Rose POV

As I sat in my first class seat (The agency spares no expense when it comes to their agents) I had mixed feelings about the mission I was about to undertake. The actual mission itself was super dangerous and would be tough but that was normal for us and we were well trained to deal with it. The main problem I had was where the mission was. The only people in court who I had talked to since that fateful day 3 years ago was Eddie and Adrian and as ecstatic as I was to see them, it didn't outweigh the worry that was eating me up.

Lissa was one of the biggest people I was worried about seeing and I had no idea how it would go. I had been keeping track of her through the bond over the years and I knew that she was hurt that I had never come back but she also felt a large amount of guilt for the things she had said to me and for driving me away. I also knew she missed me but after all this time she didn't expect me to come back and I wasn't sure if she would be happy to see me.

Through all those emotions, however, the biggest thing on my mind was Dimitri. Honestly I wasn't sure if he would even speak to me during my stay. Adrian told me that after I left Dimitri took time out from being a guardian and searched for me. I thought that meant that maybe he did care about me after all but he easily could've just been doing it out of guilt or because Lissa told him to. I wasn't even sure if I had forgiven him for what he had said to me but thinking about it all was making my brain hurt.

"You going to be okay Love?" Sebastian's voice called out as I realised we were starting to descend. Sebastian knew my whole life story so he knew how worried I was about this trip but I think he was also secretly hoping to kick some Russian ass because of his protectiveness of me.

"Yeah I'll be okay, I just need to focus on the mission," I replied taking a deep breath.

As much as I wanted it to go slowly, time went by really quickly and in what felt like minutes we were standing outside the Court gates. There were a few guardians standing around and they tried to get us to provide identification but once they noticed the DMPA seal on our uniforms, their eyes widened and they let us pass.

Because of the chilly weather we had DMPA jackets on and I put my hood over my head in the hope that no one would notice me until I wanted them too. We heard the noise from the courtroom before we were even in the right corridor and by the time we reached the door all of us braced ourselves for whatever we would have to deal with beyond this door. I shared a look with Sebastian and together we pushed the door open... And nothing happened.

Inside the courtroom there were about 150 Moroi and Dhampir in the room all arguing amongst themselves. There was so much noise and fighting that our entrance went completely unnoticed. I remembered that part of our mission was to try bring some peace to Court and I knew we would have to do something about this. Putting our game faces on, my squad and I started to push through the crowd trying to make it towards the front when something made me freeze. At the left side of the court trying to separate two fighting Moroi was Dimitri. He looked exactly as I remembered him and half of me wanted to run up to him and hug him whether he wanted me to or not and the other half wanted to run away from court and never let this place hurt me again. It was only Macy yelling at me to catch up that brought me back to reality and I remembered the real reason I was here. There was a serial killer in our midst and I couldn't let myself be distracted.

Pushing my way to the front I could see Matt trying to get the attention of some people but he was having no luck. I decided to take matters into my own hands and with a giant leap that I learnt how to master in agent training, I jumped over the balcony onto the Judges bench. There was no microphone up there like I had hoped but I decided I didn't need one. I was already starting to get people's attention just by standing up higher than anyone else was and I took my chances with the rest.

"My name is Rose Hathaway and I'm going to need you all to shut the hell up!" I screamed as I pushed back my hood.

For once my loudness worked for good because every single person stopped talking and turned their heads towards me with a look of shock on their faces. A lot of them definitely recognised me from last time I was here.

"Thankyou," I said breathing a sigh of relief, "Now listen up. I am here from the DMPA."

There were a few whispers here and there after that last bit but I ignored them and continued on.

"My squad and I are here to keep you safe. We are going to be in charge around here and things are going to change but let me reassure you that this is not permanent. Our job is to find the murderer of our late queen and stop them before any harm comes to any of you. At a time like this you can't all fight amongst yourselves, you need to unify together and look out for each other and we are going to keep the peace as best you can. We have been sent here with the priority of keeping everyone safe so until Tatianas killer has been caught, everyone is going to help us out by doing what we say at all times. Has anyone got a problem with that?" I finished determinedly. I was being harsh but it was crucial that these people listen to us so that they wouldn't get hurt.

When no one questioned our leadership I sat down on the bench and let Sebastian instruct everyone to stay in certain areas while I braved myself up enough to scan the crowd.

The first place I looked was where I had last seen Dimitri and he was still there staring up at me with a look of complete shock on his face. There was something else there too that almost looked like hope and happiness but it was probably just wishful thinking on my behalf and I quickly looked away as I lost my nerve.

The next person I saw was Eddie and although he looked a little surprised to see me, he beamed up at me and I instantly felt a little better. Adrian soon came up behind him and I smiled at him too. I didn't realise quite how much I'd missed them until I was seeing them in the flesh.

As soon as Sebastian dismissed everyone I couldn't help myself and I jumped off the balcony and flew and my old friends, leaping up to hug Eddie who was closest.

"You have a lot of explaining to do about why you're here but you can tell me later because for now I'm just so glad to see you again," Eddie said with a laugh as he hugged me close.

I hugged Adrian next and then I stood back and stared at them with joy.

"I can't even explain how much I missed you both," I told them with tears in my eyes.

"Little Dhampir, you got even hotter over the years if that's possible," Adrian told me with a wink but I knew he was kidding.

"I can kick your ass even better now too," I replied and then winked back causing Eddie to snort.

"Why didn't you tell us you were coming!" Eddie demanded. "We would've gotten you a cake or something," he said with a smirk.

"I'm sorry Eddie it was super last minute and we hadn't talked in a couple weeks so I didn't have enough time."

"Wait you knew," a familiar voice suddenly chimed in and I turned around to look at Lissa. "You knew where she was the whole time and you never told me."

She gave a furious glare to the boys and I felt like I should say something but before I could there were tears running down her face and she stormed off never looking back.

The nightmare wasn't over yet however because when I turned around I was suddenly looking into the gorgeous eyes of Dimitri. I didn't know what to say or do or think and he just kept looking me over as if he was making sure I was really there.

"Roza," he breathed out in that accent I had missed so much. Even after 3 years, looking info his eyes I could feel the chemistry between us thicken the air around me and to be honest it really scared me. I used to be so sure of myself but now I would rather face down 1000 Strigoi then have my heart broken by this man again.

Thankfully my saving angel Matt suddenly called out "you coming Rose?"and I quickly replied "Yes."

"Sorry I have to go," I said in a rush to Dimitri and then I ran out of that room trying to resist the urge to look back but as I reached the door I glanced back at his face and the pain written on it shattered my heart into a million pieces.

I ran away and the second I reached my room I jumped into my bed and fell into what I knew what be a sleep filled with a sexy Russian god and all my problems.

Hey guys I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I'm definitely going to put some more Romitri scenes in the next chapter as well as an important one with Lissa and some little scenes with her squad so you can get to know them better. Please give me lots of feedback and let me know what you're hoping for me to do with this story xx