Dimitri POV
"Rose would be a great mother. Would she always love me knowing that I couldn't give her that. Shut up Dimitri. She'll always love you and if she wants to move on, you'll let her because you love her too."
Stepping out of the shower, I looked into the mirror and focused on my eyes. My eyes, the same color they had always been. I thought about the things I took for granted, my life, my soul, Rose. I pushed her away countless number of times, but did I really need to. I gave up just before the attack and conceded to her wishes and well… mine. Why couldn't I do that before.
The door to the bathroom opened and I stopped thinking. "Oh shit!" Thank… God there was a towel wrapped around me. "Lara… um yes?"
"Sorry Dimka, you were talking to yourself and well I was a bit worried. Are you alright?" I was speaking out loud? "How much did you hear Lara?"
"Not much, just something about you giving up before an attack?" I nodded. "Indeed you heard, sorry. I didn't realize I was speaking out loud." "Oh, it's alright." She looked down at the floor then looked up. "What was she like? Rose."
I looked at my pretty sister. I looked her in the eyes. "She was… everything. She had these that held the world, secrets, lies, pain and goodness. Her hair was gorgeous. I remember once she complained that all female guardians cut their hair, but that she didn't want to. I told her that she shouldn't. I always loved her hair. She's beautiful too, absolutely beautiful. She… she meant a lot to me. You see, Rose saw me for who I really was. Most people didn't look beyond the exterior but she did. Mainly because we were a lot alike. You would have loved her, I'm certain of that." Lara smiled and shut the door.
Rose POV
"Hello Lissa?" "Hello Rose." "Look Lissa I've been thinking a lot about the whole situation that we are in. Me being pregnant, Dimitri being dead. It's just a lot to handle. And well I want to keep my children. There has to be some other way, to do this." "Oh Rose, I was afraid this would be a problem, but there is no other way. I couldn't find anything." "Well then we haven't tried hard enough." I hung up the phone. I hadn't meant to be rude I just knew what I wanted and this wasn't it.
Christian POV
I stood on a balcony just staring out into the night. Rose was Lissa's best friend and believe me I cared for her. Even when it seemed like I didn't. I did. Everything changed after Spokane. I had a whole new perspective of her. She didn't like Mia at all but still she fought for her and could have died… would have died for her. Rose deserved better than this.
I can't say I was surprised about the whole her loving Dimitri thing. After finding out I realize all the signs were there. And if you were looking for it, you would have known. I wonder if anyone was looking for it, or if anyone just knew. Adrian had hinted at it before, but only in small talk conversations.
When Rose and Lissa first came back with Belikov it was clear she didn't like him, at all. But now she loves him. How and when did it happen? Will we ever know? Belikov stayed instead of going with Tasha. Was it for Rose? I turned around and saw Adrian. "Hey"
"Hey. You were thinking about something serious. I can tell by your aura" Should I tell Adrian, it was clear he cared a lot about Rose. Maybe more than a Moroi should care about a Dhampir. "Did you know?"
"Know what?" "Did you know about Rose and Dimitri?"
"I had the idea. And pretty much had it all figured out."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Look Christian, I'm not the fucked up asshole everyone makes me out to be! I care about her! I may not be who she wants, but I sure as hell wouldn't do that to her. Why do you think I gave her the money, it wasn't because I wanted to make that deal it was because I understood how she felt. She loves him and she's setting him free even if it kills her. And yes I knew, I knew just by looking at them. I knew something was wrong with Lissa and I knew it was somehow affecting Rose. I also knew there was nothing to do about it, just like I knew there was nothing I could do about her loving him. Yea sure I've had my share of pleasures, but Rose wasn't like that. She deserved happiness, I wasn't going to be the one to ruin that for her." Adrian walked away from me then. I didn't say anything else.
