A fifth appeared, as in Sofi's vision, and tried to push the door closed.
A second later, Sofi gave a cry of victory.
After the exchange in the immortal world, she knew Sofi was on no good terms with Xander.
At first, when Sofi freed my mind, I thought so.
At Sofi's icy voice, Darian turned away from the safe and faced her.
Believe it or not, Sofi sent me.
Besides" Eden winked "Sofi and I have a bet about you."
Between her and Sofi, they'd brought Darian back from the dead.
Bianca and Sofi shared a look before Sofi said grudgingly, "Xander brought you."
Bianca helped Sofi to the couch then turned to her brother, torn.
Bianca retreated to the far wall where Sofi stood.
Bianca watched Sofi being rolled away, unable to stop the tears that rose the moment Sofi was out of sight.
But Sofi asked me to visit.
But" Sofi drew a deep breath "I'm over that.
Charles inched away, as if pregnancy was contagious, and Yully reached out to touch Sofi's forehead.
Come on, Sofi, I'm trying to help you.
Couldn't even walk when Sofi first found me.
Damian and Sofi's son might already be listed.
Damian looked down at Sofi and raised an eyebrow.
Damian reconsidered the vamp before looking at Sofi, who ignored him.
Damian sought out Sofi, both for her calming influence and any tidbits of what she might've Seen.
Damian thought there was no good to Xander at all, while Sofi grudgingly admitted there might be something more to him.
Damian wondered what the hell Sofi had figured out that would send the man before him into the teenage-like fit.
Damian, his three brothers, Charles and Jenn were all gathered in the barn, along with his least favorite Natural, Sofi.
Damian, Jenn, Sofi, Bianca, Dusty … all of them were trapped somewhere.
Damian, Jenn, Sofi, Bianca, Dusty … all of them were trapped somewhere.
Damian, Sofia, Adrian were written beneath it, and Darian grinned, wondering when Sofi had picked a name for her son.
Dammit, Xander, Sofi muttered.
Darian had been a shell of a man when Sofi found him several months ago.
Darian, Sofi's having her baby!
Dusty grudgingly faced off against Sofi once more.
Dusty only eats organic shit, and Sofi can't eat at all, so I never get real cookies.
Dusty warned me you were a handful, Sofi.
Even carrying a White God, Jenn couldn't explain Sofi's pregnancy accelerating so fast, unless …"Wait, exactly how long have you been here?"
Even carrying a White God, Jenn couldn't explain Sofi's pregnancy accelerating so fast, unless …"Wait, exactly how long have you been here?"
Even cool Sofi appeared upset.
From what she knew of the Oracle, Sofi was probably dancing in joy right now, knowing she won a round with Xander.
Gauging by the huge basket of yarn at her side, Sofi was crocheting an entire wardrobe for their unborn son.
Go see Sofi in the library.
He amuses me, Sofi said with a smile.
He didn't understand it, except that Bianca's touch finished what Sofi started.
He escorted Sofi to her room, and was surprised to find the Grey God in his room.
He hadn't trusted anyone outside of his adopted brothers-- and Sofi-- since he was ten.
He jogged down to the study, stopping at the sight of the bassinet beside Sofi's favorite chair.
He learned his lesson about sharing information with Sofi.
He looked at Darian, recalling Sofi's warning.
He resisted the urge to reach out to her as he did Sofi when the Oracle cried after a particularly brutal session with Darian's bad memories.
He should've felt something, perhaps gratitude to the man before him, for the Watchers had helped Sofi find him and Bianca heal him.
He still didn't understand the question Sofi wanted him to know, but the fact the woman capable of operating on stealth-mode was the answer did not set well with him.
He strode out and down the hall, stopping to pound on Sofi's door.
He took them to the nearby hospital and set Sofi carefully on a stretcher in the hallway leading to the emergency room.
He tried to remember what Sofi had told him about his magic.
He trusted Sofi over the Watchers but couldn't help wishing the damned Oracle had been a bit more specific.
