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Zoey

I dropped the mirror and ran forward "Kalona! Save him!" The immortal was in s spread, he leaped over the broken balustrade and disappeared I rushed after hi down, I saw Kalona grab Aurox&039;s ankle just ain, hit the pavement

Neferet wasn&039;t as lucky I could see her She&039;d hit the sharp edge of the building and had tu in the ht, she looked like a broken doll Her neck isted Her ar direction Her head was a dark pool of blood

Thanatos joined ht fall after Neferet Then everyone was there, beside me Stark took me from Thanatos and held me while I trembled and continued to stare down at Neferet&039;s body Kalona landed on the rooftop with Aurox Aphrodite helped Grandma She slipped her hand inside e-ya, coht," she said

Still I did not look away So when Neferet&039;s body began to convulse I saw it I watched everything Her ars flailed Her hair lifted Her back arched And then the Tsi Sgili seemed to dissolve From within the folds of her blood-soaked clothes, thousands of black spiders exploded, skittering into the gutter and disappearing into the darkness

Then I looked away I faced Thanatos "She&039;s not dead"

The High Priestess of Death answered h I hadn&039;t framed the words as a question

"I do not know" Thanatos looked pale and shaken "I have never seen, never even iined, e all just witnessed"

I felt very quiet inside I wasn&039;t tired I wasn&039;t crying I wasn&039;t pissed I was just very, very cal to coree," Thanatos said

I put my arm around Grando to the hospital," I told her gently

"No, o hoentle eyes "I understand coet you ho first," Stark said

"She can kiss you and tell you she loves you later Let&039;s get out of here The spider thing was the cherry on this shit sundae of a night I need a bath and a Xanax," Aphrodite said

I didn&039;t say anything I was getting a weird vibe from Stark "Wait here Everyone needs to see this" He squeezed my hand and then he went into the penthouse He ca my Seer Stone froain, and looked totally harmless I knew better, so when he handed it to erly, like the unexploded bo it into my jeans&039; pocket when Stark stopped me

"No, don&039;t put it away Lift it Point it at Aurox Say the spell again"

"Huh?" Suddenly I didn&039;t sound so grown and together and brilliant

"Me?" Everyone turned to stare at Aurox Well, the kid looked like crap His clothes were all ripped up and his face and hands were bruised and bloody "Why ht your reflection in that ick mirror Everyone needs to see what I saw," Stark said "Do the spell thing again, Zoey"

"I don&039;t even know if it&039;ll work again It&039;s that old ick stuff It&039;s weird and totally unpredictable," I said

"Recite the spell, u-we-tsi-a-ge-ya," Grandma said

"I don&039;t have-"

Stark handed me the crumpled purple paper "Yes, you do"

"Well, okay then" I lifted the Seer Stone, and pointed it at Aurox Even before I started reciting fro off of it

"Ancient ray

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