An Unexpected visitor

Chapter 1

It is a week after the trial & from when I found out I have been sentenced to be executed.

I am locked up in the most secure cell they have in the court, And the most uncomfortable cell. Just because they have decided I murdered the queen, and don't want the Moroi and dhampir community to worry about a murderer who it still on the loose. Plus who ever did it, wanted to get rid of me. They planned it very well.

A few weeks ago I wouldn't of mined being locked up because Dimitri was also locked up too. But now I am in here and he isn't.

I have been able to know what has been happening in the court with the help of Lissa.

I sometimes slip into her mind and search for the things I want to know. But mainly when I am in her head there are heaps of mixed emotions.

Some are for me, and then there was Christian, also things with the royals plus heaps more, but then there was Dimitri. She was concerned that he would not be okay but she was happy that he was making progress at getting better and people were starting to come around and were starting to except that he was a dhampir again.

That's when I heard the most beautiful, rich, wonderful Russian voice, Dimitri.

"Rose" he said. I turned around and saw him standing there near the door of the cell. I really couldn't believe he would be the first visitor to see me in here.

I had no idea how he was allowed to see me, no one was allowed to see me, not even Lissa.

"Dimitri" I said. I couldn't think of anything to say.

We stared at each other in silence.

Finally I had to know why he was here, I couldn't just sit there and stare and not know why he was here.

"Why are you here?" I couldn't help but say it a bit angry, he hasn't been very nice to me and he made it very clear that his feelings for me had changed, like he said 'love fades, mine has'.

"I came to see how you were doing." I wasn't exactly ready for him to say something like that. I just thought he might tell me something about Lissa or news about when the execution was but not to see how I was going.

"I am ok, just a bit tired of waiting around for the execution to happen, it is taking such a long time." I still didn't know what he would say.

He looked upset but he quickly put on his guardian mask out of habit, he finally said "It is coming quicker than you think; but they are really busy deciding who is going to be the new ruler."

When I heard they still hadn't decided who the new ruler would be I automatically thought of Lissa, She would be a great ruler and everyone felt attracted to her already, so what was the problem for her not becoming Queen?

Wait, they did say something about you needed to have more than one person in your Family, and Lissa was the last one in her family.

But that was before I got the note from Tatiana saying to tell only the people I trusted that there was another sibling in the dragomir family, which no one knows about.

So my job was to find the other sibling and bring it to everyone's attention that Lissa can now be the new ruler.

Now it is going to be extremely difficult because I am going to be executed and there is not a chance they are going to find the real person responsible for the queens death, so I will be able to get out and search for the mysterious other sibling in the Dragomir family that no one knows about.

Dimitri could see I was thinking about something so he changed the subject.

'Thank you for trying to help when the guards came in to the cafe. When you thought they were going to take me.'

I had to think back to then, it has felt like ages since then.

When I remembered I could only say 'oh, well, I couldn't take it any longer that they still didn't think you are back to being a dhampir.' i replied.

Dimitri had a thoughtful expression on his face. I wonder what he was thinking about.

He started to say something but the guardian from down the hall came closer and said Dimitri had to go, Dimitri looked at me, he had a look on his face that told me he had something to tell me but he turned and started heading down the hall.

I really didn't want him to go and I also wanted some company. So I quickly said out loud "can dimitri stay longer?"

Dimitri turned around and the guardian just stared back at me then looked towards Dimitri, "ok, but only for 10 minutes."

I didn't know how to start the conversation, but the silence was lasting to long and Dimitri only had ten minutes.

"You were going to say something just before the guardian came in what was it?"

Dimitri looked like he didn't really want to say it anymore but he said it anyway.

"When I saw you up the front in court I couldn't help but think that I shouldn't of let you go with the guardians. I know I shouldn't be feeling like this because I told you my feelings had changed for you, but you always bring the protectiveness out of me."

He still felt something for me! My heart leaped at his words.

I came closer to the bars. It was a normal reaction for Dimitri to tense up when I came near. So before he thought he should leave I Said to him "when you said your love had faded for me, did it go completely?"

He knew I really wanted to know, but it looked like he wasn't sure how to answer it.

He said he had to leave but just before he got to the door he turned and said "I will always love you Rosa, but I can't love you completely like I did before because of what I did to you."

After that he turned and left. I stood there taking in his words.

After a while I went back and sat on the metal bed in the corner. What could I do to get Dimitri to love me again? That was the question.

He actually admitted that he still loved me but not like he used to. Well at least that was a start. A week ago he told me he had no more interest in me, his love had faded. And who knew it would only take for me to get accused of murdering the queen for him to love me a little bit more. So that night I went to sleep happy and knowing that Dimitri loved me.