I changed somethings in destined (so again don't be mad). Tell me how you feel about the changes. ****************************************************************************Roxanne**************************************************************

Erik and I were in his room. We were dismissed from the meeting and I convinced him to have a private tutoring session. He pulled his shirt over his head and I followed his movements removing my shirt and bra in one quick swoop. My pants barely made it to the front door. "I think Nyx approves of your little musical act," he said kissing my bare shoulder.

"Why do you say that?" I said nibbling on his bottom lip once he was finished with my shoulder and back.

"She's blessed you with a lovely tattoo on your shoulders that wrap around to your upper back," he said nodding over to the mirror on his dresser.

I looked and I couldn't believe my eyes. It looked like a huge gold trouble clef was on my back, but it was made up of little loops and knots. "It's…I don't know," I was speechless at how amazing it looked on me.

"It's just as beautiful as you are," he said turning my face so his forehead rested on mine.

"I love you," I whispered kissing his lips gently.

"I love you too," he whispered in my ear as his lips fell to my neck again. I was filled with heat and yearning once more. I wanted him, I needed him.

"Please don't stop," I begged moving my hips against his. He only had on his boxer briefs and I could feel his excitement fully. I was hot and wet and I just wanted him so bad.

He slowly pulled down my panties and smiled at me. I knew he was just dragging out the moment wanting me to beg for my release, and I gave into him. "Please do it," I beseeched giving him exactly what he wanted. "I need you," I whispered to him.

He kissed my naval and headed down to my valley. Killing me with the suspense I loved his touch and the feel of him. I needed him. Then there was a heavy knock on the door, and Erik let out and angry puff of air. "I'm going to kill who ever that is," he said putting on his Joe Boxer pajama pants. He kissed the top of my head and went to get the door.

"Hey, Zoey what's going?" he asked. Shit, I thought. "Why is Kalona here?"

"Dragon's dead, and we can't find Roxanne. Do you know where she went?" Zoey asked. I looked through the door and there was a bunch of people. Erik directed them to the living area and I tried to sneak out and grab my things from on the ground. I throw on Erik's shirt and went on my way.

"We went to her place and she wasn't there," Kramisha said. She was sitting on my jacket. I had to get my shoes and I only had one boot for some reason.

"What happened to Dragon?" he asked.

"He was trying to protect me," Rephaim said. He sounded really shocked and confused.

"We really need to find Roxanne she needs to know too," Thanatos said. Once I heard her voice I knew we were in big trouble.

"She was going to check in on her brothers with Miles the last I checked. I'll call her if you want," He said and I knew he was going to pretend to call me.

"I'll do it," Kramisha said calling my phone. I reached behind her to get my phone, but it was too late. She and Stark turned to see my hand behind Kramisha's back, and my phone loudly ringing.

"Hey, guys," I said getting up. Everyone looked from Erik to me. "I'm gonna put on some clothes. Given the current circumstance I think we should focus on why you're here," I said gathering my clothes.

"Your boot's under the coffee table," he said.

"Thanks," I said going to get dressed.

"I thought she was just joking around with you," Stark said shock.

"It's a long story. Can you guys tell me what happened to Dragon, and why is Kalona here?" he asked again.

"Kalona is my warrior," Thanatos said. I came back into the room and I made everyone some hot chocolate. I knew everyone was stressed and scared. The twins were crying and holding on to each other. I gave everyone sitting outside the living area a cup and they thanked me.

When I reached the sitting area I placed the waiter tray of mugs on the coffee table. When I looked up Kalona was staring at me. As I stood Kalona looked down at me. He was taller than Erik, which was surprising because Erik's freakishly tall. He grabbed my chin and examined my tattoos.

"Get off of her," Erik yelled, but it was Stark who knocked Kalona's hand away.

"He did nothing wrong," Rephaim said in a forceful tone.

"We all know how he feels about innocent girls," Stark said through clenched teeth.

"Listen boy, I'm here to help you defeat Neferet, and I already informed Thanatos that I'm changed," Kalona said.

"Just because you say something doesn't mean you mean it," Erik said.

