TheDarkestShinobi: Short chap, not much is going on, anyway I don't own the books otherwise she would've said no to Loren and Erik would've seen that and come to her rescue, and Heath would be gifted by Nyx in some way.

Chapter Start

Getting back to the house of night was easier then I thought, we didn't run into any of the sons of Eberous (idk how to spell it) or anything like that, the doors were open and welcoming and it scared me.

The closer we got the more powerful I felt, the reddish tinge in my vision left and I felt instantly more aware of my surroundings. The clock on heath's dashboard said it was 11:30, so I normally would be eating lunch.

"Heath, pull over"

"Sure, Z why" when he pulled over and shut off the truck as I crawled into his lap and took out my eyeliner, it was the same color as my mark.

"Hey what are you doing?" I started to pencil in the mark leaving it empty as to not look too suspicious.

"I'm getting a mark now, that's cool"

"uh huh"

When I was done I put the cap back on and turned to put it back in my bag. Heath grabbed my cheek softly and brought me to face him

"So you're really okay?"

I nodded and he brought his hands down to my hips as he leaned back and sighed in relief.

"Zo, I was so worried"

"I know"

"If you need anything promise you'll call, anything" I smiled and felt tears coming to my eyes, I did not disserve such a wonderful boyfriend. I never would.

"I don't disserve you" Heath grinned widely and looked up at me

"Nope, but I love ya anyway"

"We were driving so slow, how did we beat them all here?"

"Slow? Zo I was way over the speed limit trying to get you here before anything happened, you must've been out of it."

"Yea" I then took in the position we were in and blushed; I rocked my hips and could feel him tense.

"Zoey, you need to get back" Right now I didn't care

"I'm feeling strong enough for now" He grabbed my hips firmly stopping me from moving and I put my arms on his shoulders and my fingers played with his hair.

"Are you sure? We're almost there; I could just drop you off"

I brought my lips down to his as my body melded into his in the seat. I rocked my hips again and his hands cupped my rear. I moaned and he plunged into my mouth.

We've made out before, I wasn't a saint but there was a sense of desperation about this. I almost died, I was very close to dying and I knew the thought scared Heath more than it scared me. I was happy to be alive and honestly I had never felt more alive, and I knew it was all going to end too soon.

I moaned and he let out a groan, I realized he was hard and I just rocked my hips again. He threw his head back and I latched onto his neck, sucking on it to give me a hickey.

"God Zo, if you don't drink from me now" I felt his hands grab my hips firmly and rock my hips into his. I used my finger to cut open his neck and I stopped smelling that blood. The scent quickly filled the area between us and I moaned. I licked it and he moaned as well. The blood came out and I licked it madly as I continued to dry hump him. I felt him get rougher and I licked his wound closed as I kissed him again

"Is that my blood, I taste sorta good" he mumbled into my mouth as I felt him getting desperately faster, but I couldn't say I wasn't enjoying in either. I moaned and threw my head back and he was on my neck, sucking on a spot and marking me his in his own way, almost like the way Nyx marked me hers.

I was in too much bliss to care if anyone saw me now, let Erik see this, let Loren rise from his grave and see me now, I didn't care, all I cared about was Heath. This was bliss, it felt better than making love to Loren did.

"I love ya Z!" He thrust up and pulled me down one last time before slowing down. He kissed my neck softly and ran his fingers across my skin lightly, he trailed butterfly kisses up to my forehead and then down my face before kissing me one last time.

"I love you oo Heath" I kissed him back and then regretfully climbed back into my seat as he started up the truck, I checked his face to be sure he had the mark and as he looked at me my breath caught.

He looked beautiful with that mark, if only he could be a vampire, then all of my problems, well all of my boy troubles would be over.

"You okay Zo"

"Just checking out your mark"

"Does it match me?" He asked as if he was asking an entirely different question, Do you match me? Does this life match me? Could it?

"Yes, it looks like it fits you" and it did. It fit him really well. The mark fit him better than it fit me.

