Chapter 4

Dimitri

I was walking into one of the lounges when I heard the door open. I turned to see Janine Hathaway walking towards me.

"Guardian Belikov I ask you nicely please don't take the Princess on this mission. Its suicide, you will put everyone that is involved this in grave danger. I'm begging you as Rose's mom not as a Guardian," I flinched at that, "Dimitri please don't do this."

"I'm truly sorry for your lost but I'm not the one running this mission, Lissa is."

"Well it's your job to stop her and have her not go through with it."

"I'm sorry. But I'm doing what I feel is right for the first time in my life. My life has always been about what others think is right well for once I'm doing what I think is right." I said walking to her, "I really am sorry, I know exactly how you feel." I placed my hand on her arm gave it a little squeeze.

"How do you know how I feel? It's not like you… Oh…My…God! Dimitri! Are you serious? How can you with my daughter?"

"You know I wasn't the only one that feels like this. Roza loved me just like I loved her. You would know this if you ever just stuck around until graduation. We were going to tell everyone once she graduated. But that's not going to happen unless I meet Lissa and Christian." I said continuing walking into the lounge where I could see Lissa and Christian waiting with a couple of Guardians I called to help out.

What's going on Dimitri?" Lissa asked when she seen Janine walk in.

"Princess." Was all she said.

"Guardian Hathaway," I flinched again, "Was just telling me that you should stay here."

"No. I can't do that." She said to me then turned to Janine and said, "I know this is hard for you, but I can save her, but I need all the support I could get. Janine this hard for me, just as it is hard for you and Dimitri. We all love Rose and we want to help her. Well let me do this, for Rose."

"Okay Princess you can do this… if I can come with you?"

"Sure you can come, we will need everyone one of you to do this because I can't hold her and heal her at the same time so here how it will be. Dimitri and Janine you will be with me, while Guardian Novikov and Guardian Tanner will be with Christian restraining Rose. Everyone got that?"

We all nodded and grabbed are bags and headed out to the air strip. We were really going to do this. I was so nervous that I had to fix the grip on my bag twice. I could see Janine look at me through the corner of her eye. She must have just realized how hard this is going to be for me.

Once be boarded the plane a very unpleasant voice carried over to where I was standing.

Adrian Ivashkov was sitting with a drink all ready in his hand.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded coldly.

I got a strange look from Lissa and Christian, but they didn't say anything. I guess that they could see that I was jealous of Adrian due to fact that he tried to take Rose from me, by buying her presents.

"I'm going to save Rose just like you. Is there a problem with that Dhampir?"

I was about to give him a smartass comment when Lissa cut me off.

"Adrian you can't help us. I want you to please leave."

"I-I can't do that Princess, I got orders from the Queen. So whether you like it or not I have to come." He said with a smirk that I just wanted to slap off his face.

" Fine, "I said my voice still hard," You can come just don't get in my way. Got it?"

My voice must have been cold enough to scare Adrian Ivashkov to death.

We took are seats and waited the twenty-two hour flight to St. Petersburg, I sat by Christian and Lissa while Guardian Tanner and Janine sat by Adrian. Guardian Novikov sat in the front of the plane awaiting orders from us once we got off the plane.