Born Into Darkness Ch. 08

"I must be fucking high right now! I bet it's the fog." Sophie muttered to herself as she crawled out the cave.

Getting up she dusted her hands off on her jeans.

She noticed it was getting darker and cold. While wrapping her arms around her body trying to conserve her body heat she prayed that the little boy found peace.

Sophie heard a pattering noise behind her. Too scared to turn around she just froze.

"Don't be a spider, don't be a three headed spider." Sophie spun around and saw nothing but more fog. She didn't care she pumped her fist in the air and whooped as a small celebration for not screaming like a little girl over something she thought she heard.

Sophie quickly pinched her nose, it smelt like rotten eggs. It was so bad her eyes started to water. "Did I fart?" She really hoped not.

About to laugh at her silly self-accusation she froze suddenly feeling something or someone breathing down her neck. She scoffed, it was her mind playing tricks again, shrugging she marched on not giving a damn.

Humming to herself again she froze. "Shit I'm missing my novella! Damn now I'm never gonna know what Alejandro did to Chloe! They were supposed to kiss but no... Alejandro's evil secretary-"

"Oh I saw that episode too! Oh don't you think Alejandro is dreamy. I need a man like that, all strong and rugged."

Sophie spun to see a gorgeous woman in front of her, she wore the same dress Eris had on, only hers was white and real pretty. And her hair... it was like hers but so light it looked like honey.

Envying the woman, Sophie wished her hair was that tamable.

"Hi I'm Lachesis. You must be Sophie." Lachesis smiled as she took Sophie's hand and flashed her to white room. It was so bright it hurt to open her eyes.

"How do you know my name?" Sophie blinked a couple times as her eyes adjusted to the room. It was all white and gold. The bed was huge and fluffy. She was so tempted to curl herself into a ball to take a quick cat nap.

A nap really sounded good to her right about now, but she couldn't afford to lose time no matter how inviting the bed was.

"Oh we know everything, my two sisters and I," Lachesis said she snapped her fingers and Sophie no longer wore her sweats and a sweater, it was now a pink dress similar to Lachesis. "There now you look like me. You're so pretty can I play with your hair?"

Lachesis didn't wait for a reply she pushed Sophie down to a chair she didn't even know was there. "Lachesis, why am I here? What is this place?"

The goddess bit her bottom lip before replying. "Uhm... the place you were in was the Underworld right now you're on Olympus."

Sophie's jaw went slack. "W-what? How is this possible?"

Was it too late to take back her words on trying to cope with the supernatural?

Lachesis laughed at Sophie's reaction. "Sophie Kamille there is a lot you don't know. But you soon will, just give everything it's time."

She huffed in frustration; she had the woman's patience right now.

"What do we have here... Hello Sophie."

Whoa she's beautiful. Sophie so felt like the ugly duckling right now.

The woman who entered the room; she carried a very wicked aura and a pair of really big scissors. "Hi?"

"Oh where are my manners. I'm Atropos, the youngest sister." Atropos bent down and kissed Sophie on the lips.

Jerking back she didn't know what to say; what to feel. She never kissed a woman... until now.

This day had just gone from manageable to what the fuck freaky.

Frist she finds out her boyfriend is a dog; she got yelled at by Kell for something she didn't do all because of Eris a greek goddess bimbo who flashed her into the freaking Underworld THEN almost got devoured by a three headed dog then flashed AGAIN into Olympus and now was just kissed by a woman she didn't even know!

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Sophie anxiously shouted.

"I guess this is my cue, I'm Klotho the eldest of out the three of us. We're the fates; nice to meet you Sophie." Klotho said lifting her up from her seat.

Where the heck did she come from?

Didn't really matter right now since she's now gawking at the eldest sister; she was tall, graceful and downright gorgeous. Sophie was speechless.

"Let me explain what is going on here." Klotho said eagerly smiling at Sophie.

This woman is so beautiful Sophie was starting to question her own sexuality... Just kidding.

"I don't think we should Klotho, don't you think it's a little too early?" Lachesis said biting her nail nervously.

Sophie's eyebrows knitted together in confusion. What's too early?

"No it's not. We have a council meeting and Dad said we have to go, Zeus needs... again." Klotho said in a bitter tone.

