I made sure that the coast was clear before I moved my desk chair under the door knob of my office door and pushed the desk back against the wall. I moved the chairs that sat across from my desk out of the way and I stood in the center of the room. I closed my eyes and cleared my throat.

"Hades! I have a soul that needs your guidance!" I said in a loud and clear voice.

A moment after I had spoken the summons, a ring of fire burst up from the floor and unveiled Hades in all his God-like glory. He had a sinister smile on his face and has hands were clasped behind his back.

"Rosie! What a surprise! I am quite surprised that it has taken you this long to make a choice. It's been what, three weeks? I'm surprised you actually took that log to think this through." He was taunting me, but I wasn't too upset about it.

I crossed my arms. "I want to take your offer. I-I need to take your offer."

Hades studied me for a moment. "May I ask why?"

I shrugged. "I had a dream that had me wanting a mortal life."

"Ah! Love and family and the promise of a bright future I take it? Fine with me. When do you want to make the change?"

"Tomorrow. I need to make it look like I am going on a vacation for the weekend. Tomorrow is Saturday and it won't look too suspicious if I take a couple days for myself. I'll call for you in the morning." I answered.

"Lovely! Allows me time to get things ready for your delightful visit!"

Hades left in a ring of fire and I was alone. I put my office back together and finished my day's work. I left without saying a word to anyone or leaving my office until I had to at the end of the workday.

At home, I packed a suitcase with all the things that I would need it I was to go to the mountain cabin that Lissa and I go to on occasion. I stashed the suitcase under my sofa and slipped a note in my landlord's mailbox explaining where I was supposedly going for the next two days.

That night, I made a dinner of steak salad and drank a glass of red wine. I left the bottle out of the counter for later and cleaned up my apartment. I ended up turning on my old Elvis CD that I got when he was a big star and changed into a man's button up shirt that I bought because it reminded me of Dimitri, and a pair of boy shorts underwear. I let my hair down and danced and drank the night away.

I didn't have a care in the world. I didn't care that I would probably have a hangover in the morning, or that my phone was dead and on the floor, or that I was an ex-Goddess that was helplessly in love with an Angel and about to become mortal. I just let Elvis's velvety, sexy voice wash all my worried away as I fell asleep to Love Me Tender.

The next morning, I woke up in my bed with the shirt hanging off of my shoulders and still in my bra and underwear. My hair was a huge mess, and I had a slight headache that aspirin could fix with a cup of coffee.

I jumped up and ran a brush through my hair and put on a pot of coffee. I took an aspirin as I changed into a pair of jeans and a black, long sleeved shirt. Puma's were on my feet and I pulled my hair back over my shoulders.

I took a mug of coffee to my laptop as I checked my email for anything from Alberta. Finding nothing, I started to work on a column that I had started yesterday. I worked on it until the clock on my DVD player read 9:24. Leaving the laptop on with the intentions of going back to my work, I put the empty mug in the sink and turned to leave when I came face to face with Hades.

"Oh my God!" I yelped as I jumped back.

"You don't believe in God, Rose." Hades pointed out.

"It was the reaction you get when you scare the living hell out of me! What were you thinking? I was supposed to call you when I was ready!" I yelled as my pulse raced.

"I didn't feel like waiting and the process takes a while. I wanted to get started." A cruel grin split Hades' lips.

I felt my guard go up around me at the sight of Hades' grin. I didn't like it, but when did I ever like what Hades did or looked like? I had actually always feared Hades to a degree, but you'd never know unless I told you. My power had always been greater than his. That is, until I fell from Tartarus.

Hades held out a hand. "Shall we?"

I looked at it and squared my shoulders. This is what I wanted. I wanted mortality. I wanted Dimitri. I wanted our children, our future.

I reached out and placed my hand in the God's. He grasped it and I felt fire bloom up from under my feet as we were transported to the Underworld.