Kallos (Kallos Series)

by Jackson, Khelsey

  “Thank you,” she whispers; he nods and gives her a sexy half smile. He sits on her left, and Sean sits to her right. She feels a certain aversion to the way they are looking at her. Their brows furrow looking scared and sad. They each take one of her hands, and she looks at Ian then back at Sean.

  “Kallos, I didn’t tell you everything last night,” Ian starts. “I didn’t tell you about us.” This makes her heart beat a little faster. What else could be worse than finding out that she is adopted? Ian lets go of her hand and she turns to look him; and he reaches for her face. He lightly frames her face with both of his smooth hands and smiles at her. His touch is calming… “We are also reincarnated. I am Apollo and Sean is Aries.” She stares at him dumbfounded. Kallos remembers what she read the other night about gods and goddesses, she read that Apollo was one of Aphrodite’s many loves and Ares was the god of war. Why would anyone tell her this unless they were telling the truth? She still isn’t convinced that she is Aphrodite; she’s not that pretty. This is crazy! Ian removes his left hand, and she could see the bow with an arrow being pulled. “This is my birthmark. He puts it right in front of her face to make sure she looks. “It’s like yours.”

  Sean tugs on her right hand to get her to look at him. He shows her his left hand. Right under his thumb is a helmet with a spear going through it. She strokes her thumb tenderly along the mark, and she could feel the raised skin bubbling up from his birthmark. Kallos looks up to meet his eyes, as he smiles at her. “There is so much about to happen to you. Let us help you through it.” He whispers, and her head lowers her head; she can feel her tears wanting to break free.

  “Baby,” Sean whispers as he wipes away the tears that she didn’t know was falling. “Please, don’t cry.” He leans in and kisses her forehead. Ian is still holding her other hand, and his thumb is rubbing her wrist. Her mind is racing; she has a million thoughts racing in all different directions. She doesn't know where to put them in her already confused brain.

  “I need to go.” She briskly stands up, and her quickness catches them off guard. Kallos turns her head to the side to find them starting to stand to follow her. She shakes her head. “No I need time to think about all of this.” She says and walks away

  ****

  Sean and Ian watch Kallos walk away. They know that they can't follow her. She needs her time to make sense of everything. Ian slowly stands up, but doesn't take his eyes off of Kallos.

  “Maybe we went too far.” Ian says as more of a question rather than a statement as he looks at Sean. Sean can see frown lines proving the guilt Ian is feeling and Sean seems to be feeling the same guilt.

  Sean shakes his head and walks over to his brother. “We only told her what she needed to know. It's not our fault that her parents didn't tell her.” There is still more that she needs to know, but now isn't a good time to tell her.

  “We shouldn’t have said anything. Maybe Aphrodite should have told her.” Ian says. They didn't have a warning. They found out about themselves through their dreams when they were visited by Apollo and Aries.

  “Yeah, we should have, but we can't go back now. Aries didn't tell me not to tell her.” He doesn't see Aries much anymore, not like he used to before the change. He checks up on Ian once in a while.

  “I understand, but you saw her face. I don't think she is ever going to talk to us again.” Ian says and starts walking to the door.

  “Don't worry little brother; she will. Besides Kallos is my soul mate.” Sean smiles and Ian turns around. The look on Ian’s face is priceless and it makes Sean laugh.

  Ian walks over to Sean and shoves him with a loud thud into the wall, which stops his laughter in mid chuckle; this draws the attention of the nearby students eating their lunch. “I am sick of hearing that. You don't get it; she’s mine!” Sean could see the darkness in Ian’s eyes. It was almost taking all of his blue away.

  “Ian, you need to breathe. Come on, man, just breathe. Think of something happy; you can get through this.” Sean knew all too well about the other half that was trying to break through Ian. He has been there, and it isn’t fun.

  Ian starts to laugh and tightens his hold on Sean. “Breathe? Ha! Just stay away from her.” He shoves Sean a little harder, and then lets him go. Now his eyes are completely black.

  “Ian, we should call Mom. She'll know what to do.” Ian doesn't say anything but shakes his head. “Ian, have you see your eyes? You know what she told me. If the blackness stays too long you might not come back.” Ian glares at Sean then turns around. “Ian! If you don't tell her I will!” Sean yells as he watches Ian walk away. Sean knows that if Ian doesn't control his other half, he’ll lose.

