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Rated M, not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.

Edited on 4/1/2014: Chapters have been edited and made into larger chapters. This is chapter ten-Thirteen.

Chapter Four

Rose's point of view...

I was on a journey to look for the second talisman, and this time I was going alone. Most of my regular team members had something else to do that day. I was running out of time for this talisman piece. Which was fine for me as seeing I didn't have to deal with anyone if they were far behind on a particular task, like how some people were when they found the first talisman. I worked quicker and quieter when I was by myself. I just wanted to get a piece and get home as quickly as I can.

The second talisman was somewhere near the Badaling great wall, in Beijing city China. Or how it is known as the Great Wall of China. I knew that it was somewhere buried along the mountain and the great wall. This time all I had to do was dig a hole in the ground and not get caught by the other teams or anyone one else for that matter.

When I or anyone else who comes with me on these quests for the talismans, Helen Hathaway, usually will watch all the children if anyone has any. Even though Helen was old, she usually watched the children for most of the trip.

I had everything ready for this trip to China, those things included ropes, flashlights, cell phone, and a small shovel. I also had everyday items along with my silver stake, and my current gun. I was going to take my private jet there.

I knew that I would be the only one going on this trip. I was going to do everything by myself. This time I was going there by myself, no matter how dangerous mission will be. Since I have been through more dangerous missions in my lifetime.

I was really happy that I was going to get out of the house by myself for at least a couple of days. Even though that this trip to China was not for relaxation, I was happy to get away from everybody and my everyday life.

The next day, I made it into China several hours later, just when the sun was about to hit the horizon. I was going to stay at the nearest hotel for the night until I got back from finding the next talisman. I waited until it was eight o'clock at night to leave the hotel. I only took the necessary items with me including, my book bag with included all of my stuff inside. I had a flashlight with me, for when I had to start my expedition.

I made it to the Great Wall of China, and the pathway was nearly impossible to see at night. Walking along the right side of the wall, on the ground below, staying close to the wall as possible. I had a long journey to the top of the mountain. It was two-hour walk for me, until I finally made it to the correct place. Grabbing out my personal shovel, and started digging a small hole near the wall, but not too close to it. The hole was two inches deep, and there was nothing inside, but I did make a discovery that night.

I stood still as I was hearing many voices that night. I knew from the sound of their voices that they were not Chinese or Asian for that matter. Turned off my flashlight, as I didn't want then to notice my presence by the wall.

"We found the second piece," a man's voice said. I was able to tell that he was close enough to my hiding place.

I noticed that his group was actually on top of the Great Wall, and I was actually at the bottom. Knowing that I needed to get the second talisman away from that other group as quickly as possible. I guessed that there were only four other guys up there. I knew that I could fight them since I already fought a group larger than them.

I wiped my dirty hands on the front of my jeans, before I started to find a rock to help me climb the wall. I have made it up to the top in ten minutes flat. The four guys were putting the rest of their equipment in various bags. None of the men noticed that I was right behind them. In a small plastic bag was the second talisman that I was supposed to get. It was so close to me, but yet so far away.

My hand slowly reached out for the bag. As my hand was so close to the bag, when one of the men turned around and I was quickly spotted.

"You," he pointed. I recognized him as one of Iggy's sidekicks. He charged towards me. I knew that I couldn't go back the same way as I came. So I started taking off down the Great Wall of China. The men were following after me with their guns aimed at me.

I knew that if I didn't want to get shot that I was going to have to jump off the side of the wall. Which can bring me to my sudden death. I quickened my speed, and ran until I saw a tree with a sturdy enough to hold my body weight. I turned my head back and saw the guys pointing their guns at me.

Jumping off the side of the wall and made it to the branch. It was a good ten feet drop. What I didn't know was how I was able to make it over there. Iggy's sidekicks were recently ordered to shoot the branch off. I fell to the ground and landed on my right ankle. Pain shot through my body. I instantly knew that it's broken, from recent experience.