He wondered if Bianca's thick curls were as soft as Sofi or Jenn's hair.
He wouldn't think the worse, not unless Sofi confirmed it.
He wrenched Sofi off the ground in a tight bear hug and deposited her on the other side of the gate line.
He'd had them frequently when Sofi freed him from the Black God.
Her fiery hair was darker than Yully's, her eyes bluer than even Sofi's.
Her gaze fell to Sofi's still form.
Her gaze returned to Sofi, whose body was under distress.
His now vibrant eyes had been empty, and he'd spent many days just sitting with Sofi in the study.
His wife, Sofi, is in the ring with Dusty, who heads up the vampire fighting operations for the Western Hemisphere, Jenn said quietly to Jessi.
Hopefully, Sofi can tell us who's on Czerno's payroll.
However, he didn't have time to convince someone as stubborn as Sofi to do anything, and Czerno wouldn't wait for her to decide to go with Jake.
However, if they didn't hurry, Sofi would come back with a child before twenty-four hours passed in the mortal world..
I know you're not a fan, but Sofi is damned good at what she does.
I told you not to leave Sofi, came the chiding reply.
I traded my trump cards, Sofi added.
I'd never hurt you, Sofi, and I hope you know that and can trust me enough to know you need to be here.
I'll ask Sofi about that.
I'll need Sofi's help, though.
I'll send Sofi your love.
I'm okay, Sofi, I promise.
If I've learned anything from watching Sofi and Damian, it's that the mate of a god is truly the one with rank.
If Sofi's eyes glowed in the mortal world, they blazed here.
It rippled through him and into Sofi, who'd gone still in his arms.
It was a subtle shift, an undercurrent of cool energy that brushed by him, like when Sofi used her voodoo fortune-telling powers around him.
It was Sofi's whisper in his mind, a new trick she'd picked up from Darian.
Jenn didn't know if her pregnancy could be reversed, even upon returning to the mortal world, but she knew they couldn't stop long enough for Sofi to have her baby.
Jenn hid a sudden laugh behind a cough while Sofi smiled.
Jenn looked around again and then at Sofi.
Jenn took Sofi's hand and staggered at the vision the Oracle implanted.
Jenn turned to see Bianca's other hand on Sofi, while the Oracle's hands were around her stomach.
Jenn watched Sofi lower herself to a boulder.
Jenn's closed her eyes, running through the motions in her head that Sofi directed her to take.
Jenn's gaze went to Sofi's protruding belly, and she was hit with both urgency and fear.
Jessi smiled, enjoying Sofi's spunk despite her creepy fortunetelling abilities.
Jonny strode to Sofi and lifted her again.
Jonny, Sofi, and Bianca disappeared.
Jule was right; he owned nothing else, but the number of people who knew about the gem was limited to the Originals and Sofi.
Jule's brow furrowed, and Sofi smiled.
Maybe it's just because Dusty and Sofi can't cook.
Of all the coddling he'd accused Sofi and Bianca of doing, he'd been working hard to protect Darian from anything that might force him to grow into his powers.
One of Sofi's peculiar predictions returned to Damian, and he thought of the Guardian he'd assigned to Jonny.
Only Sofi was visible from the door.
People usually do that the first time Sofi reads them.
Petite with cool beauty, Sofi appeared delicate, until she spoke.
Powerful and tiny, Sofi's agenda was as secretive as his.
Reminded he didn't give Bianca the rules he gave Darian and Sofi, he retrieved his phone.
Resigned to a fate she couldn't determine, Sofi obeyed the Watcher and followed the guardsman through the building.
Right uppercut, he said to Sofi.
Send Jonny to see Sofi sometime this morning, Dusty directed.
She can help finish what Sofi started with the Grey God, and she's of value to Czerno.
She didn't have Jenn's drop dead, gorgeous beauty or Sofi's classic, cool beauty.
She didn't know if he'd met with the Oracle or not, but his words sounded eerily like Sofi's, who had claimed her destiny merged with Darian's.