  ****

  Kallos has to get away from them. She feels as if her whole world is crashing down around her and there is no way out. She walks quickly through the hallway and doesn’t look at anyone. Instead of heading to her class, she goes straight to the front door. When she’s walking out, she takes a deep breath and holds it in. Kallos is feeling like she might pass out; her vision starts to blur and darkness starts to take over. Besides the boys the first thing she has set in her mind is to talk to her parents.

  She decided that she is going to walk home. She doesn’t want to be at school anymore or want to see Ian or Sean. They do make her feel things she can’t explain. Kallos needs time to let things settle in. She can feel something pulling her to them, just thinking of them makes her heart beat faster. She doesn't believe in love at first sight, but this feels a lot like love; well, at least what she heard love is like. She is almost home when she remembers that her mom would mostly likely be home. “Crap!” Kallos knows she is going to get in trouble for ditching school. Just when she is trying to figure out how to sneak in, her mom opens the door. She looks at Kallos and frowns. She puts down the pink dishtowel she is drying her hands on as she moves towards her.

  “Kallos, are you all right?” She asks. Kallos can see a little worry on her mother’s face. Her mom always looked beautiful. Kallos doesn’t think she has ever seen her mom without her makeup and hair done. Even when she is sick, she looks perfect unlike herself.

  “Mom, I’m not feeling good.” This is true. What the boys told her made her light headed, and sick to her stomach. She puts her palms on Kallos' forehead and is strangely thankful that Kallos feels clammy; it must be from all the news she has gotten today. Kallos’ mother scrunches her eyebrows together and her concerned about her daughter.

  “Sweetie, go to your room, and I will bring you some medicine.” Kallos lets out the breath she has been holding and walks into the house.

  “No thanks, Mom. I’ll be fine.” Mom searches Kallos’ face to find some answers. Kallos knows that her mom won’t find any because she has kept her face as blank as possible.

  “Okay, Sweetie. I’ll let your dad know you’re home.” Kallos walks in the doorway and heads towards the stairs. She smiles at her mom, but she knows that the smile didn't convince her mom of anything. When she enters her room, she shuts the door, drops to her bed and buries her head in her pillow as the tears fall freely soaking her pillowcase. Great now I have to sleep on a soggy pillow. She could feel the tears almost the instant her head hit the pillow. “In one day I’m told that I was adopted and that I am a goddess. There is something with Ian and Sean. I just don’t know where they fit in.” She closes her eyes and sleep takes her.

  CHAPTER FOUR

  Kallos hears the front door slam, and it startles her out of her beautiful dream. She hears muffled voices, and she slowly walks to open her door a crack to hear what is being said… She can hear her dad and mom talking. “You think she knows?” her mom asks. “How would she find out?” her dad says. “Maybe they told her. James, you didn’t see how she looked when she came home. I think we need to talk to her. They said that her change would come when she was about this age. Plus, she is going to school with them.” So, it is true. She can't believe her ears. She opens the door and walks toward the living room. She needs to have th
em say it to her face. She can see her dad looking out the window, and her mother is standing near him.

  “Mom, Dad.” Her voice cracks, and they both turn to look at her. She notices that her mom is crying and her dad’s face is blank. She takes a deep breath and holds it for a few seconds, then lets it out slowly. “I know that I’m adopted.” Her mom starts to cry harder, and her dad puts his arm around her shoulder to comfort her.

  “Oh, Sweetie!” Her mom cries out. She reaches out for Kallos' hand, and Kallos grabs it. No matter what, this is her mother. “How long have you known?” She looks into her mother’s eyes and smiles.

  “Not long, Mom,” she says and squeezes her hand.

  “What else do you know?” Her dad asks. She looks at him, and she knows that they know everything. Kallos can feel her birthmark heating up, and she looks at her mom to see if she can feel it. Her mom must have because her mouth drops open, and she gasps. She quickly moves away from Kallos as if she has just been burned. Her mom looks at her dad; he doesn’t look as shocked as she expected him to.

  “I think I know everything.” She looks right into his eyes and says, “When were you going to tell me?”