"Oh can we bring Sophie with us?" Atropos said cupping Sophie's butt making her yelp in surprise.

Again she was joking about the whole sexuality thing! Sophie glared at the youngest sister as she slowly put some distance between them.

The only person; or in this case man-dog person that's allowed to touch her in anyway is Dean. Too bad he wasn't here. Sophie mentally pouted to herself. What she wouldn't give to feel Dean's lips again with his hands on her waist or his hard pulsating member pressed against her slit...

Fuck! Sophie squirmed at the sudden warm sensual sensation that was starting to form in between her thighs, she was so wet right now. Remembering she was still with the sisters she blinked a couple times, not before heat started creeping up her cheeks.

She shook her head in embarrassment; acting like a bitch in heat.

"Atropos, please conduct yourself-"

Atropos ignored her sister and flashed herself in front of Sophie making her gasp.

"I can smell your innocents..." Atropos slid a hand up Sophie's thighs cupping her mound. Sophie was pretty sure if the goddess were to pull her hand away it would be covered in her juices. "Can I have on taste? Please?" The goddess eyes turned a darker shade of blue.

"N-n-no!" Sophie pushed Atropos away causing the goddess to stumble back. She smiled when she regained her composure.

"Atropos behave," Klotho barked out causing the sister to back away, Atropos' evil smirk remained on her lips. "As I was saying... We know you saw Kyros shift today and you ran into Eris. Let me explain. We are children of Darkness and Night, also known as Erebus and Nyx. We were all at peace until Thanatos; who is our brother, reached manhood; he craved power and our parents attention; basically he's a complete attention whore," Klotho's last words triggered Lachesis and Atropos into a fit of laughter.

Klotho smirked as she spoke again. "It is rather true... nonetheless out of all of us, Kyros is the strongest also the youngest."

Sophie nodded trying to absorb as much information as possible; genuinely trying to keep her composure. Everything Klotho alleged was starting to sound more and more like a legend then an actual event.

Her eyes widened in realization. Dean, whose real name is Kyros, must be thousands and thousands of years old. Her boyfriend is an old man! Kell is one too!

What would Maria say? Shit, the fates are not on her side today. Sophie closed her eyes and concentrated on her breathing since she's almost on the verge of having a panic attack.

Klotho further explains; ignoring Sophie's mental state. "Thanatos used Eris; she used to be Kyros' lover. Both created a plan to kill him-

Sophie held a hand up and silences Klotho. "Eris is really starting to piss me of; the slut impersonates me then she threw me into the freaking Underworld and now you're telling me she almost killed my boyfriend? What kind of Lifetime movie did I just walk into? And where the hell can I find the bitch so I can rip her fucking nipples off and make her eat them?"

By the end of her splurge her whole body was so tense, like the days she had to cover for Mandy at the maternity ward.

Lachesis giggled earning Sophie's attention. "I knew we were going to like her."

"Agreed," Klotho said winking in Sophie's direction; once again began to speak. "Thanatos came to us asking for a dagger to kill our brother. We knew what he was up to so we played along and gave him a fake dagger, it only injured him; even though we are immortal there are weapons that can kill us... With the dagger we gave to our brother, we charmed it to absorb his ability to come into any realm."

Before Sophie opened her mouth to accuse them for doing something so cruel when they could've figured another alternative for Dean; Lachesis beat her to the punch.

"He's our baby brother, we love him dearly," her eyes were glassy, as if she were on the verge of tears. "We will do everything in our power to protect him. One of the reasons we directed him down to Earth is because Moros our cousin, who's Philotes' brother planned to kill Philotes to absorb his powers and have a hold of his beasts, Philotes and Kyros are rare along with a handful of gods who possess beasts, but that's a whole other story. So we took matters into our own hands and limited Philotes' powers and constricted his beasts so Moros wouldn't be able to locate his brother and placed Kyros and Philotes together... W-w-we didn't-"

Lachesis broke into a fit sobs; covering her face with her dainty hands. Klotho and Atropos waited silently, listening to their sister cry.

