Lissa and I were walking towards Sonya and Mikhails room. Tomorrow we would go to the academy and we wanted to ask them to go back to the academy to teach again.

Lissa knocked at the door. 'Sonya, Mikhail, are you home?'

'Yes, come in.'

We walked into their room. It was the first time I was there. Of course there were a lot flowers, which were absolutely beautiful. It was a colorful room.

'Do you want to drink something?'

' No thanks, I already had some drink' Lissa said.

'Me too' I said.

I didn't know what else to say. Thankfully Lissa knew. 'Rose and I were thinking that it could be helpful to have a Spirit-user at the acedemy. We know that there are at least 2 Spirit-users at the academy now. We wanted to ask you if you would want to take back your old job, Sonya. Of course Mikhail can go with you.'

'We need to discuss it with Kirova, but I think she'll let you if you want to. We wanted to ask you first' I added.

Sonya looked at Mikhail. He silently nodded he would go with her.

'I don't know if she'll let me go back, since I turned myself Strigoi' she said.

'That'll won't be a problem. You aren't a Strigoi anymore and everyone knows that. You regret it, you won't turn yourself again. We can talk to Kirova if that's the reason she wouldn't want you to return.' Lissa said.

'Okay, talk to her. I'm not saying I will return for now, but let's try it. First I want to know how others will react' Sonya said.

'Okay, we'll go to the academy tomorrow, so I call you to say what Kirova says about it.

After our visit to Sonya and Mikhail we both went to our own apartment. We both had to pack our stuff and get ready for the trip.

The flight was quiet. It took a few hours to go to the academy. We were with a little group; Lissa, Christian, Dimitri, Mia, Eddie and a few other Royal Guardians. Sonya and Mikhail didn't join us, since they wanted to wait what Kirova would say.

Kirova and Alberta were waiting for us when we arrived. 'Good afternoon. Will you please follow me to your guest rooms?' Kirova said.

We walked to our rooms. Lissa and Christian had the biggest room, because Lissa is the Queen. Dimitri and I slept next to them and the other Guardians were also near. Mia had a room in her own and Eddie slept next to her.

'Guardian Belikov, Guardian Hathaway, can I please talk to you after you're done packing?' Alberta asked.

'Sure' Dimitri answered.

We all went to our rooms and unpacked. Once dimitri and I were done we walked to Alberta's office.

'Come in' she said after we knocked on the door.

'Rose, Dimitri, good to see you. How are you?' she asked.

'Fine, thank you.' Dimitri said.

'Fine too… Dimitri told me you always knew about us?' I asked.

'Yes, I knew.'

'But… how did you notice?'

'You were obvious for me. You always called him 'Dimitri' and he had more influence than anyone else. He was the only one that could calm you when you were upset.'

Okay, she was right. He had a lot influece. I always wanted him to be satisfied.

'Besides that, Dimitri changed too. He was more open to you than to anyone else, except to his family.'

'That's impossible…' I said.

'No it isn't. You had influence on me too. I trusted you more than anyone else' Dimitri said.

'You may have thought I still was an antisocial person, that I cut myself of of everything, but that was worse. Alberta knew' he added.

Alberta laughed. 'Once I suspected things, you were very obvious. I knew it after Spokane. the way dimitri took care about you wasn't a way he would if he was 'just' you teacher.'

'So, you knew long before we were together?'

'Yes'

'Why didn't you tell Kirova?'

'I knew you two. You both were fighting for your feelings, but I could see it was true love. You two deserved each other and I didn't want to break that. If I would have reported anything, Dimitri would bein jail, your future would be bad, you would lose one of the two people you loved the most and you both would be unhappy.'

I was surprised. 'Well, thank you'

'Sure. Oh Rose,'

'Yes?'

'I want to say that I'm proud of you.'

'Thank you… But, why?'

'Well… It's hard to learn how to deal with being a Guardian, and you already start wit being a Royal Guardian, which is a huge step.'

'That's true, but I always felt like I was Lissa's Guardian already, even at the academy, so it's not that much a change.'

'Maybe you're right, but I'm still proud of you and I have respect for how you deal with everything.' Alberta said.

'Well… Thank you' I said.