry," she said and I felt a huge pang of….compassion? That had to be it, because it just had to. I went close to Zoey and wrapped my arms around her. It was the only real thing I could do right now.

"Why did you bring him back?" she asked, without pulling away from her I answered her question.

"We want to get rid of him once and for all, even though I'm going to hurt them all for this, it was the idea of Lenobia, Nolan, Anastasia and Dragon to do this," I told her and pulled away from her. I wanted to tell her as much as I could before Kalona could come back in the room.

"So what happened with me and Loren…?"

"Was really Kalona, I can assure you my mind was a complete blank after that so called assembly, what we need you and your friends to do is to try and stay away from him, he's a horrible person who's just after lust trust me I have to sleep with him," I told her and she looked shocked. Well it was not like something she should not know.

"What about the dreams?" she asked.

"You see Zoey; I can't help you out with your boy trouble that's something you'll need to figure out yourself. For now go back to sleep, Kalona doesn't need to know your awake," I told her and saw her smile at me before laying back down and closing her eyes.

I left the room and shut the door behind me.

Dragon

I stood there and watched tears run down Loren's face. I'd never felt this bad for a person before. When I think about it though, Loren having to give his wife over to this bastard, not really having any control about what he was doing to her, I feel even worse for him.

"No, I'm just going to leave you and never talk to you again," I teased and he smiled. His tears had stopped and he brought his eyes to look at me. I really had nothing to say to him, I mean this was part of the plan and even if it wasn't the best part, it still had to be done.

"Listen Loren, none of us like having to do this to you and Neferet we really don't, but if we want this to work it has to be done. I don't know how it feels to have this be done and I never want to, but it's going to end and trust me you can take Kalona on if you want to," I told him and saw him smile.

Loren liked fighting; he was good at it too.

"Thanks Dragon,"

Neferet

"I hate him!" I shouted almost biting the pillow, I held against my face into pieces.

I felt Lenobia take another step closer to me, while Anastasia remained where she was. I was probably freaking her out by now, but nothing freaked out Lenobia. I fell back onto my bed letting my legs dangle off it.

"We know that Neferet and we fully agree with you but you might want to keep your voice down a little," Anastasia said and I took the pillow off my face and turned to look at her. She looked really worried and I threw the pillow towards the wall and got off the bed.

I walked over to the window and opened up the glass door, stepping onto the balcony. I heard footsteps behind me and soon enough both Anastasia and Lenobia were beside me, leaning on the railing as the ice storm continued. None of us were pelted with ice, which was a huge relief to me, I was not in the mood to catch cold.

I stared up at the sky; nothing could be seen through the thickness of the storm, but I knew that behind it all shined a bright moon. That's all I needed right now, I closed my eyes and sent a million more prayers up to Nyx.

End.

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