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When we pulled up to the house someone signaled for Heath to stop the truck and he did. The person came around the car and Heath and I rolled down the windows, he took in our marks before speaking,

"Halt who are you?" I rolled my eyes

"I am Zoey Redbird and this is my consort of things Martinez"

"Alright, I recognize you Zoey, you look tired"

"I feel tired; I just want to get some sleep"

"Heh, go rest and feel better priestess."

"Thank you my knight"

Heath pulled up slowly and I realize that he had been staring at me

"What"

"That was really cool, all the stuff you said, and the way he called you a priestess, what was I again"

"A consort"

"Sounds cool enough for me, wow this place is awesome" Heath seemed truly amazed,

"Not even OSU has a campus this big."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it's cool and everything but this, this is something else" I laughed at his typical Heath exuberance and he looked over to me in all seriousness.

"It's been awhile since I heard you laugh, I miss the sound." I turned away embarrassed and he just laughed at my expense

"Don't be embarrassed it's just us, it's always been just us, so now where do you live."

I led Heath to my room and let him in to clean up, though I was so embarrassed when I suggested it. He, since he now worked for a construction company, which by the way I didn't see coming, most of those guys do not look like my Heath, carried around an extra set of clothing which happened to come in handy today, because I doubt that he expected this when I told him I was coming over, well I don't know, I'd expect anything with me. As soon as he stepped out of my shower I regretted it. He was still wet but had on blue jeans and was drying his hair with my towel. He knew it was mine too.

My throat went dry and he grabbed the red shirt he had. He flexed seeing me ogling him and did the man boob dance. I have seen it on T.V. but never in person, he flexed and inflexed those muscles and laughed at me as I stared at him.

"Like what you see" He put on the shirt and my brain started to work again.

"It should be illegal" He raised an eyebrow as I walked towards him

"for a man like you" He grinned when I put my hands on his chest and he brought his arms around me. Did I tell you how much I liked his hugs? Well a lot.

"to have a shirt on" I reached up and he reached down for a quick kiss.

He laughed and scooped me in his arms much to my dismay.

"Z, I love you, I really mean it" I turned me head away from him hiding my blush

"I love you too, now put me down, I mean it!" I walked into the bathroom and closed the door, seeing him smirk behind me before turning on the shower. I climbed in and let the hot water rinse the rest of the blood and smell away. The water was actually pink at times and it shocked me and surprised me in a weird way.

"Open up it's us, Zoey"

"and Man candy!"

"Is that me?" I heard Heath ask as I'm pretty sure he pointed to himself though no one was there.

"It's Shaunee and Erin, you can open the door, Man Candy" I added for extra measure and could feel him grin.

"OK!"

When I walked out of the shower it was like there was a party in my room. Heath was lying on my bed, sound asleep and dead to the world. Shaunee and Erin were sitting on the other bed playing games and sneaking glances at him. Jack was in Damien's lap talking about something and Erik was leaning against the door.

"Erik out I need to change" He looked to the other three boys raising an eyebrow

"He's out like a rock and they'll cover their eyes" Erik left closing the door forcefully, it woke Heath up, he looked up to see the twins, and then Jack and Damien before seeing me, winking and falling right back asleep.

I dropped the towel and looked over to everyone else, the twins still conversed and Damien and Jack both covered each others eyes, rolling mine at their innocent childlike behavior I quickly got dressed in a black sleeveless hoodie with black jean shorts.

"Okay open and come in!"

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I want to say life returned to normal. I really want to say, that's it, my problems are solved and end this story, to not type the next word or think about the next sentence, to pretend that it's alright, but I've never been a good liar and I think that's a good thing. I also want to say Loren came back to life and Erik forgave me, but I can't say that either. My problems with Nefret also did not magically change overnight, I'm not that lucky in any way shape or form.

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"Zoey what the hell happened"

"We were so scared!"

"I was so worried about you!"

"Ditto twin"

"Guys don't bombard her with irrelevant nonsense"

"What?"