"We lost track of both Kyros and Philotes - We're not perfect! Ok. We don't know why that happened!" Atropos anxiously stated. "It wasn't until Philotes came to the Underworld begging for Penelope back... his mate" Atropos fearfully looked around the room as if expecting something to happen. "We told Philotes, Penelope will soon return, we just don't know when yet... or how"

Sophie gasped, even though she didn't know Kell... Philotes that well, she sensed a great deal of pain emitting from his grey eyes. He lost his mate. A mate is like a soul mate; she kind of now understands the meaning of a mate...

The sisters totally got off topic, they were telling her about Dean not Kell.

"Wait wait, you guys are getting off topic. What's the second reason you sent Dean to Earth?" Sophie asked.

"You." The three sisters said in chorus.

Knitting her eyebrows together Sophie frowned. How did she fit into this equation?

"You are to be Kyros' mate. A mate is a Shifter's other half." Lachesis said jumping up and down in excitement.

"Shit..." Sophie's hand rapidly covered her mouth in utter shock, she probably looked like one of the actresses in her favorite Spanish novella on TV, it would've been something to laugh at, but now was not the time.

She's Dean's fucking mate! That explains even more... with the goo-goo-ga-ga lovey dovey eyes and the kissing... and the touching... and the groping... wanting him to fuck her already; every single time they came into contact with each other, she goes into horny mode. Like a freaking bitch in heat...

Snap out of it! Sophie silently yelled at herself and went back to paying attention to the sisters' trying really hard not to think about Dean working out and all sweaty... hot. Shirtless.

Pinching herself, hard Sophie returned her attention back to the sisters... again.

"A Shifter is an immortal who can convert into any animal they desire. Shifters are really rare and exceptional beings, which is why our parents treasured Kyros." Atropos said playing with her hair.

"Why did Dean choose me to be his mate?" Asking one of the many questions that befuddled her.

Lachesis hugged Sophie affectionately before answering. "Silly Sophie, you were destined even before you were born to be his mate."

Sophie blinked hard, taking a second to grasp everything.

"So every Shifter has a mate?" Sophie asked trying to understand.

"Yes. The bad part about it is that a Shifter has to find his mate by her scent; it can take thousands and thousands of years for a Shifter to find his or her mate." Klotho said in a sympathetic tone.

The sisters went quiet once again; they glanced at each other as if they were communicating with their eyes. Sophie glared at each sister. There's something they're not telling her.

"What are you guys not telling me?" Sophie asked in a harsh tone; sick and tired with all the secrecy.

"It's not our place to say but it won't hurt anyone... Mates are required to perform a small, teanny, tiny 'ceremony'-"

Sophie held a hand up to silence Lachesis. "Hold it sister. You're telling me I gotta get naked get in front of people or something because if that's it, Dean can forget-"

Atropos clasped a hand over her mouth. "No. Even though I would I really like the idea of you naked..." Atropos said taking her unoccupied hand and cupping Sophie's ass.

"Atropos, please I actually like her!" Lachesis said pulling Sophie away from the very horny goddess.

She's worse than me. Sophie snickered at the thought.

"No one is getting naked in front of anyone; but you and Kyros will have to be nude. When he first thrusts into you he will bite you, marking you as his and you will have to do the same to him, marking him as yours. Also when he bites you, you will be infected and become a Shifter like Kyros, but you will only have one animal that you can shift into." Klotho said slowly so Sophie wouldn't be overwhelmed, it was too late because she looked at the sisters with wide frightened eyes.

Breathing slowly in and out Sophie mentally told herself to muddle through; the more she knows the better. She blushed imagining how awkward it would've been for both Dean and herself taking about this particular subject.

"You get powers and immortality!" Lachesis said jumping up and down again.

Powers? What kind of powers, she hoped they were like something cool like flying or that flashy stuff the sisters did... if she had powers and became a shifter she could go after Eris and finish what she started.

She still faced a couple problems; a god named Thanatos who is literally Death is after her and Dean and she is a Shifters mate who is older than dirt, and who happens to be missing.

No pressure.

"So where do I begin?"

The sisters didn't answer; all three raised their hands and flashed her from Olympus back to Dean's house, right in front of Kell who was surrounded by glass bottles.

Sophie hated the smell of liquor, she pinched her nose before she spoke.

"Kell?"

Kell lifted his head up and narrowed his eyes at her; critically analyzing her as if she were a sudoku puzzle. "Are you really Sophie?"

