Summary – After LAST SACRIFICE - Dimitri's family don't know he has been turned back into a dhampir so he and Rose travel to Russia to tell them while Lissa, along with Christian, comes along to meet Oksana. But how will the Belikov's react to Dimitri, will they accept him or think he is still strigoi? And how will Lissa go with meeting Oksana and how will they react when they find out our bond is broken? Rated T for safety – could be swearing later in the story or adult references R&R J xoxo

A/N - I have followed some advice in the reviews and lengthened the chapters. No content has changed, just the chapter length. Basically I have put the original Chapter 1, 2 & 3 into one chapter; Chapter 1 and yeah... ENJOY xox

Disclaimer – I own none of the characters, they belong to Richelle Mead and I take no credit for her genius :) only mine teehee xoxo

Chapter 1

Dimitri didn't know how to tell his family that he was alive. He didn't think it was right to tell them over the phone and that he would rather do it face to face. That way his family could see for certain that he was alive and strigoi free. That is why it was decided we would travel together to Russia to tell his family that he was alive. It was later decided that Lissa, dragging Christian, would come too so she could meet Oksana and learn more about spirit. And that's why the four of us were sitting in a limo, with half a dozen guardians, on the deserted road leading to Baia.

"Are you nervous?" I squeezed Dimitri's hand. The hand I did not have a hold of was fidgeting with a napkin. This wasn't normal for Dimitri. He was always strong and confident, ready for everything but now he was completely out of character.

"What if they don't believe us? What if they react like everyone at the Court did when Lissa first saved me?" This definitely wasn't the Dimitri I knew.

"It'll be okay." I squeezed his hand. "They are your family. They will believe us." I would never had expected I would one day be reassuring Dimitri. The only other time I could think of that Dimitri had been out of character was when he had just be transformed from strigoi back to dhampir and he had been like a child who needed comforting. But unlike that time, I was the one helping him not Lissa.

I glanced over at Lissa who was asleep on Christian's shoulder. It had been two months since Lissa had become Queen and I had only just recovered from my bullet wound. It had also been two months since our bond broke. It felt weird not knowing what she was thinking or feeling and I was still trying to adjust.

"I can warn your family before they see you." I reassured him, "Tell them not to freak and wait until we explain." Dimitri leant forward and kissed me on the forehead.

"Thank you Roza." He smiled and without fail my stomach did a somersault like every other time I got that smile from Dimitri.

We pulled up at the front of the house and Dimitri let out a long nervous sigh.

"Ready comrade?"

"As ready as I'll ever be" Dimitri got out of the car and I followed, still holding his hand. Lissa and Christian followed along with the guardians who spread out, surveying the area. I was glad it was me and Dimitri's week off or we would be in formation along with the other guardians, ready to defend Lissa and Christian.

"Stand out of site around the corner while I explain to them." Dimitri did as I told and stood behind where the door was open. I knew he would be silent and no one would notice him unless he wanted to be noticed.

I knocked. I heard shuffling and the door was opened by none other than Yeva. She looked the same as when I had left, old and scary.

"About time you arrived." Her accent slurred her words. What did she mean about time I arrived? How could she have known I was coming? "It has been two weeks since I dreamt you were coming. I would have thought you'd have been a little quicker to bring my grandson home. But then again you were lazing around in bed with a bullet wound" She scoffed at the last few words. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, looking like an idiot trying to catch a fly.

"Who is it Yeva?" a voice from the kitchen asked in Russian. Dimitri had spent the past week trying, and emphasis on the trying part, to teach me basic Russian. I guessed it worked. I heard bustling and dishes being dropped in the sink and then Olena appeared around the corner.

"Rose!" Olena rushed forward and gave me a hug. "We've missed you since you left." She let me go and noticed Lissa and Christian standing awkwardly behind me, clearly uncomfortable with the situation.

"Queen Vasilisa!" Olena said, astonished and bowed. "Lord Ozera."

"Please don't." said Lissa, embarrassed. I didn't need to be in her head to know that she was still trying to get used to the idea of being Queen. "Please call me Lissa." Olena nodded and turned back to face me.

"Hello." I was feeling as awkward as Lissa was now. I didn't believe I would receive such a warm welcome from Olena. She had become like a second mother to me and then I had left without saying goodbye.

"I can't believe your here. You left so abruptly."

"I'm really sorry for leaving but I had something important I had to do." That was when I had left to find Dimitri to kill him. I thought it was the only solution to save until I found out I could actually save him and turn him into a dhampir. I glanced behind the door where I knew Dimitri was standing, intently listening to our conversation. I wouldn't be surprised if he was itching to jump out right now but I knew he would wait for the right time.

"I doesn't matter, your here now. Come in and I'll cut some freshly cooked bread to eat."

"Actually there is someone I want to show you." I glanced back at the door and then at Yeva who was staring at me. She glanced at the door too and exhaled in impatience. I felt a kind of pleasure at the thought that I was annoying Yeva at how long I was taking but I knew I should hurry up for Dimitri's sake.

"Before I show you, you have to promise not to freak out and that you will let us explain. Do you promise?"

"Of course" She was uncertain now, not knowing what to expect.

"Okay" I exhaled, suddenly nervous. I reached behind the door and grabbed Dimitri's hand, giving him a comforting squeeze. He stepped out from hiding and into view.

Summary – After LAST SACRIFICE - Dimitri's family don't know he has been turned back into a dhampir so he and Rose travel to Russia to tell them while Lissa, along with Christian, comes along to meet Oksana. But how will the Belikov's react to Dimitri, will they accept him or think he is still strigoi? And how will Lissa go with meeting Oksana and how will they react when they find out our bond is broken? Rated T for safety – could be swearing later in the story R&R J xoxo