She put her arms around my neck and combed her fingers through my hair, scraping my scalp with her nails causing me to shiver. I love the feel of her nails on my skin. She gave me that man-eater-smile of hers, making my blood boil with lust. "Not very bloody likely, I love your hands and mouth on me." Then she asked the silliest question I swear I've ever heard come out of her beautiful mouth, "Does that make me sound like a slut?"

Shaking my head at this ridiculous question. I answered her anyway, "No love, it makes you sound like what you are. A woman in love, with a man who loves her desperately. Oh I forgot to give you your ring, we got a little distracted." I grinned and wiggled my eyebrows at her. Getting down on one knee I asked her again, the way she deserved to be proposed to.

"Rosemarie Anastasia Hathaway Mazur, My Roza, I have loved you since I first laid eyes on you in Portland. We have had some bad times, all of which were my fault and due to my own stupidity and fear. But I love you more than life itself. I always have and I always will. Everything I have ever said or done that made you doubt that, just proved what and ass I've been. I am a simple damphire but everything I have or ever will have is yours. Roza, will you do me the greatest of honors and become my wife? Loving me forever and ever and letting me do the same for you?"

"Yes Dimitri, my answer will always be yes." Standing up I kissed her, then slipped the ring on her beautiful finger before kissing her graceful but deadly hand.

"I love you so much my Roza."

"As I love you, my Comrade." The smile that split my face when she called me that couldn't be hidden, not that I would ever hide anything from her ever again. I would never tire of hearing her call me that. But good God did she really need to call me her Comrade? Just hearing her call, me 'Comrade' made me want to make love to her for days on end without stopping. But 'my Comrade' I could barely hold myself back from taking her right here against the wall, and showing her again, just how much I love her. It got to me almost as much as when she calls me Mitri and that was one word I would never be able to resist. When I saw her smile I knew she could see the desire in my eyes and just how difficult it was for me not to make love to her again right then and right there. When I was finally able to get myself under control, we left the room.

We meet everyone for breakfast in the restaurant attached to the hotel. And Roza being Roza ate enough for everyone.

"I swear I'll never understand how you eat that much?" Christian laughed at her. "But I'm glad you're finally eating again." He said with a smile. Hearing that I knew she hadn't been eating well, which was also my fault. God, how could I have been so fucking stupid. But never again, would I let anything or anyone come between us. I will be here from now on, to be sure she is taken care of properly. She's finally mine again and mine she would stay.

"Well you see Chris when you use a huuuuge amount of energy the night before, breakfast is a good way to replenish said energy. And if I'm lucky I'll need to eat this much or more for every meal from now on." Everyone laughed at this.

"Ok, we'll be leaving for St. Vlad's in an hour. But first I never got around to telling you who the new queen is."

"Yea baba who is the new queen? I hope she's better than Tatiana, because she was a true bitch. Not that the moroi world means anything to us anymore."

(RPOV)

"The new queen is Vasilissa Dragomir." I was shocked beyond words.

"I don't know what to say. But that was another life time for me so I don't care. I'm just glad I'm not bonded to her anymore."

"What do you mean you're not bonded to her, baby? How did that happen?"

"The bond was broken when I died two months after we left."

(DPOV)

"What?!" I almost chocked on my orange juice. I did actually choke but I got my coughing under control in a few minutes.

As Roza rubbed my back she said, "Calm down Comrade. I'm fine, it was only a couple of minutes but it was enough to free me from her." I can't believe she died again, and I hadn't been there to protect her.

"Tell me what happened Roza."

"Well there was this girl. One night after a concert, after we had cleaned this town of strigoi a gang of humans had cornered this young woman. I knew what they had in mind for her or at least I thought I did, and I was not going to let that happen. So me being me I attacked, there were ten of them and I had them beaten only for the girl to come up behind me and stab me in the back. I mean here I was trying to help her and she fucking stabbed me. They stole my wallet which was a decoy I never carry money or anything in there but fake ID's and fake credit cards, so they got shit for all their attempts. But anyway Al found me when I activated my tracker. They told me I died just as they lay me down to try and stitch me back up. Al used a defibrillator on me, took a few minutes but they brought me back. So here I am all in one piece and fine." I pulled her into my arms and silently sobbed into her hair. She had died again and I hadn't been there to help and protect her, to save her, to keep her safe.

"Hey, hey, hey look at me, I'm fine baby. Look, see I'm fine." She said as she pulled away from me to show me that she was in fact ok and alive. "Now is that any way for a newly engaged man to act?"

"Yes, it is when the man finds out he almost lost his future wife. I'm so sorry milaya, I've been so stupid; I should have been there to protect you."

"Baby, I'm fine. Didn't I prove to you last night and again this morning just how fine I am?"

"Oh you did, you definitely did." I told her with a grin before pulling her into a gut wrenching kiss. Then leaning my forehead against hers I said, "I love you so much Roza, and I'm so so proud to be able to call you my wife."

"Wait just one damn minute. Did you just say engaged?!" Mia shouted. Roza and I just looked at her and nodded our heads, foreheads still pressed together. Then Mia let out an ear piercing squeal.

"Let me see, let me see, let me see." She said so fast it almost ran together. Roza reached her hand out and showed them her ring. It was a three cart royal blue princess cut sapphire surrounded by half cart trillion cut rubies on a narrow 24 kart gold band.

After all the hugs, handshakes and threats were finished we went packed and returned to the bus. Two hours later we pulled into the gates of St. Vlad's. I could tell Roza was nervous, I also knew it was because of the way we had to act the last time we were here.

But that wasn't happening this time and as soon as we were off the bus I would show her. But right now I needed to talk to Alberta. "Alberta is there any way you could get them to let Roza and me stay in our cabin?"

