Stevie Rae's POV:
"What do you mean he needs to be put down? You mean kill him?"
Zoey asked. I could hear the terror in her voice.
"Yes I mean kill him! If not what is stopping him from coming after Stevie Rae again? Before he makes any plans we need to get rid of him" Aphrodite yelled.
As much as it hurt to hear that she wanted to kill Rephraim it had to be done. He is evil now. Everything that I thought was good about him is gone...I just don't feel him here anymore. His humanity...the person I loved is no longer here.
"That's ridiculous Aphrodite! Do you hear what you're saying? No one here is capable of killing anyone! Especially someone who was on our side to begin with. The others don't even know what's going on. How do you plan on telling them everything huh? 'And oh yeah we have to kill Rephraim' what the hell?" Zoey yelled back. Stark had to hold her back so she wouldn't charge after Aphrodite and strangle her. I was just watching them. I was too tired to yell at both of them. I just looked up at the ceiling and without anyone knowing, did a silent tear. My last tear. The last tear I would cry for Rephraim. Even though he tried to kill me...all of the good memories we had are still there. In a way I will always love him for who he really was but I have to let that part of him go. If I had any chance of fighting him I have erase those memories. If I don't he will kill me for sure.
I closed my eyes and before I knew it everything was becoming silent and I fell into a deep sleep.
Aphrodite's POV:
"Oh my goddess! Would you just listen!" I yelled "Think about it. Stevie Rae is hurt. Giving Rephraim an easy target for him to kill her. Keeping him away is not going to work. Darkness has him now. He is no longer the Rephraim we knew." I continued.
I know where Zoey is coming from. I talk big but no way am I capable of killing anyone. But what choice do I have? Let him have her? Hell no! If I have to I will kill if that's what it means to protect her. But everyone has to know what's going on. With Stevie Rae like this everyone is bound to find out eventually.
"I understand...but how are we going to get rid of him? If he's gone back to Kalona that means he is under his protection. No way can we go up against him and Kalona" Zoey said.
"Not unless he has gone somewhere else before he met up with Kalona" I said.
"What do you mean?" Stark asked.
"I've been thinking about this ever since Bumpkin told me darkness was involved in all this but where did darkness come from?" I asked.
"Wait...you mean someone was involve with Rephraim?" Zoey asked.
"Exactly...and there is only one person who is content with darkness" I said.
"Neferet!" Zoey and stark said at the same time.
That's the only person I know who has dirty tricks like that up her sleeve. Literally.
"Yes and since Kalona is no longer with Neferet then why would Neferet have anything to do with Rephraim?" I asked both them.
They were clueless to what I was asking so I answered for them.
"To get to her" I pointed at Stevie Rae." for some reason this all started because of Stevie Rae's blood and ever since then Neferet has been after her. She is the link to the red fledglings. My hunch is that with Stevie Rae out of the picture so are the humanities of all the other red fledglings. Making Neferet controlling them even easier" I said looking toward Stevie Rae. I couldn't help but look at her and notice at how vulnerable she is now. She was sound asleep. Probably exhausted from her wound because it's too loud for her to be sleeping if that wasn't the case.
"Wow...you really thought of all that while all this was happening?" Zoey asked. I turned to her and shrugged my shoulders.
"I told you before that I love her...and I will do anything to protect her. And finding all this out is like putting pieces to a puzzle. I'm surprised none of you guys figured it out." I said flipping my hair back. Zoey rolled her eyes while looking back at Stark. She turned and met my gaze.
"We'll I guess we need to tell the others?" Zoey asked.
"Yeah you do that. I will stay her with her." I said.
"I don't think so. You need to change your clothes first. You're covered in her blood" Stark said.
I looked down. "And you need to rest. I noticed from the bite mark on your neck that you let her drink your blood explaining why you're so pale" he continued. I looked down on myself. I didn't even notice I was soaked in Stevie Rae's blood. There was a lot. I remember her being so pale from the loss of all this blood. Just thinking about it made my heart ache.
I nodded my head at them.
