Chapter 1
"Mommy!" my darling daughter yelled. "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" she slammed into me. She's not your normal child. She's anything but! She's a fierce four year old dhampir purebred (the only one). Her name means pure happy noble one in Russian.
"Agniya Duscha Adelaida Hathaway Belikov, what have I told you about running and yelling in the house?"
"Sorry mommy. Let me guess- I've gotta go read in my room?"
"Yup- you know the drill." She left, calmly walking upstairs to her room. I watched her leave. Liss came up beside me.
"Rose. She is a darling and you are a perfect mother for her" Liss hugged me. "Wish I was a mom."
"You will be. You're just more sensible than me."
"Rose!" she smacked my arm. "She's a miracle. She happened we she was meant to" she softened "are you ever going to tell him. She knows who he is, why not the reverse?"
"You know why. If it was just me when Dimitri came with Tasha I'd be straight back into his arms. But Agniya's around and I just don't know how he'll react- even though we've got a DNA test to prove it. He doesn't even know I don't carry a promise mark. His timing just sucked. I hold the same belief and understand why. I appreciate that it's a formal bodyguard scenario. If he knew he had a daughter he'd drop his guardian status in a heartbeat. I can't let that happen, yet- if at all."
"Yeah. I guess I'd do the same. She's so much like him- in looks and temperament. And skill."
"She has mainly m temperament. It's only when she's punished is she like Dimitri- takes it, no argument."
"She's perfect."
"I know- she is mine after all."