Awakened by Cast P. C
Author:Cast, P. C. [Cast, P. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Paranormal, Vampire, Magic, Urban Fantasy
ISBN: 9781410437761
Goodreads: 8652190
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2010-01-02T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Zoey
âZ? Are you still there? Are you okay? Say somethinâ.â
The worry in Stevie Raeâs voice made me wipe the snot and tears from my face with the sleeve of my shirt and kinda sorta pull myself together. âIâm here. N-not okay, though,â I said with a little hiccup.
âI know, I know. Itâs terrible.â
âAnd thereâs no chance of a mistake? Jackâs really dead?â I knew in my heart it was ridiculous to cross my fingers and close my eyes when I asked, but I had to give it one silly little-girl try. Please, please donât let it be true â¦
âHeâs really dead,â Stevie Rae said through her own tears. âThereâs no mistake, Z.â
âItâs so hard to believe, and itâs just not fair!â It felt good to get mad, better than breaking down in completely useless snot and tears. âJack was the sweetest guy in the world. He didnât deserve what happened to him.â
âNo,â Stevie Rae said in a shaky voice. âHe didnât deserve it. I-I wanna believe Nyx has him and is takinâ care of him real good. Youâve been thereâto the Otherworld, I mean. Is it true that itâs wonderful there?â
Her question tugged at my heart. âI know weâve never talked about it, but didnât you go there, before, you know, when youââ
âNo!â she said as if she wanted to cut off my words. âI donât remember much from that time, but I do know I wasnât anywhere nice. And I didnât see Nyx.â
The words came to me as I began to speak and I knew in my soul that Nyx was talking through me. âStevie Rae, when you died Nyx was with you. Youâre her daughter. You have to remember that always. I donât know why you and the other kids died and un-died, but I can tell you that I am one hundred percent sure Nyx never abandoned you. You just took a different path than Jack. He is in the Otherworld with the Goddess, and heâs happier than heâs ever been in his life. Itâs hard for those of us back here to understand, but I saw it with Heath. For whatever reason, it was Heathâs time to die this go-round, and he belonged there, with Nyx. Just like Jack belongs there, too, now. I know in my heart that they are both completely at peace.â
âPromise?â
âAbsolutely. We have to be strong for each other back here, though, and believe weâll see them again someday.â
âIf you say it, then Iâll believe it, Z,â she said, her voice sounding better. âYou really need to come home. Itâs not just me who needs to hear your High Priestess everythingâs-gonna-be-okay speech.â
âDamienâs pretty bad, huh?â
âYeah, Iâm worried âbout him, and the Twins, and the rest of the kids. Heck, Z, Iâm even worried âbout Dragon. Itâs like the whole world is drowninâ in sadness.â
I didnât know what to say. No, thatâs not true. I did know what I wanted to say: I wanted to shriek, If the whole worldâs drowning in
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