I knew that the best option was to run, even if my ankle's broken. I started running down the mountain as the pain in my ankle increased. Knowing that I was in trouble, especially if they had people stationed at the front of the wall. I went deeper into some trees and stripped down my clothing and put fresh clothing on before going to the hotel.

As soon as I got onto the street, I called Jared and Josh, my two pilots that I hired to fly the private plan that was recently bought. I wanted to leave as soon as possible. They were also both well rested. They knew the reasons why I wanted to leave right after finding the talismans. The men were both shocked to find me in such a state. They never had seen me injured. Josh told me to seek a doctor, but I wanted to wait until I got back home.

I felt someone's hand, shaking my shoulder, which woke me up from my nap on the sofa of the hotel. My brown eyes opened up to see my favorite shade of brown eyes on my boyfriend, Dimitri Belikov. His eyes shown a lot of concern for me.

"Rose, what are you dreaming about?" Asked Dimitri as he moved some of my hair out of my eyes. "You were making a lot of noises and were constantly moving. I decided to wake you up before you fell out of the couch."

I smiled up at him. I didn't want to exactly tell him what my dream was about. Moving my feet off of the couch, so there was enough space for him to sit down next to me. "Yes, it was a nightmare about me finding the second talisman peace. I was reliving the injury I received."

"Do you want to talk," said Dimitri, as he was rubbing the same ankle that was injured weeks ago on that quest.

I was debating whether to tell him about the second journey. Since we have recently got back together, we wanted to start our relationship without any secrets. So I was going to have too, suck up my pride and tell him the truth.

"The second talisman was near the Great Wall of China. It had been buried underneath the ground near the wall. Except I went to the wrong side of the wall and the other group was already there. I had no time to even get over to the other side before they found it," I told him.

I looked at him to make sure he was still listening to me. "I thought that I might have been able to get a second one, without them knowing that I was there. So I climbed up the wall, and let me tell you, it was not easy. So anyway I'm up there, and I see the talisman in a zip lock bag ready to grab it. One of the guys turned around and caught me. I didn't have time to go back down the same way I went up. I ran for it and jumped on the nearest branch. They also came after me and shot the branch down. I fell to the ground on my right ankle, shattering the bone."

Dimitri stared at me in shock. I knew he thought that someone should have gone with me.

"Who usually goes with you to find the talismans?" he asked.

"Jesse, Brenda, and Bridget. Except that Bridget usually stays in a hotel room," I told him. "She is usually the technology expert. We have our cellar devices that we use. But since she is close to her third trimester she doesn't want to go."

Dimitri, Jesse, Brenda, Adrian, and Viktoria all offered to come with me to Norway with me. Adrian came along to heal anyone if needed, and Viktoria went with him because she was his guardian and fiancé.

The six of us were sharing three hotel rooms. Adrian and Viktoria were staying in the first room. Dimitri and Jesse were staying in the second room. Brenda and I were staying in the last room. They were all waiting for me to wake up from a nap, so we were able to go to the cemetery.

"Are we going to go yet?" Jesse asked, as he handed me a steaming hot cup of coffee. I took the cup and gave him a small smile in gratitude.

"Yes," I said. "Since it'll take some time to get there we should leave."

"So who is driving?" Asked Brenda, as she entered the room.

I gave her, my signature smirk before saying, "I will be driving this evening."

It was midnight when myself and the gang, made it to the very small church. Along the way, we stopped for dinner at a small diner. Once we all finished we went back on the road.

I looked back at, Jesse and Adrian, before saying, "I need you to be able to use compulsion if needed. This town has many people who are human. Just if we are found out or need to get away quickly."

Both of the guys nodded their heads, silently telling me that they would. From the car, they were able to see the cemetery. There were mountains' not too far from the real cemetery. Brenda stayed inside the car as seeing she was going to stay in the car and watch the area.