She glanced at Sofi again before approaching the Black God.
She held out one hand to him and another to Sofi.
She kept two out and joined Sofi and Bianca in the hallway, handing one to each.
She looked up at him once more then at Sofi, who was frowning.
She placed her hands on her face and winced as Sofi vacuumed her power as Darian had.
She recalled taking messages from Dusty to Sofi and how, at first, Darian hadn't even been able to register the sound of another human's voice.
She retrieved the clothing, judging that Sofi had been the one to pick the original clothes out.
She slashed and blocked, soon seeing what Sofi meant.
She squeezed Sofi's hand and was soon hustled out of the way by a nurse and his aide.
She took one step forward, then another, throwing herself onto the ground beside Sofi.
She waited for news of Sofi and prayed for her mate, wherever he was.
She woke Sofi with a touch and tugged the gurney down to the emergency room.
She'd seen Sofi and Damian together, their love and attachment.
Sofi and Bianca had taught him how to care for someone else, and he was going to put those lessons to good use with his stubborn mate.
Sofi and Bianca sat, one on each side of the bassinet, peering into it at the fidgeting baby god within.
Sofi and Bianca trailed her.
Sofi appeared relaxed in the cell, her head resting against the wall and her brilliant eyes focused on Jenn.
Sofi asked, her blue-silver eyes glowing in the darkness of predawn.
Sofi claimed Jenn would have a protector, and there was no need to worry about what Jonny might do.
Sofi concentrated on stepping through the rubble of what looked like a once-great city.
Sofi doubted Pierre would be living if Xander hadn't made a promise.
Sofi dropped her hand, and the vamp remained still, as if letting her magic settle.
Sofi dropped to her knees, holding her stomach.
Sofi dug her heels into the ground.
Sofi gave her an icy look.
Sofi gazed at her, visions from Jonny's future swirling in her thoughts.
Sofi grudgingly took it, terrified of what was to come.
Sofi had said similar before Dusty almost blew up Florida.
Sofi had taught him to use his cell phone and Dusty had taught him the computer.
Sofi had told him when he dumped her in the divine world.
Sofi helped you, but you wouldn't have gotten far if you weren't as strong as you are.
Sofi is in the netherworld, and Czerno knows he can't hurt Bianca or-- " "You left Bianca with the Black God!
Sofi is trying to learn to fight.
Sofi knew, or she wouldn't have told Damian to send Darian to check on Jenn.
Sofi leaned against the rock.
Sofi left him alone in the study, and he sat down at Damian's computer to send the info the real estate agent needed to rent him the cabin.
Sofi looked up, meeting his red gaze.
Sofi made herself a milkshake consisting of frozen blood from Damian, chocolate syrup, pickles, and a scoop of ice cream.
Sofi paused then continued.
Sofi pitied the beautiful woman as a stricken look crossed her features.
Sofi pushed herself into a sit and rested her hands on the top of her stomach.
Sofi repeated with a smile.
Sofi said Jule, Dusty, and Damian would all be taken.
Sofi said not to do that, and I did.
Sofi said the Originals aren't what we've been led to believe them to be.
Sofi said to tell you 'I told you so.'
Sofi said to tell you she told you so.
Sofi said with faux innocence.
Sofi said you were special.
Sofi says his path is dark.
Sofi says to tell you they're in the wine cellar.
Sofi shook her head and met each of their gazes again, wishing she could offer more assurances.
Sofi slowed as they walked, and Jenn looked up at the midday sun.
Sofi smiled, blue-silver eyes going to the llama that stuck its face between the wooden planks of the fence.
Sofi smiled, considered, then asked, "Do you know the question?"
Sofi stepped to him, unafraid, while Darian edged closer.
Sofi stepped up beside him, unwilling to back down from the vamp that came to see her.
Sofi told me your name is Bianca.
Sofi touched her palm to Jessi's.
Sofi turned and walked away, irritated with him.
Sofi turned, clenching her fists.
