She gets the cat down, then sees the figure of Elizabeth, a fellow student who just died. Zoey is distracted by a meowing sound, and she finds a cute little orange kitty in a tree. But when Aphrodite's minions inform Zoey that she just drank blood, Zoey runs outside to throw it up.

Aphrodite is snobby to her, but Zoey has an amazing time, especially when the goblet of mysterious delicious liquid is passed around. Next Zoey goes to the dreaded Dark Daughters ritual. The Full Moon Ritual for the whole school is new to Zoey, but the ceremony makes her feel good, and she thinks she can feel each of the five elements as they're invoked in the ritual. The rest of her classes are interesting, and Zoey does especially well in her equestrian studies class. She sees the hot guy from the hall, Erik Night. Also at dinner, Aphrodite shows up to invite Zoey to a Dark Daughters full moon ritual the next night (which is strange since Aphrodite seems to hate everyone in Zoey's new friend group).Īs a vamp-in-training, Zoey sleeps during the day, and her classes start the next evening. Then Zoey meets her new roommate, a downhome Oklahoma girl named Stevie Rae.Īt dinner, Stevie Rae introduces Zoey to the rest of their little group: Shaunee, Erin, and Damien. When Nefret returns to guide Zoey to her dorm, she meets the girl: a blonde named Aphrodite who seems kind of haughty. This is weird and frightening, though the guy is really hot. On her way to her dorm, Zoey is left alone for a moment and sees a girl trying to give a guy a blowjob, which he doesn't seem to want. She meets Nefret, the imposingly beautiful High Priestess. Zoey wakes up in the House of Night, where her grandma brought her to be healed. Nyx tells Zoey that she has Marked her for a reason: to serve as Nyx's eyes and ears in the upcoming struggle. Except she trips and falls and has a vision of the goddess Nyx, who is the deity of vampyres and who also has links with Zoey's ancestors, the Cherokee nation. So Zoey drives to her grandma's house to seek guidance/comfort. Oh-and the longer she resists going to the House of Night, where she will train to become a vampyre, the more likely her body will reject the Change and she'll die prematurely.

Her mom and stepdad also freak out, and since Zoey's home life already stinks, she runs away. Her BFF, Kayla, and sorta-ex boyfriend Heath both freak out. It's painful, and the new crescent-moon Mark on her forehead designates her as a vampyre-to-be. Zoey Montgomery is Marked by a vampyre Tracker after school at her high school one day.

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