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Recap:"I knew I was in one of Adrian's dreams because I was ironically, in a garden full of roses, sitting on a bench. I eyed Adrian nervously as he walked towards me.. Here goes nothing."...(last chapter)
Chapter 9: Every Rose has its thorn.
"Little Dhampir, It's been so long." He smiled his Adrian smile, one that would have made my heart melt if my heart did not already belong to someone else. He sat down beside me and placed my hand in his. I took a deep breath and was about to explain when he put his finger to my lips.
"Rose, don't say anything yet. I need to talk to you, I don't want to do this but I know I have too. I have realized I need to take my place as your friend and not your boyfriend..." He paused, eyeing my composure. I tried to say something but he cut me off. " From the first minute I met you at the lodge I knew I loved you, I couldn't help it. You are so beautiful but when I look at your aura now and then, it shows a deep love, deeper than any other connection I have seen...not for me but for Dimitri. I should have known that you and Dimitri deserve to be together because he aura shows it too. I tried to block it out because there was another part of your aura that showed your love for me and it has grown but I know that it will never match up to your love for Dimitri and it is selfish of me to want to keep you from that kind of emotion. I looked at myself in the mirror the other day and my aura it shows my love for you but it isn't even as strong as what Dimitri feels for you. Don't get me wrong I love you so much Rose, and I meant it when I said that I can't live without you in my life but I realized we are better friends. To be honest, seeing the kind of connection between you and Dimitri has given me hope that I will find a love that strong. I don't want you to be sad Rose, I just want you to be happy my little Dhampir." He lifted my chin and kissed my forehead.
A tear fell from my eyes, "You will always have me in your life, as your friend...your best friend." I pulled him close and gave him a gut wrenching hug. I'm not going to lie a piece of my heart yearned for Adrian but I was happy to have him in my life as a friend, where he belonged. As much as I loved Adrian there is no ignoring how much more I love Dimitri. It's like Dimitri and I were magnets draw to each other no matter what tries to get in the way to keep us a part.
"Alright now that we have the hard part over, what do you know Little Dhapmir?"
"Well I believe you are completely right on Tasha, Victor and Robert killing Tatiana because Tatiana visited me herself and told me that the obvious killer wasn't exactly the only killer that played into her death. She said someone who helped had hidden motives. Also when I went to talk to Rhonda, the psychic, at the court, she told me I have a female enemy so it all makes sense."
"We just need to figure out how to prove it...by the way what are you up too?" He looked at me quizzically. I don't know how he knew I was always up to something but somehow he did. I'm guessing my aura is giving me away. I gonna have to figure out a way to hide it...is that even possible?
I started whittling my thumbs and finally threw my hands in the air when he would not stop giving me the 'you're sooo up to something' look, "FINE! I'll tell you when I was at the trial Ambrose gave me a letter from your aunt and she told me that I needed to find the last Dragomir so Lissa can have her spot on council...which brings me to another thing-"
He cut me off before I could finish. His eyes were wide, " You mean there is another Dragomir? Does Lissa know?"
I flinched. "Not exactly...and yes there is. They live somewhere in Michigan and that is where we are headed next but that's not what I was going to tell you. Someone stole files from the Alchemist's headquarters over Eric Dragomir's bank statements. I think it was Robert and Victor and if that is true than...They know where Lissa's sibling is."
"Rose! This is big news! How are you going to tell Lissa?" His mouth was hanging wide open.
I started fidgeting..."Well...You see...Can you tell her? Please, Please, Please! I don't have enough time to sit down and tell her. I am running out of time as it is." I looked up at him and pretty much he looked like a fire hot tea kettle ready to blow steam.
He hesitated when I shot him the sweetest puppy dog eyes I could manage, then finally he sighed deeply. "Fine Rose, I'll tell her but she is not going to be happy, hearing it from me."
