Rose Hathaway. The name is poison to my tongue. She stole Dimka, the only man I have ever truly loved. Yes, I've had many flings. But Dimitri Belikov, he was the love of my life. And I think he loved me too a little bit. Until she came along.
When I went to visit Christian to the Academy during the Christmas of his senior year, I met Dimka after years and Rose for the first time. I liked her a lot but after careful observation, it seemed that Dimka had fallen for her. Now I was the one who was in love with him and could not bear the fact that he was even looking at someone else, even someone as nice as Rose. So I decided that something had to be done about this and asked Dimitri to be my guardian. I knew if I pushed the authorities, I would have my way. I also asked him to be involved a little more personally in my life, more than just guardian duties like dating and having kids and surprisingly, he agreed. Maybe he wasn't in love with Rose I thought.
That Christmas, due to the Badica attack, most Moroi were at the ski lodge in Idaho. It was a safe place to be as there were wards and a large number of guardians present. Dimka and I had a blast. We were together almost every moment; whenever I could drag him away from his guardian duties that is. I really thought that we would be together forever.
But then, he ditched me. He told me he couldn't do what I wanted, couldn't be who I wanted him to be. He didn't give me any reasons but it was obvious it was all because of Rose. That was when I thought, I would take revenge. I would ruin Rose. I would make Dimka mine again. And framing her for Tatiana's murder was the best way to do so. If only Rose wasn't so smart.