Then it was recently decided that, Adrian and Viktoria, was going form a separate group. They each took a flashlight and a cellar phone and went to check the left side of the cemetery. Jesse, Dimitri, and I were going to take the right side of the cemetery. Since I was still recovering from my broken right ankle.

We walked through almost all the rows. In the last row was the deceased baby girl's tombstone and the other one had the talisman. They were very similar, except one of them and a different letter on the front. The tombstones had damage to them from being so old and falling apart.

Closing my eyes, as I really didn't want to dig up an empty grave near her twin sister's grave. So I stood their eyes closed, not wanting to think about what her parents must have felt.

Sticking the head of the shovel into the ground below, as I stuck the shovel into the ground tree more times before feeling a hard box beneath the ground. Bending down to pick it up, it was in a wooden box, and it had nice little carvings on the top.

I took my cold hand, wiping off the dirt, before opening the lid. Inside walls were lined with red felt, and in the center of the box was the talisman. Placing the box in my book bag, closing it the same time as my cell phone went off.

"Rose," came Brenda's voice, from the other end. "We have company."

"Who exactly?" I asked, as Adrian and Viktoria rejoined the group. "Is it law enforcement, or the bad guys?"

"The group of men that want that talisman's," said Brenda.

"Okay," I told her, speaking into the device. "Make sure you're not seen by any of them. We will be back there as quickly as possible without being seen."

Just as I was getting off of my cell phone, we spotted a group of six in front of the cemetery. Turning to the gang, I whispered, "Stay very quiet, and turn off the flashlights. Stay together and keep up with each other. These men are dangerous."

The five of us slowly walked on the edge of the cemetery, behind several trees that we used to cover ourselves with. Those men didn't notice that we were there. The group easily made it to the car without being seen. Once they were inside they all took deep breaths.

"That was a close call," I said to them.

"Yeah," said Brenda, from the back seat of the van. "How about hiding from the group of them in the back seat of this van." Sticking the key into engine, and turning on the car, she started to say. "Rose, we might have another problem, the other guys are still sitting in the car across the parking lot."

"Shit!" I yelled. This was not going good. Looking back to the group, "Buckle your seat belts, this will certainly be a very bumpy ride."

I knew that this was going to be a bumpy ride. It seemed that my luck went down the drain as quickly as it came to me. I looked behind me, and was able to see that there were three men in that black car. I ran my left hand through my hair, as I sighed in distress, "If you don't already have your seat belt on, please do so now. I don't know when we will lose them. Even if I can lose them."

"Do whatever you have to, Rose," said Dimitri, as he put his hand on my knee. I smile at him, like seeing that he was giving me some type of comfort. I was also glad that he really doesn't hate me. "We will be behind you one hundred percent, dear."

"Yes," said Jesse, encouragingly. I think that it was weird for him to show this side of him to the guys. I know that I use to this side of him, along with Brenda. "Show them the famous Rose Hathaway spirit."

"Show them who is in charge, boss," said Brenda, as she had a smile on her face. She looked like she was exceedingly happy.

I looked back at my cousin and was very shocked to the core. "I thought that you don't promote violence."

Brenda shrugged, "Well times are certainly changing. I think I realized that my views were a bit old school, so I changed for the greater good. I mean the times are currently changing throughout the ages, I think I was a bit behind."

"That is good," I told her. I didn't really know what to say. This was her changing for herself for the greater good. Sometimes I think that she has low self-esteem. I peculiarly didn't what to have this type of conversation with her now. "Change can always be a wonderful thing. Just make sure it is for you. Don't lose yourself to make other people happy."

Brenda rolled her eyes at me. On her face showed how surprised she actually was being, especially in the face of danger. I know for a fact that she was always jealous of me. Not just because I have a toned body, but also I have very good fighting skills.

I turned the van that I was driving, to a deserted road. The tires of the car squeaked, as the front right tire, hit a small pothole. I, along with everybody in the van, jumped an inch off of the seat. After that I noticed that everyone held something that was within their reaching distance, if the car flipped over.