I patted his hand, "You'll do fine. I would have told her but I really don't have time to argue with her over the phone." Everything started to blur. I was waking up. I managed to get one last thing out before I woke up completely. "I need you to watch after her Adrian. I am worried our new found enemy has something up her sleeve. Visit me tonight I'll be on the plane." I saw him nod off in the distance and then he was gone all together.
When I opened my eyes Dimitri smiled a lazy grin that looked even more sexy on my very naked fiance. He laughed at my goofy grin.
"Good morning soon to be Mrs. Belikov." Butterflies batted away in my stomach. Something about hearing my new last name make the grin spread even more across my face.
I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed his cheek, "Your to cute. I love you comrade."
He nuzzled his nose on mine and seductively ran his hand up my thigh, "If we didn't have to leave in less than an hour, I would be open to doing a repeat of last night."
"Mmm..We got time." I pulled his lips to mine and he let out a husky laugh.
"I'm afraid if we start I won't want to stop and I don't think your father would be happy if he walked in on us in this bed completely naked." He ran his lips up and down the line of my shoulder sending shivers down to my toes.
I let out a sigh, "Fine, I guess your right. We still have a job to do and then we can play." I wiggled my eyebrows at him.
By the time we decided to pry ourselves out of the bed we had five minutes to be downstairs in the living room before my dad wore a hole in the wooden floor from pacing.
"You know Zmey you really should get on some kind of anxiety medication before you blow a head gasket." I grabbed a piece of toast and started munching on it.
He smirked in my direction, "Very cute, Rose." He caught a glimpse of my left hand. I froze toast hanging out of my mouth and all. I relaxed after I saw a smile play across his face. He looked at Dimitri, "So I see he finally popped the question. Olena!" Olena shot around the corner. She grabbed me and squeezed me as tight as she could. I eyed Dimitri over her shoulder, he was apparently amused at my surprised expression.
I pulled away from Olena as Yeva and Viktoria walked down the stairs. "You mean I am the last one to know about this."
Yeva looked at me, obviously unsurprised at my remark. "Of course we did you silly girl. Welcome to the family."
I huffed. "How come I always know everything last?" I nudged Dimitri in the side.
My dad laughed at me, "What would be the fun in YOU knowing everything first." I shot a dark glance in his direction. He held up his hands like he was surrendering.
We finally made our way to the SUV parked in the driveway. I made my rounds of goodbyes to my new in laws and got in the car. I was a little upset that we were leaving but I had to find Lissa's sister or brother. I snuggled up to Dimitri for the three hour drive to the air strip. I wasn't the least bit surprised when we arrived at a private air strip again with a huge silver jet, waiting for us to board. My father liked arriving in style. I smirked at the thought of my dad's flashy habits. Good thing that trait did not rub off on me.
The flight from Russia to Michigan was about ten hours so after about five hours I got severely bored and decided it was about time to ask Zmey some questions. He was looking at a sheet of paper and squinting his eyes, he looked frustrated. It was rather amusing.
"So where are we going in Michigan?" He looked up at me, then back down at his paper and gave up on whatever he was reading.
"Detroit. The account in Vegas was wiring money into a account in Detroit to a lady by the name of Emily Mastrano."
My eyes grew wide, and pictures of the day I met Jill's mother played in my mind. I should have known! Jill's pale green eyes should have been the give away. Dimitri and Zmey were staring at me with concern.
Dimitri grabbed a hold of my shoulders. "Roza, What's wrong?"
I shook my head, "Damn it! I should have known. She was here all along! Jill! I should have known by her eyes!"
Zmey's eyebrow's furrowed with confusion, "You know who the last Dragomir is?"
I started to rub my temples, "It's Jill..We have to hurry. It may be to late. I need to talk to Adrian."
I hope this will hold you all over until tomorrow I didn't have enough time to go in depth anyfurther so I decided to stop here before this evening turned into a 2 a.m writting event. So I gave you a little more info.
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