Chapter Eight
Rose was very quiet for the next couple of days; she gave me time off to help my family settle in and an envelope to give them. Mamma was very pleased with the arrangements. Rose had built such a vast community that well it really should have been called a mini city. That there were jobs available at very good wages something that was hard to find back in Russia.
I gave her the envelope from Rose and went into the kitchen with more boxes. I heard my mother give a short scream and raced into the living room
"What's wrong mamma?" I asked her after assessing for threats. She looked rather shaken and sat down with shaking legs.
"Dimka is this for real? No one is this generous" she exclaimed
"What is it?"
"A deed to the land and house, in my name"
"What!"
I snatched the papers out of her hand and sure enough there was the deeds giving my mother lock stock and barrel ownership. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I flip the pages over and found a beautifully written letter from Rose.
Dear Mrs. Belikov
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our humble community. On arrival each family receives their own home and land to do with as they please, should you wish to sell we of course would purchase the property off you.
We give you these gifts as thank you for the future service of your son and the sacrifice you and he will make in his pledge to protect me. My family and I do not believe that it is a duty to protect Moroi; we feel that we Damphire and Moroi are equal and it is all our responsibility to defend and protect the innocent.
There is plenty of positions available for you should you choose to gain employment. If you have skill or a trade and wish to open your own establishment please see my trusted man of business Mikhail Tanner. Unfortunately due to a lack of educators, cannot offer onsite education for ages five and up, arrangements have been made for enrolments in human schools or within an academy.
All and any home repairs that are needed are also included in this gift should you have need please seek me immediately.
Yours Sincerely
Rosemarie Mazur
I finished the letter and handed it to my mother, I couldn't believe how generous she is. My mother was crying softly in disbelief. Babushka and the girls came in hefting more boxes
"Mamma what's wrong?"
She handed Babushka the letter and deeds to the property, she looked stunned and amazed, which is weird because my grandmother was a psychic. They all burst into tears. No one had ever been so generous or nice to our family, we were disgraced blood whores let alone give my mother and grandmother peace of mind. A knock on the door bought me out of my musings.
"Ah Mrs. Belikov it is a pleasure to meet you" Abe said
"Mamma this is Rose's father Abe"
"It is a pleasure to meet you sir please call me Olena, thank you so much but we cannot accept such a generous gift from you and your daughter" she said
She was trying to stuff the papers into his hands.
"You will hurt my daughter very much if you decline her gift it is her way of making sure should a Guardian sacrifice his life in her steed that his family will be taken care of for their generation and future generations"
"Surely there is some way we could repay her, for her generosity?"
"Actually there is, Rose has had very little contact with girls her own age, I ask that they take the time to show her what young girls do, without leaving the estate of course. Dimitri can explain that later" he said
I nodded of course I would tell them
"Oh and Dimitri, Rose asked me to drop this off on my way". Handing me a large covered dish and a bag of black bread. "I'm surprised she gave it up, last time I went to eat the last slice she damn well near cut my hands off!" he said laughing whilst heading out the door
As we sat and ate the dinner Rose had provided us, I told them about her and her situation. There was not one dry eye in the house and this included Paul and Zoya, although little Zoya was tired from traveling across the world, she was smart enough to understand someone else's pain.
I headed back to the main house later that night lost in my thoughts. I had been so wrong about Rose and now she had been hurt and humiliated. As I was walking I could hear a gentle splashing I followed the noise and found to my delight a pond with a miniature waterfall, but that wasn't the only thing I found.
Rose was swimming in the moonlight and she looked breath taking. I knew that she knew I was there but she didn't look my way. After about ten minutes of me perving, no I'm not perving I'm observing I thought to myself, that evil voice at the back of my mind said "Yeah you keep telling yourself that but your pants are speaking for themselves buddy!"
"Will you join me guardian Belikov the water is lovely" she asked a little hesitantly
"You can call me Dimitri if you wish" I said whilst stripping off my shirt. I could tell I had caught her a little off guard as she blushed bright red when I caught her staring at me. My ego shot up a couple of notches.
"Roza"
"Roza?" she asked me
"It is your name in Russian" I told her. I had forgotten what I was going to ask her when she licked her lips. My eyes followed the movement of her tongue and I suddenly wanted to kiss her more than I had wanted anything in my life. She was looking at me expectantly
"What is it Dimitri" it was the first time she had really used my name, and coming from her lips it sounded so sexy, I had to suppress a shiver.
"Nothing never mind, shall I escort you to your room?" I said I could have kicked myself when I saw the hurt in her eyes, but just like that it was gone. I walked her to her door but before she had a chance to enter I kissed her on the cheek.
"Good night Roza"
"Goodnight" I heard her whisper behind me
