Dimitri Belikov is an extremely dangerous man. He was not only the ex-guardian of the late Lord Ivan Zeklos, but also the one who brought back the famous Rose Hathaway and Vasilisa Dragomir (who is now Queen) when they escaped from St. Vladmir Academy. To top that off, he was a Strigoi for a short amount of time until Vasilisa transformed him back. He later then broke Rose Hathaway out of jail and helped her put Princess Vasilisa on the throne when she was accused of murdering Queen Tatiana. All in all, Dimitri Belikov is a man feared by every living being. It's no wonder that people called him "God".
This, however, does not stop him from wanting to run far, far away when Abe Mazur and Janine Hathaway are, in Abe's words, 'having a small chat' with him. The two 'bumped into' Dimitri as he passed through the hallway, and invited him to walk with them. Dimitri knew he couldn't refuse. After all, he had known this would happen for a long time. It would only get worse if he put it off.
"So Belikov," Abe said causally as he swung an arm around Dimitri's shoulders. It was an awkward position as Dimitri was taller than him. "You fancy my daughter?"
"Ibrahim!" Janine threw him a disapproving look.
"What?" Abe replied with a raise of his eyebrow.
"Let me handle this."
Dimitri swallowed nervously. The words 'Let me handle this' did not sound good. At all. Especially if they came from the legendary Janine Hathaway.
"Guardian Belikov," Janine started, her tone all business.
"Dimitri," Dimitri interrupted. "Please call me Dimitri."
A light frown appeared on Janine's forehead.
"Okay then. Dimitri. How long have you and Rose been…romantically involved?" She narrowed her eyes at Abe, who chuckled at her brief, uncertain pause as he withdrew his arm from Dimitri's slightly taller frame. Dimitri hesitated for a split second before answering.
"The day before the Strigoi attacked the school."
Janine's eyebrows vanished into her hair. "You were aware that Rose was underage, were you not?"
Averting his eyes, Dimitri gave a little nod. "Yes." He replied guiltily.
If it was possible, Janine's eyebrows went even higher.
"Did you…" She stopped suddenly, the faintest blush on her cheeks. Dimitri found himself blushing as he too, realized what the next question was.
"Did you do anything inappropriate?"
Abe laughed out loud this time, making the color on the other man's cheeks deepen even more.
"Did you?" Janine repeated when Dimitri didn't reply. Hundreds of answers ran through Dimitri's head as he tried to pick a suitable one. He couldn't really tell the truth; Abe and Janine might decide to make him, ahem, disappear for a while. But he couldn't exactly lie either; they would beat the living daylight out of him when they found out the truth. It didn't matter which one he chose; he was in serious, serious trouble. They will skin him alive and feed him to the wolves, then use his remains to play fetch with the Psi-hounds.
Praying silently, Dimitri took a deep breath as he prepared to answer the question that will sign his death wish. Who ever up there watching over him, however, must have heard his prayers and decided to let him live a little longer, because the moment he opened up his mouth to talk, his princess in shining armour appeared.
"Dimitri!"
The three of them then turned around to see Rose running towards them. Letting out a shaky, relieved breath, Dimitri held up a hand for Rose to take, but then drew it back when he remembered they had an audience. But Rose being Rose, ignored Dimitri's 'thoughtfulness' and laced her fingers thorough his.
"Mom, old man. What the hell are you doing here?"
"Language, Rose," scolded Janine.
"You know, Rose, you could call me daddy," Abe paused for a moment. "You too, Dimitri."
"Yeah." Rose dragged out the word. "Well, Daddy Dearest, Lissa and Christian are going out, so Dimitri and I are going too. Now, please excuse us."
"Have fun." Abe waved his hand in dismissal. Janine gave Dimitri a look that clearly said: 'This talk isn't over. You have some explaining to do, mister.'.
The two of them said their goodbyes and walked away, hand in hand. Just as they were a few steps away, Janine stopped them.
"Did you, Dimitri?"
Dimitri didn't hesitate this time. He turned around and answered truthfully.
"Yes."
He didn't answer Rose's questioning look, nor did he stick around to see Janine and Abe's reaction. He didn't dare to.
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