Dimitri …

*** This takes place while Dimitri is Strigoi. ***

His eyes, Dimitri's eyes, were not really his. They were the eyes of a strigoi. In the haze of tears that filled my eyes I almost thought he was looking at me. He was looking through me, past me, as if I wasn't there. He faded away as I wept.

I awoke with a start. I am Guardian Rosemarie Hathaway. Dimitri, ah, Dimitri is... was a guardian too before he was turned strigoi. He is also my lover.

At that moment I felt a nudge in my stomach. Oh, yeah, I'm also carrying his child or children. They all said dhampirs couldn't have children together. I guess they can. I felt another nudge, a tinnier one. I think I'm carrying twins. I call them Anya, the one I think is a girl. Anya is a Russian name to honor Dimitri's Russian blood running through their veins. Anka is the one I think is a boy. His name is Turkish like my dad, Abe, who is Turkish. Anya and Anka are the only things of Dimitri's I have left. As I drift back to sleep I feel a nudge, Anka, and a smaller nudge, Anya.Goodnight my babies. I think as I drift back to sleep.