I looked in my van's rear-view mirror, and saw that the car was still behind me, just not that close as they were before. I hit the gas pedal and floored it down the road. Unfortunately, the once paved road turned into an uneven dirt path. I was not really except that change.

"Shit!" I yelled, as I was looking around for any other direction to go in, because the one in front of me was an end to the dirt road. But that was now blocked off by a mountain of dirt and grass. I once again looked behind me, and saw that there was another road going out that lead right to the main highway. That was the direction that I was going to take.

I took a deep breath, then, reversed the van back a bit. Just so that there was enough room to turn. I turned the wheel, towards the baseball field, and once again pushed the gas pedal. The van moved towards the baseball field.

"Rose," said Adrian, as he leaned forward. "Why are we moving on the grass?"

"For the simple fact that the dirt road is a dead-end, and the car is still after us," I told him, like it was a very simple answer. "Plus that road over there is the main road out of this town."

I drove the van thru the baseball field and was going seventy mph, through grass and dirt. I was lucky that the van was able to go through this kind of stuff. I have a smile on my face. They were too far behind to keep up with us.

"At least the windows are locked tightly," joked Adrian. "We would have looked as we had been through a shower of grass and mud."

I rolled my eyes at him. "Hilarious."

"So are we losing them?" asked Jesse.

I turned my head behind me. They were still following us. I looked back to the front of the van, as I pushed a bit more on the gas. "They are still behind us. But they aren't going as fast as we are."

"The speed is dangerous," said Viktoria. "What if we get into a car accident? Or you flip the van over?"

I did think about that. But I have good driving experience. I sighed, as I started to explain, "You know that the talisman is in the car now?"

"Yes," said Viktoria. "Why does that have anything to do with a car accident?"

"It doesn't," I said. "It doesn't protect the car from crashing. If the crash does happen, then the talisman will activate a shield around us. It will basically protect us now."

"How do you know that will work?" asked Dimitri.

I sighed, as I pulled the car back onto the pavement. "It feeds from fear. When there is a large amount of fear, the talisman will activate a shield ten feet in diameter."

The conversation ended as I lowered the speed down to the speeding limit. The car behind us, was still in the middle of the baseball field, as two blue flashing cop cars followed behind him. I made sure I was driving the correct way. I took the next turn away from the main highway and headed towards the hotel.

"Once we get in there, and give the rental car back, I'm going to need a favor from Adrian or Jesse," I told the group.

"What is the favor?" asked Adrian.

I noticed that Jesse rolled his eyes at him. "She needs someone who can use compulsion."

"Yes, Jesse," I said. "I'm going to need one of you to use compulsion of a person where we rented a car. We need them to forget this car from ever leaving the parking lot tonight. I want the paper evidence destroyed. Can one of you do that?"

"Sure, little dhampir," said Adrian. He was one of the first people to accept the truth about me, and the talisman's, besides my father. "That would be comfortable for me to do."

"As long as it doesn't drain you," I said to him.

As soon as we got back to the hotel, the others went up to the hotel rooms, except for Adrian and me. We headed straight towards the car rental place, which was right inside of the hotel. A short blond woman was sitting at the desk. She had light blue eyes. The name on her name tag said, Gretchen Philips.

"Hi, how can I help you tonight?" she asked, with a heavy accent. She was practically drooling over Adrian. I was able to tell that Adrian, thought that she was gross to look at right now.

Adrian looked into her eyes, "I want all the information about the van I rented destroyed. Nobody used it in the past three days. When you have a free worker, get the vans outside and interior washed."

Her eyes glazed over, a signal that the compulsion worked on her. She typed many things into her computer. Next, she took several papers about the van, and shredded them, before returning to her seat. She shook her head. "Hi what can I help you with?"

"Where are your local bathrooms?" asked Adrian.

