For days afterwards, that dream haunted me. Had I slept with Adrian? Or was my subconscious making up theories that somehow made more sense. I was sitting on my bed, staring at a picture of me, Dimitri and Lissa. The two people I loved more than life itself. But not at the moment. The serious accusations they had made were still looming over my head like a pendulum about to drop. Was it dangerously close to my head, about to drop, as the accusations were close to a truth that something had happened between Adrian and myself?

"Enough of this" I spoke to myself as I buried my head in my hands.

The burning desire to know the truth was gnawing at me but Adrian was still hesitant toward me. I wasn't about to apologize for what I had done but I needed to know the truth about that night. I uhm'd and ah'd over the decision but my desire won out. I got up out of my bed of self pity and strode over towards Adrian's quarters.

I took a couple of deep breaths before knocking three times.

"Come in!" I heard a voice yell from beyond.

I grasped the doorknob and forced my feet to carry my trembling body into the room. Adrian walked out the bathroom and stopped abruptly when he saw that it was me.

"Rosemarie" he said, the annoyance running deep in his voice

"Rose. You know I don't like Rosemarie" I said

"Well, I don't like you at the moment so just deal with it" he said with a sneer.

I looked at his eyes. It had been two weeks since I hit him. The black eye that Christian gave him was a pale yellow but the one I gave him was still a deep purple, like it was fresh.

"I need to know what happened between us" I blurted

"You punched me" he said dumbly.

"No, not that. That night we got a bit drunk and accidently kissed. Did anything happen?" I asked nervously, torn between wanting to know the truth but wanting so bad to walk away and live obliviously.

"We got drunk and kissed" he said slowly, like talking to small child.

"I know that, but did anything else happen? Besides that, like involving a bed?" I asked, my voice getting higher when I said 'bed'.

"There was a bed involved" he mentioned thoughtfully.

"Oh God" I could feel the bile rising up from my stomach

"Wait, you think that we slept together? No! You fell asleep on my bed and that's it. Dimitri came in and carried you back to your room. Can't say he was too impressed about the kiss but he didn't get too angry about it. Why on Earth would you think that we slept together?" he had a look of confusion

"Wait, you don't know?" This sparked my confusion.

Surely Lissa or at least Dimitri would have confronted him?

"Know what?" This piqued his interest.

"Nothing" I claimed and quickly walked out of the room, leaving Adrian in a state of confusion and disorientation.

I calmed by breathing as I considered my situation. I was relieved that Adrian and my self had not made it to the bed but also confused as I could remember every day leading up to my discovery and had not been taken advantage of by anyone except Dimitri. What did this mean? Somehow, had two dhampirs conceived a child? Achieved the impossible, something that out kind had been taught to believe for as long as two dhampirs had been together? I was heading around a corner when I walked into someone.

"Sorry, I wasn't looking" The stranger looked up, it was Dimitri

"That's okay" I said with a stony face.

"Rose, we need to talk" he said

"I think you've expressed your feelings perfectly" I said shortly

"I want to talk to you properly. Apologize properly and talk about our future"

"What future?" I spat "As far as I'm concerned, we're over. You've knocked me up but don't quite know how, accused me of cheating and hit me. If those last two don't end a relationship, I don't know what does."

"It was a rash assumption and I apologize profusely. And for striking you. That is something a man should never do his woman, no matter the reason." His voice was dripping with regret.

"Well you did and it was based on accusations and assumptions. I'm sorry but I can't accept your apology. Not yet" My voice was low but had all the warmth of an ice cold drink.

I walked off leaving Dimitri with his head hung and his tail between his legs. I closed the door to my bedroom and put my head against the door. I bit back tears. Was it really over between Dimitri and me? After everything we had been through, did it really come down to this? I walked over to my bed but found a note left on it scribbled in black marker.

I HAVE DESTROYED YOUR LIFE AS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED

"What the?" I muttered.

I had a sinking feeling that whoever this note was somehow responsible for the mess I was currently in.