  “When you were older.” With obvious regret in his voice. She can feel the tears wanting to break free. She closes her eyes and prays they don't fall.

  “When I was older? This is something I should have known for a while.” She says and reopens her eyes. He looks away from her. She turns around and stomps loudly as she walks up the stairs. She slams the door and starts to cry again. I’m a freak!

  Ian said that Kallos would have some power and she has no clue what powers he was talking about. She just wants to be a normal girl who has boy problems and trouble with her homework. Kallos wants to worry about when she will get her first kiss not changing into a goddess. She has no clue how she will be changing. In the matter of just a few days, her whole world is falling apart. Kallos’ head is killing her, and her eyes burn from crying. She looks up when she hears her cell phone ringing. She grabs it, looks at the screen, as she sees a number she doesn’t recognize, she pushes the answer key and says, “Hello?”

  “Kallos, are you all right?” Just hearing his voice makes her heat up, and she knows who it is.

  “I’m fine, Sean. It got a little crazy here, but now it’s fine.” Which is a lie. She doesn't know how things will ever be fine. Her parents have lied to her for the past sixteen years. She hears Sean chuckle; she isn't in the mood for being made fun of.

  “You, my beauty, are lying to me,” he says as he laughs. “But that’s okay, for now. You have found out a lot in a little time. I just wanted to know how you were doing.” That is kind of sweet, even if he and Ian did start everything. She isn't mad at them; she is just confused. Last night when she looked up Aphrodite, she remembered seeing something about her and Aries. She is going to have to look at that again.

  “Thank you, but I’m okay. Can I talk to you tomorrow?”

  “As you wish. Good night, my beauty. Sleep well.”

  “Good night, Sean.” She hangs up the phone and to her amazement doesn’t feel like crying. She smiles and thinks of Sean. That’s how she fell asleep.

  Kallos looks around and can see nothing. She is standing in the middle of darkness. She blinks a couple of times and nothing. Okay, this is a dream. She can think of something and it will just show up. She tries to think of a flashlight, but nothing happens. She hasn’t been afraid of the dark since she was five, but right now she is terrified. Kallos starts to breathe faster, and she can feel her whole body tremble. “Hello?” She asks in an unstable voice. All she can hear is her own echo. She puts her hand inches in front of her face and can see nothing. She wants to cry because she doesn’t know where she is. She can hear footsteps, and she turns around to face whatever is coming for her. “Who’s there?” She tries to sound tough, but her voice is shaky.

  “Hello my dear Kallos,” a soft woman’s voice says. “There is no need to be fearful of me. I will not harm you.” The woman’s voice sounds calming and relaxing. Somewhere inside Kallos, she knows that is true. “Would you like out of the darkness, my dear?” Kallos nods because it seems that her voice isn’t working. All she can see of the women is her eyes, and they are the brightest blue she’d ever seen. “Kallos, you need to close your eyes.” She does.

  “Light from Mount Olympus we need you to guide our way and take away the darkness and leave only and the innocent.” Kallos's entire body tingled and feels warm. She gasps at the pressure; it is too much. As fast as it happened, it is gone. The woman places her hands on her shoulders. Kallos inhales her scent, and she smells like springtime with flowers in bloom. The woman’s hands on Kallos are light and warm to the touch. “My dear, open your eyes.” Slowly Kallos opens her eyes only to have to shut them rather abruptly because the light is too much for her mortal eyes to take in.

  Opening her eyes slowly, the sight instantly takes her breath away. Looking around she notices the sky is the brightest blue she has ever seen and the grass is the most brilliant shade of green her eyes have ever laid eyes on. She looks around and notices that there are millions of flowers in every color and size. Bright reds and deep purples fill her vision. Kallos finally looks at the woman who helped her. She is stunning: tall, blonde, and just perfect. Her eyes were almost as bright as the sky. Her dress fits her as if it were made for just her. It’s the brightest red you would ever see in a garden of the prettiest roses in bloom. Her skin is a softest shade of the sweetest golden honey. She smiles at Kallos and Kallos smiles back.