"Down the hallway, and to your right," said Gretchen.

"Thank you," said Adrian. "Good night."

"You too, sir."

We left for the elevators and pushed the number to our floor. "Did you really need direction to the bathroom?"

Adrian turned his head towards her, "No. I thought that it would be weird after using compulsion on her, and just standing there doing nothing once she saw us there."

"Good thinking."

Lissa's Point of View

My family and I were staying at Rose's house in Scotland. This house was bigger than the one that she owned in Texas. This one also is older than that one too. She had excellent taste in interior design, also. Which I never really knew that about her.

Rose, Dimitri, Viktoria, Jesse, Brenda, and Adrian went to Norway to find the next piece talisman piece. They decided that they would be the only ones going. Dimitri and Viktoria were going if they spotted Viktor Dashkov. Adrian went for when, or if anyone has been injured out in the field. I hoped that they were all right, and not injured whatsoever.

I wanted to go back to or normal friendship, like it, was before at the academy. Even though she forgave me, I can still see the hurt in her eyes when she looks at me. We do talk to each other, but not a lot of things aren't being said about the past.

I was sitting outside with the kids and some adults. Since the weather was nice and warm, we decided to let the kids play outback on the swing set. The warm summer breeze lifted my pale blond hair off of my shoulders. I was happy that the breeze took some of the summer heat away.

Helen Hathaway, Rose's grandmother, walked out of the house with a big container of freshly squeezed lemon aid and a box of sugar cookies. She walked over to the adults were sitting, and placed the stuff that she had in her hand on the table.

"Is it always this nice out here during the summer?" I questioned.

Helen's brown eyes looked towards me, "Not always. There are some good days, like today, and some days that are either too hot or too wet from the rain."

Lydia came over to the table. She took a seat seat to me. I still couldn't believe that Rose's oldest child's father is Dimitri. I always thought that dhampir and dhampirs couldn't have children together. But then again we really didn't know all the effects being shadow kissed dose to a person.

"Lissa," said Lydia, as her brown eyes looked deeply into mine. "Don't worry. Your friendship with my mother will soon go back to the way it was. She needs some time to adjust. She just has too much on her plate now, thinking or doing anything fun like the good old days."

"When did you get so smart?"

"Since I was three," she whispered. Her brown eyes were looking at the sugar cookie in front of her. "My younger siblings and I, are different from any normal child. We age the same, but we have powers and are a lot more intelligent for our age."

"I could tell that."

"She missed you over the years," Lydia told me. "She might not say it, but she always checked through the bond to make sure you were all right. You will always be a part of each other, even if you're not talking to her. There's so much history."

"Lydia!" Screamed Hailey. "Play with us, please."

"Okay," said Lydia, as she got down from her chair. Her brown eyes looked back at me. "Remember she needs some time to adjust. If you push her about your friendship, it might drive her further away from you. That is something that the world doesn't need."

I watched Lydia move closer to the other children. She does make a good point, I thought. I have driven her further away. I hope she comes back alive and in one piece.

Abe's Point of View...

I was sitting in the shade of the trees of Rose's property. I was watching my grandchildren play with my daughter's friend's children. How they played with each other, it seemed like they knew each other since birth.

I broke out of my thoughts as my cell phone rang. "Mazur."

"Abe," said Yeva. "We need help!"

"What's wrong, Yeva? Did you see something?"

"No, I didn't dream of anything happening like that. That's not a problem my family and I need help with. I know what Rose has done for the greater good."

"Then what's the problem."

Yeva sighed. "Iggy's group came to our house and burnt it down two days ago, when we were all at a neighbor's house. They will try to attack my family if we stay in Russia."

"We are you? Do I need to send my private plane?"

Yeva gave a hearty laugh, "Don't send your plane? But we will need a car."

"A car for what?"

"For someone to pick us up at the local airport. We land in an hour."

"You're coming to Scotland?" I asked.