Smiling down at him, he finally figured out that it really was Sophie. Smart man.

She walked up around him to pick up the empty glass bottles. "Yes it's me Kell or shall I call you Philotes?"

Kell grabbed her wrist and pulled her real close to his face, she was able to smell his alcohol breath. "I don't believe you. You have a pelpos on and your bruises and cuts are gone."

Sophie held a glass bottle in front of her face looking at her reflection. Her bruises her were gone, so was her slit lip. But the bruises on her arms were still there, how odd.

"Yeah your cousins Atropos, Lachesis and Klotho talked to me about everything. I know Dean is a Shifter and I know you were one too."

"You know nothing." Kell sneered at her answer, he then fell flat on his back and started off into space.

Sophie froze when she saw tears slip out of Kell's eyes; right then and there she knew he was thinking about Penelope.

Courageously she wiped them away and sat down next to beside his large frame. "Then tell me what I don't know Kell."

Kell reached out grabbing a bottle and cradled it against his chest as if he were nursing an infant. "I miss my Penelope. She was everything to me and Aetos my boy... so handsome. Those two were my whole world. Fuck you Moros! You piece of shit!" He crawled to Sophie and lays his head on her lap.

Sophie ran her fingers through his hair as he just stared off into nothing. "You know... I still have the cookies I made for you guys. You need something in your stomach other than liquor."

Kell nodded and got up of the floor, helping Sophie to her feet. They both walked into the kitchen. Kell sat on a stool while Sophie pulled out a glass and milk along with the cookies. Filling the cup with milk and placing some cookies on a plate she heated them in the microwave and set it in front of Kell.

"Eat while I talk," Sophie said and Kell did just that. "Ok so here's what happened. Eris knows that Dean is alive so does Thanatos, they also know that Dean and I are mates. She impersonated me to piss you off I don't know why, I also have been to the Underworld and ran into a three headed dog that almost bit my head off. I was then rescued by Lachesis... then Klotho, Lachesis and Atropos; who by the way has a bad habit of groping me, told me everything about the mating, the biting, the powers and the shifting."

Kell chugged the last bit of milk; then a wide grin appeared on his handsome face. It wasn't just any grin, it was na-na-a-poo-poo-stick-your-head-in-doo-doo kind of grin, and she wasn't liking it, not one bit.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Sophie asked putting her hands on her hips.

"No reason." Kell said still smirking.

It was Sophie's turn to growl. "Just tell me!"

"You like Dean..." Kell said wagging his finger in her face, while faulting his milk mustache.

Sophie marched over to Kell, putting all book aside and looked at him right in the eye. "I do like him and we have to find him and fix all of this. If he thinks he can just disappear like that without even saying goodbye, he's got another thing coming."

"Come on Rambo, let's gear up." Kell stood and froze the next second. He turned to look down at Sophie and picked up both bruised up arms.

Sophie saw Kell's eyes and they were telling her all kinds of emotions. He was pissed off, hurt and ashamed all at the same time.

Kell unexpectedly kneeled down and placed a fisted hand over his heart. "Sophie I want to swear loyalty to you, from now on I'm going to protect you with my life, even from Dean and myself if I see that we are a danger to you. What I said to you before... I was one hundred percent wrong you are the good in this world and you are what's going to bring my boy Dean back to normal. He said some crazy shit, but I believe you will fix it. I also want to say sorry from the bottom of my heart for hurting you like that. I was out of line... I never once laid hands on a woman, you have no idea how badly I'm mentally kicking my ass right now. I feel like the world's biggest asshole."

Sophie cupped Kell's cheek. "It's ok Kell. I forgive you; now let's go get back our Deanny Boy."

Kell chuckled. "Sophie you are one of a kind."

Author's Note: Sorry guys for making you wait for so long; I've been busy with school and work... Life if life. But this book will continue the chapters are just going to take a little longer to post. I can't thank enough my two editors Trggrhppy and whitehound they have been the biggest help, I can't thank them enough, seriously. And thank you to those of you who favorite-ed my book, voted, commented and who are now fans :D If you guys have any questions at all message me and I'll answer... hey I might even give you a sneak peak at ch.9 ...

-Angel

P.S The cast is the same I haven't made any changes yet.