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Dimitri's POV

'Aleksandr...Bemekov...no...Bogdanov. Yes, That was him.'I knew I had recognized him. I had only arrived two minutes prior to now and found Roza speaking with my distant cousin. 'What does he want?'It was just got dark, and everything was pretty much closed down except for that twenty-four hour cafe. Most people knew it was dangerous to prowl the streets at night around here. Strog...,or my kind, were known to hunt in these areas. I wonder if she knew that. She should be leaving soon, or so I hoped.

As I glanced back through the window, I saw that Alek was holding onto her arm. Roza, my Roza, didn't seem happy. As I saw her advancing for the door, I ran about thirty feet back, making sure I couldn't be sensed. And then she started running. I followed her with ease, and eventually, she stopped and fell to the ground. After a few moments, her face turned from confused, to pissed, to worried, and she started looking frantically around. 'Oh, what I wouldn't give for a drop of her blood. I could just...NO!' I had to quickly stop myself from advancing towards her any further. I wanted to hold her so badly. I wondered if she could ever trust me like this. 'No, but I could always trust her. I always have.'

I couldn't stop thinking about what happened on the squad with Stan today. I knew Rose was always prepared, and she just blew it. I knew there was something she wasn't telling me.

"What happened then? With Stan?" I just had to ask. She looked away from me. No eye contact. Something was definitely going on.

She thought for a long while before answering. "I don't know what happened out there. My intentions were good...I just...I just messed up."

Wrong answer. I knew her better than that. "Rose. You're a terrible liar."

She looked up quickly in defense. Of course. "No I'm not. I've told a lot of good lies in my life. People have believed them." I smiled. I wondered if she thought was a good thing.

"I'm sure. But it doesn't work with me. For one thing, you won't look me in the eyes. As for the other...I don't know. I can just tell."

She knew I figured her out. How could she think that I would of fallen for it? She stalked towards the door and stopped, keeping her back towards me. I wondered why she just wouldn't tell me.

"Look, I appreciate you being worried about me...but really, it's okay. I just messed up. I'm embarrassed about it—and sorry I put your awesome training to shame—but I'll rebound. Next time, Stan's ass is mine." I still wasn't biting. I got up slowly and made my way over to her. I could touch her shoulder right? Just one little touch. I tried to control myself. When my hand touched her shoulder, she instantly went rigid.

Rose, I don't know why your lying, but I know you wouldn't do it without good reason. And if there's something wrong—something you're afraid to tell the others--"

She whipped around so quickly, I just knew that I struck a nerve. I prayed to God that she was going to tell me. "I'm not afraid." she seemed so small. Like she really was trying to hold everything back. She didn't need to though. She went on about feeling sorry for her, but I didn't reply to any of it. I just took her face in. I wanted to see her beautiful smile. I wanted to let her know I was here for her no matter what.

"You don't have to do this alone." I wanted her to fall in my arms and tell me everything. I wanted to protect her. It went against everything I ever taught her about being strong and independent.

"You say that...but tell me the truth. Do you go running to others when you have problems?"

I hadn't expected that. "That's not the same--"

"Answer the question, comrade." God, that stupid name.

"Don't call me that." I knew I secretly loved it.

"And don't avoid the question either."

"No." I answered in defeat. "I try to deal with my problems on my own." Well I knew that didn't get me any closer to her telling me the truth.

She then slipped away from my hand. "See?"

I had to bring up a difference. "But you have a lot of people in your life that you can trust, people who care about you. That changes things." Okay, that wasn't that good, but maybe...

"You don't have people who care about you?" Of course she would find away to defy me.

I knew I had people like that in my life, and I told her that, but I also said it didn't mean I'd tell them everything. The only person I wanted to run to now was her. My Roza.

Her next question surprised me. "Do you trust me?"

Yes. I thought. Wait, I need to tell her. "Yes." Great, she probably thought there was hesitation in that answer.

"Then trust me now, and don't worry about me just this once." And just like that, she was gone. I knew I couldn't put up a struggle anymore about this situation. She needed my trust, and I would always give it to her.

And now, she will never ask for it again. She will only think of me for what I am, a monster. I kept trying to think of ways to have her with me, but there was nothing. All I could do was stare from afar until I get the courage to let her kill me.

"So, we meet again, my brother."

I whipped around quickly to be eye level with my source of hatred. Kieron.

"What are you doing here?"

He casually wiped his blonde hair from his eyes and starred ahead. He let out a small chuckled and whispered, "I just wanted to pay Rosie a visit." A playful smile was plastered on his face.

At this moment, I went to grab him, but he must have predicted my movement because that was when he launched towards her.

I knew she was defenseless. I knew he wanted her dead. And I knew that if I tried to save my precious Roza, I'd probably kill her too.

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