"Yes," she said. "Rose offered us to visit her anytime we could. No matter if it was in Scotland or Texas. So will you be able to pick us up. There is something that we need to discuss about Rose, before we tell her."

"Okay." I told her. I know when to listen to her dreams. She was always right. Even if you don't want to actually do what she suggested. "Should I bring anybody with me?"

"Yes," she said instantly. "Bring Lydia with you. I have something that she left over at my house last summer that she would want."

"Okay, Yeva."

"We will see you soon."

"Wait...will the others be safe while I'm not here?"

"Yes, they will be safe today. Now good-bye, Abe."

I close the phone at the same time Janine sat down next to me. She put her hand on mine. She still looked beautiful as the day that I met her.

She sighed running her fingers through her red hair. "We missed so much?"

"I understand."

"Birthdays, holidays, their first year. I wished I was able to seem them growing up."

"I know," I whispered. I had a funny feeling that she just didn't mean our grandchildren either. "But, we are the ones at fault. Almost everyone drove her away. It's not Rose's fault she wanted to protect her kids from her heartbreak."

"I understand." She sighed again, as she looked at the kids going down the slide. "I'm not just talking about the kids, Abe. I'm also talking about Rose. We should have been there for her growing up. But we haven't. I missed a large chunk out of her life. I don't want to miss anymore of her life."

I check the time on my phone. "I have to go to the airport. I need to pick up the Belikov's."

"Why?" Janine asked, as she raised an eyebrow.

"Iggy's group went to their house in Russia. They burnt the Belikov's house down. Luckily that they weren't home at the time. If they had stayed in Russia, they would probably have to try again to get them. Their plan will land in an hour. They want me to go with Lydia, apparently she forgot something at their house when she was there this past summer."

"Will everyone be all right here when you're gone?"

"Yes," I told her. "Everyone here will be fine. I have to get going. Don't tell anyone where I went. I thought it would be a good surprise for when Rose gets back."

"But she's not here," Janine stated.

"I know, but she has the bond towards Lissa. She will still be able to figure it out."

"Okay," she said, sadly. "Just be careful. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I will be fine." I told her giving her a peck on the lips. I have a ring sitting in my suitcase that I was going to propose to her.

"Lydia!" I yelled walking closer to the swing set.

"Yes," she said from the side of me. Her chocolate-brown eyes stared up at me.

"Would you like to go with me for an errand?"

"Yes," she said, nodding her head.

"Come on," I told her.

She skipped to the van that I was going to take while picking up the Belikov's. She got into the back seat and buckled her seat belt. Then we were off.

Janine's Point of View...

I have met the Belikov family a couple of times over the last couple of years. They were such a close family, that I was extremely jealous of them. I wanted that type of life with me and my only daughter. I would always feel guilty for not spending enough time with her. No matter what anyone tells me, that will still be a part of me that doesn't like it.

I walked back over to the adult table. Most of the smaller children didn't notice that Lydia left with Abe. Except for the twins. Most of the Adults were staring at the garage where Abe and Lydia disappeared.

"Where did grandpa go?" asked Jasper, as he hugged my leg. I could tell that he would be an excellent guardian one day.

"He needed to do something for your mommy," I told him. It was part of the truth, but he didn't want anyone to know where he went. So I kept my mouth shut. "So he took Lydia with him."

"Okay," he said. He then ran back to the swing set. He still had energy to play.

I sat down on a chair that I was sitting on before. Before the questions, started rolling in. They mainly wanted to know where Abe went. Why Lydia went with him, and so forth.

"Janine, are you okay, sweetheart?" My mother asked.

"Yes," I said. "I'm exhausted. I always have jet lag several days after going on a plane. It's finally caught up to me."

"Okay." She said, but I knew that she was not convinced.

Abe's Point of View...

We were in the van driving back to my daughter's house. Most all the Belikov's were in the van, except for Sonya and her two children as seeing that they were on vacation for three more days. Yeva was sitting up front with me.