"Alright but I'm not resting until she wakes up. Meanwhile one of you stays here with her while I wash up ok? If anything happens come and get me." I said. I took one last look at Stevie Rae as I walked out into the tunnel.
I felt tired. My body was heavy. I guess from Stevie Rae taking my blood. And because I'm so tired I have a huge head ache. Ugh. Nothing can get worst than this. I was thinking to myself too much that I failed to realize that I passed my room. I shook myself mentally. I walked back to my room but stopped short when everything went black and pain shot through my eyes.
Flashes of light were in front of me and the scene changed to me standing in front of the House of Night.
I'm having a vision! I tried to focus of every detail that passed my eyes. I looked around and saw Neferet coming outside of the school from the back entrance. Right behind her was Rephraim and Aurox. They were walking towards a black car. When they got in they drove off. Everything started moving in a fast motion all around me. Then everything stopped. I looked around and saw that I was in front of the depot. Why would they be here? They pulled up and all three of them got out of the car. They made their way to the entrance of the depot. I followed them. But before I entered I took a quick look inside of the car for the time. It was 5 a.m.
I made my way after them. When I got into the tunnels I couldn't see them anymore. How could they have just disappeared? I ran to catch up with them but at that moment I heard a scream. This scream was familiar and it sounded like...like Zoey! I ran quickly to her room and found that she was lying on the floor surrounded in a puddle of blood. Before I took a step forward to her I heard another cry. I followed the scream and as I rounded the corner to a room it was Damian who was lying on the floor this time. I couldn't register everything so fast. I can't believe this is happen.
This is horrible. She is killing us one by one! I heard another cry and this time voice I knew the voice well. It was Stevie Rae's! I ran to her room. And just like what I saw at the surface right before Rephraim tried to kill her, she was also on the floor in a puddle of blood but this time Rephraim was standing over her. He slowly turned around and faced me. It was like he could see me. He took a step toward me. I moved out of his way and realize that another me was standing right where I was. Like the future me was doing the exact same thing I was doing. That's never happened before. I studied myself and Rephraim. I looked helpless. Walking back as he kept walking towards me. As he walked a knife was appearing in his hand and fear struck across my face. And right when my back hit the wall he shoved the knife into my stomach. I yelled. Hearing my own scream sent a cold shiver down my entire body. I didn't feel the pain. But witnessing it was enough to imagine it. He leaned towards my right ear.
I quickly went by myself and him and listened carefully as he whispered something in my other my ear.
"You took her from me...so I took her from you" he whispered.
Those words were enough to make my whole body start to shake.
I stepped back in absolute horror as he quickly yanked the knife from me and I saw myself slide down the wall to the floor staring at a lifeless Stevie Rae.
"Im sorry...bumpkin" I heard myself say. My breathing was coming more quickly and blood was flowing out into a puddle on the floor with each breath. After my last breath my eyes closed and I stopped breathing. I died right before my eyes.
I looked up and saw him evaporating in thin air. But he wasn't evaporating he was becoming darkness. As soon as I couldn't see him anymore everything was started to go blur as everything around me was going in a fast motion like before and there was complete darkness. I screamed out in pain. The pain I was feeling now was coming from my eyes. I brought my hands to my eyes and felt something wet and moist. The thickness of it was enough to tell me that it was blood. I was back in the present now. Right then I felt someone grab my hand. I couldn't see but knew that they were big hands. A guy's hand.
"Who is there?" I asked.
"It's me" the male voice said.
"Darius?" I asked.
"Yes..." he said.
His voice was horsed. He sounded like a completely different person.
I couldn't really focus on him because the pain in my eyes was making it hard to think. I put my hand over my eyes where there was already a towel and I pressed into it trying to relieve some pain but failed and I started crying. This is the one thing I hate about my visions.
"Why are you here Darius?" I asked. Before I yelled after him when he saw me and Stevie Rae kiss. Why is he still here after what I did?
"Because you were having a vi- ""that's not what I mean!" I shouted. It was silent for awhile. I couldn't see his reaction because of my bloody eyes but I could feel the room begin to tense up. I felt him straighten up.