Sofi wanted her watched for some reason.
Sofi was pale and Bianca anxious.
Sofi was the only Oracle to be found since the Schism.
Sofi wasn't surprised to learn he was an Original Being and had known where to find this creature.
Sofi watched him go and swallowed hard.
Sofi watched him, her own transition from human to Oracle causing fresh pain.
Sofi waved him away before sinking into the bed again and pulling the covers up.
Sofi wore the White God's pendant, Bianca wore Dusty's mark, and Yully wore Jule's.
Sofi would chew him out if he gave Bianca to her like she was, and he himself couldn't help but feel somewhat concerned that she'd gone unresponsive.
Sofi, any idea how to get out of here?
Sofi, any reason why I shouldn't take Xander with me?
Sofi, did you recall Pierre from his vacation?
Sofi, none of us are normal.
Sofi, tell me about Jenn.
Sofi, the wife of the White God, Damian, was the most powerful Oracle Xander had ever met in his long history.
Sofi, you aren't thinking of going to the immortal world, are you?
Sofi, you had to know this was coming.
Sofi's cool power whipped through her thoughts, but it was the darkness within the small woman that drew her attention.
Sofi's own eyes watered at the revelation of his fate.
Sofi's penetrating blue-silver eyes were on her.
Sofi's skill relied mostly on reading the future of a specific soul by touching them, and he'd not let her within miles of a vamp since taking over her guardianship.
Sofi's voice took on a dark note.
Sorry, Sofi, but they need to know.
Suspecting he'd just driven Sofi's healer completely catatonic, he peeled her soaked sweater and jeans off to display matching pink underwear.
Take care of Sofi, Dusty ordered.
Talon made you immortal and awoke your gift, Sofi replied.
Tell him, Sofi said, I told you so.
Tell Sofi I traded my life for his.
The Black God looked like a love-struck teenager, and suddenly Damian understood why Sofi suggested sending Jenn.
The glowing woman emerged, trailed by Sofi.
The Guardian staggered, and Darian took Sofi's arm.
The Healer knelt beside Sofi.
The idea of spending her days with the reserved Sofi and cheerful Bianca was surprisingly appealing, though she couldn't help feeling intimidated by their happiness.
The Original Vamp and Sofi had called him the same thing.
The vamp hadn't moved, as if he and Sofi already knew Jule would facilitate.
The voice of Damian's mate, Sofi, was a whisper in his mind.
There was a lot Sofi wasn't saying, this much he sensed.
There weren't many places she could go where he couldn't find her, especially if Sofi kept interfering.
They tend to be watchful of us, Sofi said in disapproval.
They Transported to the study where Sofi, Bianca, and the Grey God awaited.
They'd been friends since soon after Sofi found him, and Jenn had never acted this way around him before.
This is Sofi and her bodyguard, Pierre.
Toni asked Sofi, striding in from the outside.
Toni snatched Sofi's arm before she could reach him, then grabbed her as she neared.
Trust your instincts, no matter what, Sofi added.
Unless things go wrong, Sofi said.
Until that moment, he hadn't really cared why Sofi saved the life of the woman before him.
Whatever, Sofi said, amused.
When he'd gone, Sofi flung off the blankets.
Where Sofi's magic was cold, Bianca's was cool, and the air around her shimmered as if with sunlight.
With a sinking feeling, Dusty understood Sofi's concern better.
Without touching her, Bianca could still feel Sofi's body preparing to expel the child within, whether or not she went to a hospital.
Xander hated - but respected – Sofi.
Xander hated - but respected – Sofi.
Xander understood the question Sofi wouldn't tell him, the one he had the answer to already.
You can't fully make that decision, until you're willing to accept that all this" Sofi waved her hand around the compound "is your new place in life and that for some reason, you belong with a freak of nature of a man."
You have to tell me if you're in any sort of danger, Sofi.
You left Sofi and Bianca to fend for themselves!
Yours are probably already made, if you're half as stubborn as Damian, Sofi replied.