  “Do you know who I am?” Kallos looks at this woman. She isn't sure where she has seen her, but she knows she has. She shakes her head. “I am part of you, as you are part of me. You see my dear I am Aphrodite.” Kallos’ head is spinning. How is she supposed to be the reincarnated her? Aphrodite is beautiful, and the most perfect women Kallos has ever seen. How is Kallos supposed to be her?

  “You are about to go through the change. You will have more powers than you can imagine.” The change, she can remember the boys telling her that it would be painful, and that scares her to death. “Why the worried look on your face?” the beautiful goddess asks.

  “I’m scared about the change. Will it hurt?” Aphrodite quickly looks away from Kallos, and she doesn’t say anything for what seems like an eternity.

  “The transformation will be very painful. There is only one way to relieve the pain.” She still isn’t looking at Kallos.

  “How do I relieve the pain?” Aphrodite whips her head around and looks at her. The look in her eyes scares Kallos.

  “You must find your soul mate, and he is the only one who can take some of the pain away. You will still feel some.” Her soul mate? She is only sixteen. How does she have a soul mate?

  “How do I find my soul mate?” Aphrodite smiles which lights up her whole face. Kallos is once again shocked by her beauty.

  “Kallos, my dear, you have. If you think about it, you’ll know who he is. You don’t just listen to your heart; you listen to your whole body.”

  “But it would be easier if you just told me.” Kallos says playfully.

  “It would, but you need to find him for yourself. It could be in the first kiss.” She has to kiss both of them? She will have to think about that later; now she needs to think about the change.

  “When is my change coming?”

  “I’m not sure, but I do know soon. You are already starting to feel the burning here.” She reaches out and grabs the hand that Kallos' birthmark is on and traces her thumb along it. Kallos nods at Aphrodite’s question. “And you also get mysterious feelings that you can’t explain.” She nods again. “Then I would say sooner than I thought.” Kallos can hear a bell somewhere in the distance. “Kallos, I must go. Please find your soul mate soon. You will need him.” She leans down to kiss each cheek and hugs Kallos. She lets her go and starts to walk away from Kallos.

  “Wait!” Kallos yells towards Aphrodite. “How can I get a hol
d of you when I need you?” Aphrodite smiles.

  “That’s the easy part, my dear; just think of me. But you must think of this place or you’ll end up in the darkness, and I might not be able to find you. You must wake up now.” She watches Aphrodite disappear and wonders what she is going to do now. She closes her eyes and thinks of home. She thinks of her bed and of her room. She is just wondering if this is going to work when she opens her eyes.

  CHAPTER FIVE

  Kallos's alarm is beeping, and she jumps out of bed. Her heart is beating so fast; she thinks it's going to leap out of her chest. She takes a couple of deep breaths and closes her eyes. As soon as her heart slows down, she walks to the bathroom to get ready. In the shower, she starts to think about who her soul mate is. Is it Ian, the sweetheart? Sometimes, she feels like he could see through her and see all the secrets she has ever has. Or could the bad boy, Sean, be her one and only? The one who can make her blood boil? She moans. She knows what she has to do today. Kallos is scared. All of a sudden she has a sharp pain in her stomach. Dropping to her knees she screams in agony at the stabbing pain in her abdomen as if something is being forcefully shoved through. The door slamming against the bedroom wall.

  “Kallos!” She hears her mom scream. “James!” She doesn’t want to have her dad to see her naked. It looks like she doesn't have much choice. She can feel the vibrations of her father running through the house. “Help her! I think it’s time!” Her mom says as she is crying. The pain isn’t getting any better; it seems to be getting worst.

  “Sweetie, do you need my help?” Her dad asks.

  “Yeah, can you hand me a towel?” She can hear the cabinet opening and someone reaches in to turn off the water. When she looks up, she can see a towel. She pulls herself up with the railing and grabs the towel someone is offering her. The pain is still there, but now it is a dull pain. Her dad’s hand is there to steady her, so she takes it. His other hand goes to her back for support. “Thank you.” She looks up to meet his eyes, and he nods then smiles at her. She glances at her mom; her ashen shade makes it obvious she is petrified. Kallos’ heart breaks for her mom, with down turned eyes her mom hands her a navy blue towel to dry off with. “Mom, I’m fine.” Her dad is still holding on to her as they walk past her to Kallos' room. Her mom follows behind them.