"It has been such a long day" I said as Adrian and I entered my room.

"I know. But at least my parents are on your side." I felt him behind me so I turned to face him. "So, I guess I will see you tomorrow." I nodded "How about lunch time. I have a court meeting at nine" I groaned.

"I have to go to that as well"

"Oh yeah I heard about that" he started laughing "I didn't know it was you though. So tomorrow. See you then"

"What about if you stayed. The night"…..

The next morning

I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock and read the giant number's 8.30 "Adrian, we need to get up" he grabbed a pillow and threw it over his head "Adrian, it's the council meeting. You need to get up" I realised what had happened last night "Oh no we didn't. Did we?" Adrian moved the pillow.

"Yes Rose, last night we had sex" with that said he went straight back under the pillow

Eventually. After I got showered and dressed he got up and went to his place to get changed. When I arrived at the giant council hall I saw Lissa and Christian I avoided them and went to stand with Eddie, Mikhail and Ambrose. "Hey, so what do you guys think were actually part of the council?" they all just nodded. Of course they didn't want to be here but I was glad I wasn't alone with all the Moroi.

"I think its great idea" spoke a familiar voice. I tuned to see Adrian. I smiled. I was just about to speak to him but I saw in the corner of my eye my mother. I walk over to her.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well the council said they needed 4 people so here I am"

"We already have all four" I said pointing to the boys

"Yes but what about josh's seat. Beside I can't leave my daughter with some a bunch of boys"

"Fine you can stay Janine" she smiled and we joined the rest of the team.

Within minutes we were called into the hall. All the Moroi flocked in first and sat down in the giant circle shaped room. Every family had a specific place to sit. There flags were behind it to signify who they were. We had a box that was new and was added next to the Ivashkov house. We only had 2 rows compared to other houses with the back row was Mikhail, Eddie and Ambrose. That left me next to my mother in the front row. Yay.

Lissa sat with her half-sister Jill. They hated each other. They found out because a few months ago when I was in Russia I did some digging into how Lissa was doing because a girl called Avery blocked the bond. Instead I found I file on Lissa's dad and found out about Jill. I told Lissa when I returned and Lissa immediately rejected Jill. For months Jill had made an effort to get to know Lissa. But after her attempts failed she gave up and now they don't speak.

Nathan Ivashkov stood up on the podium in the middle and spoke loudly. "Today, we welcome some new members to council. It was Queen Tatiana's last wish that they be here. So here they are. The Dhamphir's." Everyone turned to us "They also have a seal to be put on our wall. To represent the unity between Dhamphir's and Moroi." With that said a seal was put on the wall. "Anyway with that out of the way. We now need to get on with who will be the next Ruler of the Moroi and Dhamphir's."

A man I didn't know stood up "I nominate Princess Ariana Szelky" two other people stood up to confirm it. She was now officially in the running to becoming the next ruler. Nathan wrote her name down on a paper. Every other house gave their candidates. The only house that didn't was the Dragomir's. So I took this into my hands.

"I nominate Princess Vasilisa Dragomir" everyone turned to look at me.

Adrian stood up. "I second that"

Then Tasha stood up "I third that"

Lissa looked shocked but said "I accept the nomination"

"Well now the Dhampir household need a nomination." Said Nathan. Yet again everyone looked at us.

"I nominate Rosemarie Hathaway" said Lissa. She smiled at me. Through the bond she spoke "Trust me"

"I second that" said Adrian. He smiled at me.

Then an unexpected person stood up "I third that "It was my mother.

Lissa repeated her words through the bond "trust me "I took in breath and spoke "I accept"

"Well then this meeting is finished"

*Later in the day*

I was sat on a bench in a park when suddenly a scent of familiar aftershave was in the air. I turned around to see dimirti. Under a streetlamp trying to read a western novel. I walked over to him. "Hey, I have a torch if you want to borrow it"

He rose his head "No, thank you. I think I'm going to call it a night"

"Where are your guards?"

"I have free time without them for a bit" He got up

"Well I guess I'll see you" I said

"Do you want to get a bite to eat or something and talk? No, never mind actually."

"I would love to. I need a distraction"

"Something bothering you?"

I told him everything. My brother, the council meeting. I felt that I could open up to him in a way I couldn't open up to Adrian. I even told him about my brother sudden burst of anger and what happened between me and Adrian. We went for some food then sat in Empty Park on the swings.

"Well he finally got his wish" We both laughed "He ran after you like a puppy at St. Vladimir's"

"I don't regret anything that happened between us."

"Me neither. But I'm glad we can be friends" He said. I turned to look at him. I didn't want to be friends. I wanted to be much more.

"Yeah, me to"