Summary

Marked :

House of Night, Book 1
SAPPHIREBEAR15
Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird lives in a world where vampyres have always existed. New vampyres, called fledglings, appear through a biologic process that takes place in some humans, the Marked, at puberty and lasts four years. At the beginning of the book, Zoey is at school when she is Marked by a Tracker. As news spread, she is quickly deserted by friends and close family, who are part of an anti-vampyre group. She flees to her grandmother and on the way has a vision with the vampyre's goddess, Nyx who chooses her as her representative. Zoey wakes up at the house of night in the presence of her grandmother and the vampyre headmaster- Who is also her future mentor, Neferet. She finds out that her Mark is all filled in, like that of an adult vampyre, a sign of the goddess' favor. There she quickly befriends her roommate, Stevie Rae, and through her, Damien, Erin and Shaunee. Zoey discovers that she has affinities for the five elements, air, fire, earth, water, and spirit, being the first in vampyre history. Because of her uniqueness, Zoey also attracts the attention of the new High Priestess in training, Aphrodite. To humiliate her, Aphrodite invites her to a Dark Daughters ritual where she tricks her into drinking blood. Embarrassed, Zoey flees, it is then when she is chosen by a cat, whom she names Nala (because she looks likea little lioness). Shortly after Zoey finds a disillusioned Heath (her almost Ex-boyfriend), along with Kayla (her Ex-bestfriend) trying to bust her out (They were high and drunk),Kayla becomes annoying and Zoey threatens her, Kayla becomes frightened by Zoeys threat and leaves, at this point Zoey scratches Heath accidentally and drinks from Him and they Imprint. It is shortly after that she meets Erik Night and they soon become, friends, after a short kiss outside the girls dorm.