I started talking to her in Turkish. I know that Lydia can understand the language somewhat and speak it, but she was sleeping now. (Author's Note: The conversation will be in English, but they are talking to each other in Turkish.)

"So what do you need to tell me about Rose?"

Yeva sighed sadly. "Tasha is not a very good person. She is working with the wrong side of the law. She is helping Viktor Dashkov."

"Why?"

"She wants to destroy Rose, by any and all means."

"She couldn't get over her pity jealousy."

"Nope," she said, her face held a lot of worries. Something that I haven't seen on her of a while. "But now she is not taking any means. She is planning on trying to get Hailey back. If she does, Dimitri, will be heart-broken. He won't be any use as for helping Rose find the talismans. Which will be harder now."

"What needs to be done so that doesn't happen?"

"They might not like this solution now, but this is the only way. Even though Tasha, gave up her rights in America, she didn't give up her rights in England. She spends half of her time at her house in London. She will fill out court papers in three days. See the Moroi court in Britain is very different from the one in America."

"So that gives us two days to do something?"

"Yes. The only way that Dimitri can keep full custody of her is to get married to Rose. Since she lives in Scotland for most of the six years, which will help her. Besides, Rose has an older child with Dimitri. It will work in his favor. But then Rose, will have to adopt her the next day."

"So in two days she will have to get married and adopt Hailey, all for the greater good?"

"Yes."

Rose's Point of View...

We just got off of the plane from Norway. I was glad that talisman was not that hard to find, like seeing that I was still sore from the last mission. I knew if I told Lissa about the pain in my ankle, she would heal it, but I don't need any more darkness from her. Since I'm already surrounded by darkness by keeping the talisman's safe from wondering eyes. I didn't need any extra from her. The talismans were the second things in my life that I will be keeping safe. The first and more important are my three children.

All of us were in the plane. Jesse and Brenda were talking about god knows what. Dimitri, not surprisingly was reading a western novel. It seems like times didn't change. Viktoria was catching up on some sleep, which she seemed to need. Adrian was looking at a magazine about the local art in Scotland.

Sighing, I got off of the comfortable chair. My ankle was protesting at my sudden movement. I probably caused more damage than now than the past several days. Adrian was sitting two seats above me. Maybe I should have asked him to come back to my seat. Nah. I wouldn't want him to get hurt if something happened to the plane.

"Adrian," I said, grabbing his attention. His head snapped towards me. His emerald-green eyes stared at me. I motioned to the seat next to him. "Can I sit here?"

"Sure, Rose," he responded.

"I wanted to know if you can do something for me," I said, timidly.

Adrian rolled his emerald-green eyes. "Let me guess," he said, sarcastically. "You want to know if I can heal your ankle."

"Yes," I said, pouting at him.

He sighed. "Why didn't you ask Lissa to heal you before the mission?"

"It didn't even bother me before the mission." I stated. "My ankle started hurting more after the mission."

"No problem, Rose."

Adrian left hand, gently grabbed my ankle, mainly where the swollen part was. I felt the healing magic going through my veins, and fixing my broken ankle. The healing went extremely well. The swelling went down noticeably. The pain even left my body. Including the oncoming headache that I just required moments before.

"Thanks, Adrian. I really appreciated."

"No problem, Rose. I happy to help you." Adrian stopped for a moment. It seemed like he was lost in thought. His green eyes turned towards me. "I thought it was going to get harder than digging up an unused grave."

Sighing, as I ran my fingers through my hair. "I think that they might be expecting us they're at that time. They were looking for a chase that they didn't get. So I think that the next several of them will cause more trouble. I don't want to think about the other talismans right now."

"So you think that they are trying to try to attack us the next time we cross paths?" asked Adrian, as he folded up his magazine.

"They might, but I really don't have any clue," I told him. "That's why we always have protection when we go hunting for a talisman."