"Because...even after...everything I still love you. Aphrodite you have done to me that no other woman has done before. You made me fall in love..." he said.
No...Not that. That made my heart drop. I love him to. Darius is everything a woman wants. He has the looks, the loyalty, the over protectiveness, the charms...I let my head fall back in my pillows. I breathed in deeply and exhale loudly. He was getting to me. How can I love two people at once? I smiled. Hell. Everything just keeps adding up don't they? I brought my head up and tried to face his general direction.
"I'm in love with you to...but I'm in Love with Stevie Rae also." I said.
He brought his hand to mind and squeezed tightly.
"I love you Aphrodite...I'm your Warrior and I always will be. If its happiness that you want then so shall it be" he said squeezing my hand. I never meant to hurt him. It was my heart that decided to fall for someone else other than him. I felt him get up. He placed his hand behind my neck. I couldn't tell what he was doing with the blindness but I knew once he pulled me gently in for a kiss. I kissed him back. Not because I wanted to be with him but because it was the last kiss I would give him before I let him go. It wasn't just a simple kiss on the lips. It was a passionate kiss, a heartfelt one. .
We parted. As we were catching our breaths I brought my hand to his check and felt a tear. Never while being with him has he cried before. And what's worst...he was crying for me. He shouldn't be crying for me...I'm not good for him. I wiped it away as I stroked his check.
" don't cry for me...Darius" I said in a whisper.
He chuckled as he gave me a gentle kiss on my forehead. Our hands were still together but I felt him pull away as he started to head for the door. I didn't pull back. I had to let him go. I pulled the cloth from my eyes and could only see a blur of him but I saw enough of him to know that he looked back before he clothes the door.
My heart was aching so much I couldn't take it anymore. I let go of all my feelings I was holding back and just let them out. I hated the fact that I am always hurting people.
I crying so much I wasn't paying attention on who was coming in my room. I didn't really care who it was until they gave me hug. I felt that persons love and reassurance. It was Stevie Rae. I didn't hesitate...I hugged her back hard because I didn't want to let her go. Realizing that I'm doing all of this for her. She quickly pulled back and gave me a kiss. It was a strong passionate kiss. I laid her down on her back. I instantly had this hit of utter want from her. The feeling was making my heart pound uncontrollably. She brought her hands down to unbuckle her pants and I started to take my shirt off. I didn't want to stop what was coming next. Even though I still had this guilt in the back of my head for Darius I still didn't want to stop. I just shut that part off.
We were both completely naked. With me on top I looked down to her and saw the person who was the most annoying nerd I ever met. Now she is the love of my life... How did it get like this? She brought her hand up and stroked my cheek. I met her gaze.
"Aphrodite...I want you..." she said. My heart completely skipped a beat. Yeah we were both naked but I didn't expect us to go any further than that. I stared at her wide eyed.
I snapped out of shocked gaze and answered her "I...want you..." I said closer to her.
We were in a lip lock. She had me moaning more and more when she was slowly tracing my back with her fingers. When I thought I was in control she pushed up on me and had me on the bottom with her on top. She traced kisses down my neck, in between my breast, down to my stomach, then back up to my lips. When she moved passed my lips she then went to my neck and started tracing her tongue along my collar bone. Then she gentle nibbled my skin that took my breath away. Where my hand was I squeezed tightly on her side.
"Do it...please..." I moaned. She kissed the spot as if marking where she was going to sink her teeth into and bit hard into me. I moaned loudly. Not paying any mind to who might of heard me. There was no pain but extreme sexual pleasure that shot through my entire body. I brought her closer to me. Breathing heavily. I never want this to stop. But I spoke to soon. Right when her hand was starting to go down my belly someone outside my room called my name.
"Aphrodite...Zoey wants to spe-" Stark entered my room and stopped dead in his tracks to see me and Stevie Rae in bed. He stared in shock.
Stevie Rae quickly got up and covered herself.
"Oh my goddess...you two were just..." he gasped.
Shit...I thought.
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Knowing Aphrodite how do you think she is going to react with Stark's disturbing entrance upon her and Stevie Rae's moment? Find out next chapter :D