Pulling myself out of the present moment I could tell you that Heath woke up and the guys removed their hands before Erik walked in and now he thinks I gave everyone but him a free show, so he's upset, Jack is super relieved to see me. The twins were just concerned about me and my health and now that I'm okay, they're going to give me hell for being un-Okay in the first place. Aphrodite and Darius, thank goddess, are nowhere to be found and are probably doing the dirty who knows where. Heath is sitting on my bed leaning against the wall and laughing at my expense and Damien is trying to preserve the peace as he normally does.

I rubbed my forehead

"Irrelevant: something that has nothing to do with anything" I tried to define and felt the twins nodding.

"Okay, what's going on here"

"Well, Zoey Nefret got a visit from a higher power"

"As in someone who makes her look like the trash she is"

"thank you twin, that person doesn't want war"

"and made her take down the wall"

"ex-"

"-cactly"

Even for me, that was too much insync in one sentence, Heath was excited

"How do you guys do that"

"Well, Mr. man candy"

"We're twins,"

"Not physically"

"but mentally" They looked to each other and nodded as I rolled my eyes and the boys laughed.

"hold on, Z told me about you but I didn't get names to faces."

"Well I'm Shaunee, you can call me anything" I started to get a little jealous but the way Heath looked at them when they flirted with him was as if he was saying he'd humor them but only had eyes for me, and it made me feel all warm inside, whatever than is supposed to mean.

"I'm Erin, Mr. Man Candy" He laughed as I decided to call him man candy for awhile, at least until it annoyed him.

"Can I call him man candy too?" We all looked to Jack and shared a momentary Aw with each other in my mind

"Uh, I guess so.." Heath was too adorable

"Yay! Okay, my name is Jack"

"I'm Damien"

"I'm Zoey" Heath rolled his eyes and Erik walked over to me and draped an arm over my shoulder. Heath tensed and I looked up to him.

"Erik Night"

"What are you doing?" I practically hissed as Heath's anger flowed through my veins

"What" he reached over and kissed me forehead and I stopped moving

"You said we were over" He shrugged and I knew what that meant

Yeah, but I'd rather take you back then let him have you.

I shrugged his hand off my shoulders and walked over to Heath feeling relief flood my systems.

"So you're going to your second choice,"

"I seem to remember being her first choice Night" I felt a possessiveness for Heath but I knew I was really feeling his possessiveness over me. I pushed myself into his chest and felt Erik's glare and a sense of protectiveness. I really did not disserve Heath.

Erik walked out of the room and slammed the door, I flinched and Heath wrapped his arms around me, I felt so warm and happy.

"Okay…"

"Wow Man Candy"

"Wait, Man Candy is a vampire?" I turned to Jack confused before realizing I had marked him with makeup before.

"No, just helped me to get in" He chuckled and I felt happy. Everyone said it matched him and he said that he did have to leave. He walked out and I smacked his butt as he turned. He didn't turn back, but the way my skin raced I knew his reaction. It looked like our imprint was back, and stronger than ever.

"So, Zoey, tell us about the mark Mr. Man Candy left on you" I turned to Shaunee and my heart started to beat faster.

"I uh" My phone buzzed once and I went to answer it, it was a text from Heath

Good Luck =P

I was going to hurt him

Love ya Z

Maybe not.

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After my embarrassing storytelling escapade I managed to fall asleep quite easily but my dream was unusual, weird, freaky.

I was in a field when I seen Stevie Rae, except she was normal. Her mark was filled in and she was talking to the twins. All of a sudden a man behind me stood up and shot an arrow towards her. It pierced her and her blood flew everywhere, she smiled and so did he. The ground started to shake and I heard a deep seductive voice that stirred my soul

A-ya

Chapter end

TDS =( Sorry, short chapter with like nothing going on, plotlines are swimming around in my head and they keep getting away. I'm going to catch a good one, then, if you all hate this chap I'll rewrite it. Let me know what you think

And they're the sons of (what?)

Triple R