"Are you afraid of them hurting you?" he asked.

"No," I said, standing up from the seat. "I'm not afraid of them hurting me, I'm afraid of them capturing me."

"Same thing," he said, with a wave of his hand.

I shook my head, "Big difference. I' can't get injured with having a talisman's on me. I terrified of them capturing me as seeing they would have the upper hand."

"Good point," he said.

"I know," I said, over my shoulder. I went back to my seat getting comfortable for the next half an hour.

Iggy's point of view

"You were supposed to grab that talisman!" Growled the woman near me. Her raven black hair flew all over the place. Her blue eyes hardened in anger. Her face was right in front of mine. Her scar crinkled as she talked. "Why didn't you make it they're before her, Iggy."

"We had to stop for gas, Natasha," I growled out.

"I told you before to call me Tasha," she said. She stood up, brushed the lint from her jacket. "Besides, I hate my first name. It's too formal."

The man came forward, placing a hand on the angry woman's shoulder. His jade green eyes sparkled. His black hair was slowly fading back to grey. He was going to need another healing by a spirit user. His name was Viktor Dashkov. "My dear, there is always the next talisman. Besides don't you need to go to London court in four days?"

"Yes," said Tasha, sighing. She moved over to the mirror hanging on the wall. "This will go according to plan. Dimitri will lose custody of our child. He will be no useless to help his beloved Rosemarie," She spat out her name. "He will come crawling back to me. Just so he can see his precious daughter. Then he will be mine."

Another man came out of the shadows. His once curly blond hair was now cut shorter. His eyes held anger in them. "I thought you were going to get back at Dimitri. Not trying to get him back. I thought you were going to give me a chance."

Tasha narrowed her eyes at Dylan. She sauntered over to him, slapping him on his face, leaving her hand-print on his cheek. "Don't even start anything. I'm trying to break up the group of friends. When I do, it will be easier to get the talismans. So don't disobeyed me next time."

Dylan bowed his head. "Yes, mistress." Then left the meeting room.

"So who will be going with you my dear?" Viktor asked Tasha.

Her blue eyes sparkled. "Dylan will be going with me."

"Bring Iggy," my head snapped towards him as he mentioned my name. Viktor started talking once again, "You might need extra back-up."

"I can't bring him, sir," stated Tasha. "He has an active warrant."

Viktor turned towards her, "Than I want you to find someone in our ranks that doesn't have any warrants or known by anyone from the good side."

"Yes, sir," she said, trembling.

"Now! Move!" he shouted at her.

Dimitri's point of view

"You're telling me what!" Shouted Rose, as she paced her living room floor. I was very shocked too, but I knew everything will be all right.

"You need to get married to Dimitri tonight," said my grandmother, as she took a sip of her tea that Rose's grandmother made. Her brown eyes softened for a moment. She looked at Rose. "I know that you didn't have a good marriage with Dylan, but this will be very different from him. I know that Dimitri and you, Rose, love each other with your whole heart. That is not a problem. And you know it."

"I know," whispered Rose, as she looked to the ground.

"Besides, Dimitri and Hailey, both need you Rose. If you don't go throw with the wedding and adopt Hailey as your own, Tasha will get sole custody over her," said my grandmother. "Dimitri will be an emotional wreck, and not help you with the remaining talismans, and the rest of the prophecy. He is part of the prophecy, along with everyone in this room, including Rose's three children. Besides I don't want my great gran-baby alone with that bitch."

My sisters and I stared at her with wide eyes. She never cursed around us, or anyone that she really didn't know. Vika's mouth was opening and closing, "Did you just curse? In English."

"Yes," she said, with a sigh. "Times are changing, and we need to go with the change."

My Rose looked at me with her big brown eyes. A lot of emotions went through her eyes. Anger, sadness, resentment, happiness, worry, and...Love. Were the main emotions flashing through her eyes? She sighed, "I guess we have a wedding to plan for."