"Please calm down, I'm okay," I said finding my voice. They way Kalona looked at me was really intense and I was in shock for a moment. When he touched me I could feel Nyx roaring through his veins, and hidden light. Kalona was a good guy trying hard not to be.

"He just tried to ripe your face off," Kramisha mumbled.

"I'm fine," I said glaring at her. I looked up at Kalona who was still watching me. "What?" I asked knowing he had something to say.

"How were you marked?" he asked looking to me and only me.

"I marked her," Erik answered for me. "What's it to you?" he asked.

Kalona circled me once, "She's been marked twice, by two different gods."

"How can that be?" Thanatos asked.

"Nyx marked her, but another god did also," he smiled at me. Kalona didn't seem as bad as everyone had made him out to be, but I wasn't Zoey or Stark. I didn't know what it was like to be stalked by a god…

"Do you know who?" Erik asked.

"Yes, when I was younger living in the realm of the Gods, I met a little girl with the same marks on her face. She told me her father was proud of her, and the compassion she had for the mortals who were not obeying the gods as others wanted them too. She said he marked her in the Sun, the Spirit and the Holy Ghost, the powerful trinity," he said smiling at the memory.

"Who was the little girl?" I asked smiling up at him.

"Nyx," he said sounding a little sad.

"Nyx was born from Chaos," Thanatos questioned him.

"No she was created by he that is all, or the great I am, or whatever people call him now. He was first then he created his friends Darkness and Light,"-

"The bulls?" Stevie Rae asked.

"Yes"-

"God created the bulls?" Aphrodite questioned. She didn't believe him.

"Yes, then he created the universe and eventually all you have here on Earth."

"So God marked me?" I asked him.

"Yes, but not physically you have a veil around you which informs all the gods you belong to him. Yet, you bare Nyx's marks also. My guess is you were a gift to her," he said as if I were a box of chocolates.

"Why?" I wondered out loud.

"He adores Nyx, she's just like him in many ways," he shrugged. I knew there was more to the story.

"What are you thinking?" Erik asked causing everyone to look at me.

"Nothing it's stupid," I said giving out the rest of the hot cocoa.

"I'm sure it's not," Zoey said giving me a look that informed me to spill my guts.

"If I were marked by God it means that the war between humans and vampires is coming," I said seeing her cringe. "Or maybe together we prevent it," I smiled.

"I hope there's a third choice that makes everything go away, and we all live happily ever after from now on," she said sounding too much like me.

"Here," I said giving a cup to Rephaim.

"What is this?" he asked me.

"It's hot cocoa. It's full of calories and stuff but it's soothing. I also added a shot of chocolate rum for good luck," I said winking at him.

"You shouldn't give students alcohol," Erik said as I gave him his tea.

"Are you serious?" I asked him.

"Yeah, and can I have a hot chocolate?" he asked.

"But you always drink tea," I said taking his cup.

"But I want hot cocoa," he shrugged.

"Whatever," I said going into the kitchen.

"Love you," he smiled at me.

"Can you guys be serious for a second," Zoey said. I could tell she was upset, and probably wanted to kill someone herself.

"I'm sorry," I said giving her a hug. "Why were you guys looking for me?" I asked her.

"I wrote this, and we think it's in Créole can you read it?" Kramisha asked giving me a crumbled piece of paper.

"We think it's a prophecy about you," Thanatos added.

I read the first line and instantly knew they had to be wrong. "Are you sure you don't know Créole?" I asked Kramisha with a smile.

"Yah," she said.

"I don't know what to tell you guys, this is just a song translation," I said giving Kramisha her paper back.

"What song is it?" Stevie Rae asked, saying her first words since she came in to Erik's loft.

"To Zion," I shrugged.

"Zion?" Stark questioned.

"It's one of the many names for God. To Zion is a play on the immaculate conception of Jesus Christ. It's by Lauren Hill," I said and he looked puzzled. "You guys really need to watch some BET or something," I said. I pulled the song up on Erik's Mac.

