Neferet's Plot

Neferet's POV.

'This could not be any worse. Not only have all my plans fallen apart, but I've lost one of the few ways I could hurt Zoey. Loren will pay for this.'

Pacing around the room I tried to recollect my thoughts, there had to be a way I could make all of this work to my advantage.

'Zoey's Mom could be away. She's angry, very angry. But she's also human and thus no use to me. Not unless I can use Zoey's weakness for her as a way of breaking Zoey. And John Heffer is definitely useful. Pinning Nolan's death on him was far too easy. Everyone thinks he's the evil one now.'

Trying to reason with the Darkness was harder than originally thought. It seemed to be apeased though. In truth, I was lost. I was groping in the dark.

'The only thing I cannot get at now is Zoey's friends. It appears that she's told them just enough to retain their faith in her. Are we still watching them?'

The room changed and a bull appeared.

'I have my eye on them all, though they're already noticing the change in the air. Soon they will know too much; soon our presence will become too noticable. We must act soon.'

The bull growled. Patience never was the virtue of evil.

However I smiled and nodded. There was truth in what he was saying. But until I knew just how to destroy all that Zoey held dear; I could not act. She would not be persuaded whilst she was surrounded by good.

'The answer to persuading Zoey to our ways, is almost certainly the death of her Grandmother, and the pain of Loren. But if we act on these too soon, she will turn further from us. She will seek the advice of Nyx. And the one thing we need her to believe is that Nyx has turned from her.'

I spoke without considering the Darkness. To speak out loud was the only way I could form my plan. However, Darkness responded.

'There is away. There is a form. There is a fallen angel.'

Of course, Kalona.

'Do you trust that he would be able to do the job effectively. Can we control him?'

I asked. I had to be the one in control of this all. Zoey and every other pawn in my plan had to be under my control. I would be the leader of the new order.

Zoey's POV.

Even though I was sat with my friends, my Grandma, and Loren; I couldn't shake the feeling in my stomach. I knew Nyx was trying to tell me something. I just didn't know what. But what was clear was that tonight things would change massively.

'Guy's, how much is the darkness surrounding the House of Night worrying you? Are you getting any alarm bells from it?'

I knew that Aphrodite would be, she knew as well as I did that something was off. But the look on my friends faces told me that everything wasn't right.