"Already done Dimitri. I called Kirova last night, she doesn't know why but she knows we need the cabin. The rest is up to you." After thanking her I went back and sat by my Roza.

We let everyone exit the bus before we did. I made sure I was in front of Roza and that there was as many people as possible around. As soon as she started to step off the last step I had her in my arms lifting her high above my head and twirled her around. My arms around her legs right under her butt, and my nose at her belly button. I came so very close to sticking my tongue in her belly button wanting to hear her moan my name. But managed to hold on to a little self-control. Her arms were raised above her head as I spun us around. With her hair flowing around her in a vertical curtain and with the glow of the sun surrounding her she looked like an angel, my angel. I could hear her melodic laughter as we spun around. When we stopped she wrapped her arms around my neck, and I slide her slowly down my body. While sliding her down I made sure to caress her ass and inner thighs for the world to see. Getting ever closer to her hot pussy with each caress. Leaning down to her ear I said, "God Roza your pussy is so hot. I can't wait to be back inside you. To feel the walls of your beautiful pussy, grasp my cock hard and lovingly, as I pound into you." She gave me her man-eater-smile, turning me into an ecstatic horny puddle of goo. I guess that was one way to let everyone see that she's mine and if not I had plenty more things up my sleeves. Before we left here I'd make sure that everyone in the moroi world knew she was mine and that there wasn't a damn thing any of them could do about it. "I love you Roza." I told her just before I pressed my lips to hers in one of those kisses that could start or stop a war. We eventually had to stop to breath. By then we were so short of breath, our chests rose and fell as if we'd run a two-hundred-mile marathon, and you could plainly see it. With each breath she took I felt her nipples graze my chest and it sent electric shocks throughout my body.

"Baby I love the way you feel in my arms." I said as I gently nuzzled her neck.

"And I love being here." She answered, before capturing my lips with hers and kissing me like this was our last second on earth, until we were interrupted that is.

"I think that is quiet enough, that is no way for guardians to be acting." I of course knew who it was but I didn't care and just to be sure she knew it. I pulled Roza even tighter against my body and kissed her again just as we had before, but this one was even hotter than the last. I lifted her so that she could wrap her glorious legs around my waist, my hands grasped her ass tightly as I pressed her up against the side of the bus. I could hear the whole crew that was with us, laugh and applaud. They realized what was going on and were all for it. After we finally broke our kiss I laid my forehead against hers and looked deeply into her eyes. Both of us smiling like complete idiots but neither of us cared. We were happy, together and in love. Together and in love we would stay no matter what, and we would always be happy if I had anything to do or say about it.

Afterwards I reluctantly set Roza on her feet and left my hand on her ass. I turned and said, "Kirova, I would say it's nice to see you again but that would be a complete and pathetically obvious lie." Constantly stroking Roza's beautiful ass I continued. "After the way you treated my Roza during her time here, you're lucky I don't punch you in the face." Leaving no room in my voice for anyone to think I was joking or boasting in any way, only that I was deadly serious. Which I was.

"How dare you speak to me like that, I'm a moroi you're a guardian it is your duty to give up your life for mine."

I laughed in her face before replying, "Not anymore. We are free of you and people like you. We don't answer to anyone but ourselves and each other anymore. We aren't a part of the moroi world anymore and there isn't a damn thing you or anyone else can do about it." Once again everyone in our crew laughed. As I made a show of still caressing Roza's ass lovingly. "Mmmm, your ass feels sooo good baby." Roza smiled that man-eater smile of hers, once again causing me to melt.

"I'm glad you like it baby, yours is great too, I just love it." She said as she patted me on my ass then pinched me.

"I've always loved your ass baby, and I'm glad you like mine. Later you'll get to see more of it again." Before either of us could say anything else we were again interrupted.

"I should have known this little bloodwhore would poison you. She's worthless, she's never been anything but a slut. There's no telling how many of the guardians and students she slept with." Out the corner of my eye I saw Eddie and Alberta both holding Abe back.

I heard Al tell him, "just watch, let them handle this. They know exactly what they are doing, they are both more than capable of handling that bitch." I grinned knowing full well she was right. Roza had always been able to handle Kirova. Even if, at the time, she couldn't do anything physically, she'd always been able to put Kirova in her place verbally.

"Look bitch, I'm going to tell you this one time and one time only. Before I let Roza go so she can do to you what she's always wanted to, and trust me when I say that it won't be fun for you. Everyone else will enjoy the hell out of it, but you won't. Now, not that it's any of your fucking business, but Roza has slept with no one but me, she was a virgin the first time we were together. If anyone here is a slut it's you, you are the one who tried to seduce me. You are the one who threatened to have my title revoked if I didn't sleep with you. You are the one who missuses your position of authority here in order to mistreat everyone on campus and get your way with as much as possible. So don't you ever, as long as you are on this fucking earth, say or insinuate things like that about my Roza ever a-fucking-gain. Do you understand me? I may not be one to hit a woman but I promise you, my Roza has no qualms in that department, what. So. Ever. Now who is head Guardian here since Al left?" A pissed and flustered Kirova sputtered but never answered. Then she stormed away. "Bitch." I said loud enough to be sure she heard me.

"That would be me Dimitri." Yuri shook my hand, "It's good to see you again. How are you no longer a strigoi? I heard Queen Vasilissa staked you, but what I mean is how is it possible?"

"Of course, that's the only part anyone heard about." Roza grumbled.

"My Roza." I said caressing her cheek and giving her a slightly brief but passionate kiss. Letting her know that those that mattered knew what really happened or soon would. Before continuing, "this wonder woman found a way to return strigoi to their former selves."

"Hello Rose..." (*)