Unsure of what the balance held
I touched my belly overwhelmed
By what I had been chosen to perform
But then an angel came one day
Told me to kneel down and pray
For unto me a man child would be born
Though this crazy circumstance
I knew his life deserved a chance
But everybody told me to be smart
Look at your career they said,
"Lauren, baby use your head"
But instead I chose to use my heart

Now the joy of my world is in Zion
Now the joy of my world is in Zion

How beautiful if nothing more
Than to wait at Zion's door
I've never been in love like this before
Now let me pray to keep you from
The perils that will surely come
See life for you my prince has just begun
And I thank you for choosing me
To come through unto life to be
A beautiful reflection of his grace
See I know that a gift so great
Is only one God could create
And I'm reminded every time I see your face

That the joy of my world is in Zion
Now the joy of my world is in Zion

"Not happening," I said when I noted the look in Zoey's eyes.

"What?" Stark asked looking from me to her.

"I'm not getting knocked-up. It's not happening it's impossible," I protested.

"A lot of strange things have happened to you," Aphrodite shrugged.

"No, I'm not having a baby I draw the line!" I yelled. "I'm sure Damien is the only virgin in this room anyway," I said making him blush and Stark smile. "I'm sorry D, but this thing has nothing to do with me. Z's probably going to be the one," I said and stormed away upset that everyone was assuming this was about me.

"I'm sure everything will be okay," Thatanos said trying to comfort me.

"You can't knock me up," I said looking to Erik on my way out of the room.

"Calm down," he mouthed to me.

"Our father who art in heaven, hollow be thy name thy kingdom come, thy will shall be done… Father what are you expecting of me?" I said breaking off from my prayer, and looking down at the rosary Miles gave me. "Let me help Erik and Isis, please let me find a way that will work. I don't want to loss anyone else I care about," I begged god. "Please let me know I'm doing the right thing?' I asked

"I'm sure if your intentions are pure you're doing the right thing," Thanatos said from behind me.

"I didn't know you were there, I don't know why I wasn't talking to Nyx,"I said getting up and sitting on Erik's bed.

"It wasn't in your heart so why should you," she smiled at me.

"I'm a bad vampire," I halfheartedly smiled.

"If you are I certainly hadn't noticed. However, I do since sadness in you and a lot of secretes," she wryly smiled.

"I've been dealing with family stuff and Erik stuff," I said not wanting to go into it. "What are you going to do about Neferet?" I asked trying to evade a conversation about me.

"She's going to be driven out the vampire community for her treason," she said with a reassuring smile.

"Don't do it. If you push she'll push back harder. You need her to stay here so we can contain her. Who know what she can do in another city, or country. We can't fight her if she's not here," I shrugged.

"It sounds like you have a plan of your own," she said. "A little one, but she needs to be here and she needs to trust both of us," I said smiling at her.

"I think you might be on to something," she smiled and went to the door. "Come rejoin us soon, we have a lot to discuss."

"Look we need to figure out a way to stop Neferet before someone else gets hurt," Aphrodite said.

"Did she kill Dragon?" Erik asked sipping his cocoa.

"No, but some bull did," Darius said bowing his head for a moment. It looked as if he was meditating. "She wasn't present for the battle. The white bull tried to kill Stevie Rae, but Rephaim pushed her out of the way."

"It wasn't the whit bull this one was different, smaller," Stevie Rae said.

"If there's no way to tie this to Neferet what are we going to do?" he asked looking to Thanatos and Lenobia.

"Nothing,"-

"What?" I yelled shocked that she had considered my plan.

"Neferet has been killing innocent people far too long," Damien said speaking up. "She killed Jack," he cried.

"There hast to be something you can do in the main time," Shaunee said as she comforted Damien.

"We need to keep an eye on Neferet and make sure she doesn't hurt more innocent people. We also won't be able to predict a strike it she's so where else," she said smiling at me.

"So we just go on like everything is okay?" Zoey asked clearly upset.

"It's the only chance we have," she said.

"This is bad," I whispered to Erik as he held on to me.

~The End~

Hey i wanted to thank all you guys for reading. I hope you love Roxanne and Erik as much as I do. The sequel is going to be called Rekindled. Do you think Erik and Roxanne are going to last? Will the gang finally defeat darkness? Why was Roxanne marked by two gods? Let me know and maybe I'll use some of you guys suggestions.