Chapter 4

No POV

All packed up and ready to go, Dimitri grabbed his bag off of his bed, and swung his backpack over his shoulder. His backpack containing his computer, wallet, and other necessities. Stopping to think for a minute about what he was about to do, about how he, Lissa, and Adrian were about to board a plane to the middle of nowhere to go and be with his Roza again. To be protected by Rose and her…family; a family in which he just hoped had no romantic connection to her. Maybe that was selfish, actually it was indeed selfish but he couldn't seem to help it.

Walking out of his room, luggage in tow, Dimitri walked over to Lissa and Christian's apartment. Knocking once before entering, he saw them in quite the tearful goodbye considering he wasn't accompanying them on this trip. Too much business for him to conduct here at the academy, nor was he in any actual danger. "Lissa we need to head out now if we are going to make the flight. Adrian is apparently meeting us at the airport, and we don't want to keep him waiting," Dimitri sneered the last part, chuckling slightly at the thought of Adrian panicking when they didn't show up. Granted, Dimitri was actually relatively sure that Adrian would just board the plane and leave their asses behind if they didn't show up on time.

Lissa sighed, and said, "I'm coming, I'm coming," to Dimitri, before turning back to Christian and giving him one last kiss and hug goodbye. Him not coming with her was not the best plan, but what could they do. They couldn't stow him away, and he wasn't required to come along. He didn't need the protection, but without him there, she didn't know how she would stay sane. The only ideal thought of this was that she was going to see Rose again, her best friend. She was finally going to be able to reconnect, to apologize for the way she treated her when Dimitri was restored. Apologize for not having her back or helping her through whatever pain she was feeling as well as Dimitri. All she wanted was for her friend Rose back, and she was going to make sure that happened. Her and Rose belonged together as best friends; Rose as her Guardian. Rose and Dimitri belonged together, they were soul mates, and nothing should come between that. Ever.

Lissa turned and grabbed her bags as well, stepping out the door and around Dimitri, she risked one look back at Christian fearing that he would disappear right before her very eyes. Nothing mattered to her more in that moment. Nothing more than her, Dimitri, Adrian, and Christian being safe.

6 Hours Later

Dimitri stepped out of the plane, holding out his hand for Lissa to grab on to and help her out of the plane. Grabbing all the bags, Dimitri turned around and met eyes with a golden eyed man. He was tall, quite obviously strong, and there was just something about him that caused Dimitri to dislike him. This man made him quite uncomfortable, and that didn't normally happen. No one was ever able to make him feel so uncomfortable that the hairs on his arms stood up, no Striogoi, no nothing. Walking up to him, Lissa and Adrian taking place right behind him so that he could easily protect them if need be.

The man spoke up, voice deep and precise, "Are you the three from St. Vladimir's Academy," his eyes wavering over the three people in front of him. Eyeing them with a quite pensive look that seemed as if he was peering deep into them, getting a good read on each of them. Making sure that none of them were harmful to him, and that they wouldn't do anything that could cause harm to his family.

Looking back at him, Dimitri finally just nodded before saying, "Yes, we are. You are," questioning him as to what his purpose may be. The guy just smirked and opened his door for them, motioning for them to get in. Dimitri realized that they weren't going to get any answers from this man, but he listened. Helping Lissa into the car, and allowing Adrian to help himself, he went to go and get in the passenger seat before the man quickly told him that the seat was already taken. Dimitri couldn't even peer into the window as the windows were totally blacked out. Sighing, he opened the back door and quickly squeezed into the back seat with Lissa and Adrian.

Once Dimitri was all seated in the back, and looked back to make sure that all the bags were in the back of the car, he was able to look around to the front seat. The only thing that he could really see was long black hair, a fair complexion, and a girl in sunglasses. Dimitri could tell who it was practically right away. Reaching out, he touched her on the arm, and whispered, "Roza," causing the girl in the front to turn around. She looked back at them through her sunglasses, and all he wanted to do was stare into her deep brown eyes. Rose slowly reached up and removed her sunglasses causing Dimitri and Lissa to gasp at her golden colored eyes.

"Hey guys, how you been," Rose asked looking at them with a smile on her face. Dimitri couldn't believe it. Everything about her was still as beautiful as it originally was. Though, now, he just couldn't put a finger on it, but something was different. He didn't know what it was, but all he knew was that Rose was also causing that same uneasy feeling to appear in him that the man in the front seat caused. What it was, he didn't know, but desperately hoped he would find out soon.

Roses POV

Seeing him walk out of that plane caused some of the worst anxiety that I have ever felt. My heart was beating so fast in my chest that it felt like it would beat out; my heart didn't usually beat this fast unless I wasn't in human form. My insides were screaming to tuck and run, that I was still just a child in his eyes that there was no way he could ever love me. 'Calm down. Calm down and just act normal,' I chanted to myself internally, I must've started to shake because Jace reached out and placed a hand over mine. Locking eyes with me, he said, "Hey, it's going to be okay. Lissa and Adrian are your best friends. Lissa sounds alright from how you briefed us about her this morning, and Adrian, well we all know how awesome he is from all your guys' phone calls. Don't worry about Dimitri, if he tries anything or says anything out of line, we will take care of him. Don't worry. Okay." I found myself nodding and calming down from his soft words, he always knew what to say to make me relax. From the moment Jace and I met we instantly had a sibling connection. We loved to fight each other, physically and mentally, but then at the same time, we were insanely protective over one another.

I turned and watched Jace exit the car and speak with Dimitri, well more like speak at Dimitri. One thing about Jace is that he loves fucking with people. He was allowed to speak with them, but at the moment he was just really enjoying making the three of them uneasy. It was quite funny to say the least. Finally, it seemed like Dimitri realized that he had no other hope but to trust Jace, even though Jace hadn't given him a reason. No one but us, and Kirova knew where they were, which made them safer than ever at the moment. Kirova would never give out such a vital piece of information regarding the safety of Adrian and Lissa unless she wanted Queen Tatiana to sentence her to death. Adrian was practically the Queens pride and joy considering he was her nephew, and anything he wanted, Adrian usually got.

By the time they got in the car, I could instantly tell Adrian knew exactly who I was though he wasn't going to say anything to the others until they guessed. He was more likely to either confront me at night or while I was dreaming. His dream walking led to quite the privacy between us, usually leading to a bit of making out so both of us could get rid of some pent up aggregation. Out of the three of them here, Adrian was the only one who knew exactly what my family was, and he was going to keep it that way. He has seen the wrath of Rose Hathaway, and it was not pretty.

Just as the car started to roll away from the tarmac, I heard an almost inaudible gasp come from Dimitri who then proceeded to reach out and touch my arm. "Roza…," he said in such a loving tone that I didn't know what to think, my heart started to race again and I gripped the cars center console to try and fight it.

Turning my head to look at them, I smiled a bright smile and took off my sunglasses, forgetting about my new eye color and the affect it had on people. "Hey guys, how you been," I started with, my voice coming out stronger than I felt. They both proceeded to gasp at the sight of me, and my heart dropped. I forgot how uneasy I could also make people feel, especially vampires. This was going to take some getting used to. As I turned around, a single tear rolled down my cheek, realizing that I may have just completely scared away Lissa, and Dimitri. I don't know what I would do if they were scared of me.