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Tempted House of Night 6 Zoey needs a break after some serious excitement. Could Stevie Rae be responsible for more than a group of misfit fledglings? List Chapter or Page 41 :. Page 1 2. Page 2 3. Page 3 4. Page 4 5. Page 5 6. Page 6 7. Page 7 8. Page 8 9.

Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 I could hear the mixture of shouting, talking, crying, and even laughing that filled the night, but it all felt distant.

At that moment the only things that were real to me were the moon above and the scar that sliced from one shoulder all the way across my chest to the other shoulder. It tingled in response to my silent prayer, but it wasn't a tingle of pain. Not really. It was a familiar warm, prickling sensation that assured me Nyx had, once again, Marked me as hers.

I knew if I peeked under the neck of my shirt I would find a new tattoo decorating that long, angry-looking scar with an exotic filigree of sapphire--a sign that proved I was following my Goddess's path.

Darius shouted the command, snapping me out of my warm, fuzzy prayer mode, and once I'd been shocked out, it was like an iPod had been cranked too high as sound and confusion flooded my senses. But Heath's a human. A Raven Mocker could kill him in a second. The words burst from my mouth before I could clamp it shut, proving beyond all doubt that being moonstruck wasn't my only moronic skill.

Predictably, Heath puffed up like a cat-smacked toad. Zo, I'm not a damn pussy! Erik, looking very tall and full-grown, kick-your-butt vampyre-like, snorted sarcastically and then said, No, you're a damn human. Wait, that does make you a pussy! So, we defeat the big baddies and inside five minutes Erik and Heath are banging their chests at each other.

How totally predictable, Aphrodite said with her patented sarcastic sneer as she joined Darius, but her expression completely changed when she turned her attention to the Son of Erebus Warrior.

Hey there, Hotness. You doing okay? You need not worry about me, Darius said. His eyes met hers, and they practically telegraphed the chemistry between them, but instead of going to her like he usually would and doing some very gross kissing, he remained focused on Stark. Aphrodite's gaze went from Darius to Stark. Okay, eew. Your chest is totally crispy crittered. James Stark was standing between Darius and Erik.

Okay, well, standing wasn't exactly what he was doing. Stark was swaying and looking extremely unsteady.

Ignoring Aphrodite, Erik spoke up. Darius, you should probably get Stark inside. I'll coordinate the reconnoitering with Stevie Rae and make sure everything runs smoothly out here. His words seemed okay, but his tone was all I'm-the-big-guy-in-charge, and when he followed up with a condescending I'll even let Heath help out, he really sounded like a pompous butt. You'll let me help out? Heath snapped. Your mom will let me help out. Hey, which one of them is supposed to be your boyfriend?

He winked at me and took off. Goddess, he has a lot of energy, I said. Z, I can't go with y'all to Italy, Stevie Rae blurted out with no preamble whatsoever. You have to! You're earth. I need the whole circle there. You've circled without me before. Aphrodite can step in if you help her. She can't be earth. It zaps her, I said. But I know you've given her spirit before, and it worked fine. Just give her spirit again. Stevie Rae, I need you. My BFF bowed her head and looked completely defeated.

Please, please don't say that. I have to stay. I don't have any choice. The red fledglings need me even more than you do. Not any more they don't, I said earnestly. They're here at the school, with a whole bunch of adult vamps. Even if the adult vamps are acting all weird, their presence will be enough to keep your kids from rejecting the Change. It's not just that. It's not just them. Oh, no! Stevie Rae, you are not still thinking about those bad fledglings.

I'm their High Priestess, she said quietly, pleading with her eyes for me to understand. They're my responsibility. While you're gone, before you have to go down there and do something awful to them, I can try once more to reach them--to get them to turn back to their humanity. Stevie Rae-- Zoey! Listen to me! It's a choice. I made the right one.

Stark made the right one. The kids here are all on the right path, too, and we used to be bad. Like you said, you know how horrible it used to be for us, but that's changed. We're different now because we're choosing to be different. I can't help believing that those other kids can choose good, too. Just let me try. I don't know. What if they hurt you? Stevie Rae laughed, and her short blond curls bounced around her shoulders.

Ah, heck, Z! They can't hurt me. They're inside the earth. If they try anything with me I can call on my element to kick their butts, and they know it.

Maybe they were meant to die, and that's why they can't get their humanity back, I said softly. I can't believe that, at least not yet. Stevie Rae went to her old bed and sat across from me, just like she used to before our world started to explode around us. I want to go with you. I really do. Heck, Z, you're in more danger than I am!

But I have to do the right thing, and that's to try to reach those other kids and give them one more chance. Do you understand? Yeah, I do. It's just that I've really missed you and I wish you were coming with me. Tears filled Stevie Rae's eyes. I've missed you, too, Z.

It's been horrible keeping stuff from you. I was just so scared you wouldn't understand. I know what it's like to keep secrets. It sucks. Seriously, that's an understatement, she said. We're still best friends, right? We'll always be best friends, I said. Grinning, she launched herself at me and we hugged so hard that Nala woke up, grumbling at us like she was someone's mom.

Heath chose that instant to burst back into the room. Arms filled with food, he stopped and stared. I have died and gone to girl-on-girl heaven! I said. Heath, you are nasty as roadkill--stinky, disgusting, middle-of-the-summer-opossum roadkill.

Eesh, that's disgusting, I said. Well, that's your boyfriend. But I brought food, he said. Fine, you're forgiven, I said. Hey, just so you know, I'm sleepin' right here in my old bed. So there won't be any groping and making out going on because I'm not cool with that. Stevie Rae was talking to Heath, but I answered. Uh, I have two words for girls who make out with their boyfriends with other girls in the room: Not okay. So you don't need to worry about that stuff going on over here.

I patted my bed. Heath is going to be good because we already talked about how our relationship is based on more than sex. Right, Heath? Stevie Rae and I skewered him with our eyes. Sad and tragic, but right, he admitted reluctantly. Let's eat, then I'll help Z pack, and then we can get some sleep. Finally, Stevie Rae said. I was just drifting off to sleep, snugly curled into Heath's strong, familiar arms when it hit me: Heath really couldn't come with us.

Heath, I whispered. We gotta talk. Changing your mind about that no-making-out thing? I elbowed him. Ow, what? I don't want you to get mad, but you really can't go with me to Italy. The hell I can't. Your parents will never let you miss that much school. We're on winter break. No, you were on ice storm break. The storm's clearing up. You'll be back at school in a day or so, I said. Then I'll make up my homework when I get back. I tried a different tactic. You've gotta stay here and focus on your grades.

It's your last semester before you go to college. If you mess up your grades now, you mess up your scholarship.