tempted by p.c. cast

Author:p.c. cast
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: vampires, zoey (fictitious character), fantasy fiction, juvenile fiction, fantasy & magic, general, fantasy, horror stories, adolescence, young adult fiction, teenage girls, children: young adult (gr. 7-9), fiction, good & evil, supernatural, good and evil, social issues, girls & women, horror, philosophy, revenge, children's books - young adult fiction, social issues - general, magic, speculative fiction, teenage vampires, science fiction, american, redbird, occult fiction
ISBN: 9780312609382
Publisher: Griffin
Published: 2009-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

―Dead,‖ he called, after pausing by each one. When the group rejoined us, I couldn‘t help but notice how white Stevie Rae‘s face looked. ―You okay?‖ I asked her. She looked up at me, her eyes more than a little startled. ―Yeah,‖ she said quickly. ―Fine. It‘s just …‖ Her voice trailed off and her gaze went back to the grisly lumps under the trees. ―It‘s ‘cause they smell bad.‖ Kramisha said. We all looked at her. ―Well, it‘s true. Them Raven Mockers have something nasty in they blood.‖

―Their blood does smell wrong. I know because I had to clean it up from where Darius had shot some of them down from the sky back at the abbey,‖ Stevie Rae spoke quickly, like the subject made her uncomfortable. ―That‘s what I smelled on you!‖ I was relieved I‘d finally identified the odd scent. ―Everyone needs to focus on the here and now,‖ Darius said.

―We don‘t know what‘s happening in there.‖ He motioned toward the school grounds and the flickering flames that were illuminating its heart. ―What is that? Is the school really on fire?‖ Stevie Rae spoke our thoughts aloud. ―I can tell you what it is.‖ The voice startled all of us except the three horses we rode, which should have clued me in instantly to who was standing in the shadows on the field house side of the lane. ―It is a funeral pyre,‖ said Lenobia, Professor of Equestrian Studies, and one of the few adult vamps who had stood by us after Kalona and Neferet had taken over the school. She went straight to the horses, greeting them, checking them, and generally ignoring us until she was sure they were okay. Finally, looking up from caressing Persephone‘s muzzle she said, ―Merry meet, Zoey.‖

―Merry meet,‖ I responded automatically. ―Did you kill him?‖ I shook my head. ―We chased him away. Kramisha‘s poem was right. When the five of us joined, we were able to banish him with love. But whose—‖ ―Is Neferet dead or just fled with him?‖ she interrupted my question. ―Fled. Whose funeral is the pyre for?‖ I couldn‘t wait any longer to ask. Lenobia‘s beautiful blue-gray eyes met mine. ―Anastasia Lankford lost her life. The last act Kalona‘s favorite son, Rephaim, did before he called his brothers with him to follow you to the abbey was to slit her throat.‖

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Zoey

I heard Stevie Rae‘s horrified gasp echoed by everyone surrounding us, but Darius didn‘t hesitate. ―Are there any Raven Mockers left alive here?‖ ―None. May their souls rot eternally in the deepest depths of the Otherworld,‖ Lenobia said bitterly. ―Did anyone else die?‖ I asked. ―No, though there are several wounded. They‘ve filled the infirmary. Neferet was our only real healer, and now that she …‖ Lenobia‘s voice trailed off. ―Then Zoey needs to get to the wounded,‖ Stark said. Lenobia and I wrinkled our foreheads questioningly at him. ―Me? But I‘m—‖ ―You‘re the closest thing we have to a High Priestess. If there are

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