A/N…hey peoples, I'm back!

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone for reading&reviewing and putting this story on their favourites and story alert. To those who have waited a month for this UD I want to say thanks for sticking with me. To those who are new to the story I want to say welcome - its so lovely to still get reviews weeks after my last UD so thank you!

Quick shout out to: ashleylovez for making me think twice and baseballshoppingmomma for your awesomeness!

Anyways…I'm sorry for the confusion in the last chapter…NOTE: Dimitri does NOT know that Kady is his child! The entire last chapter was Rose's fantasy and when she pulled away from the kiss at the end of the chapter she realised that it was all in her head.

I'm going to include a few snippets from previous chapters so you understand where we're at in the story so far…

Previously on 'Our Daughter Our Little Angel'…

Chapter 5 :

I smiled biting my lip as I watched him (Dimitri). Once he was gone I looked back to Lissa. She had her eyebrows raised. "What?"

"Nothing," she (Lissa) replied innocently.

Chapter 6:

(Janine) "Strigoi attacks are getting worse and more frequent. The queen's holding a meeting to talk the issue over, to do something."

Chapter 6:

"Told me what?" I whispered

His lips edged closer to mine. "That I'm not with Tasha."

Chapter 7:

It had always been Adrian by my side and never Dimitri.

Remember: Dimitri does NOT know that Kady is his. The last chapter was all a fantasy.

Now for the next chapter…Read, Review and Enjoy!

Kady's Story - Chapter 8

"Get. Out." I said coldly. I saw hurt and sadness flash through Dimitri's eyes but didn't let it phase me. He looked at me one last time before he turned his back towards me and walked out the door. The second I heard the door close I slid down the glass window until I was sitting on the floor. I wrapped my arms around my legs and cried my heart out. The pain in my heart was excruciating.

Today had been so perfect. It was just Dimitri, Kady and I. But it really wasn't perfect if you thought about it. If Dimitri had stayed with me and raised our little angel together…that would have been perfect. Instead he left me. He left us! Not only did he leave, he left for no fucking reason. At least if he had left to be with Tasha it would have been an actual fucking reason to leave. No…the son of a bitch left without so much as a goodbye. All he left was a fucking shitty ass note, that was too shitty to even call a goodbye letter. He left me seemingly for no good reason and that's what hurt the most. If he had stayed our life would have been perfect…well as perfect as it could have been living in this vampire world, but perfect nonetheless.

"Mommy?"

Oh no, I couldn't let my little angel see me like this. I quickly rubbed my eyes and tears from my face before looking at my angel. God, she was so incredibly beautiful. Her hair was ruffled and messy from having just gotten out of bed and her nightdress was twisted around her waist. I looked into her deep brown eyes, eyes just like her father's. She had never looked more like her father than at this moment. It was heartbreaking. Tears had formed in her eyes and I couldn't stop the tears brimming my eyes either.

"Hey, angel," I whispered. My voice had become hoarse and dry from my little crying fest. Damn it, why couldn't I just keep my emotions in check? My little baby seemed more vulnerable than I had ever seen her and I knew it upset her to see her mommy upset. I opened my arms out to her. "Come here, baby," my voice breaking at the end.

Kady ran up to me and hugged me so tightly as if she thought by doing so my pain would disappear. And it did help. She was the reason I lived, I don't know what I'd do without my angel. After Dimitri had left I had gone into somewhat of a depression. When I had found out I was pregnant I was in denial at first. However, as I got used to the idea the more and more I loved my little baby inside of me. She was a little part of Dimitri. She brought love and hope back into my life and as I held onto her now I remembered all those things.

I loved my little angel and there was no reason to get so upset with the way things planned out. Everything happens for a reason, right? Dimitri left, but then I experienced the miracle that was my little angel. And now Dimitri was back and he wanted me again. Maybe it was all supposed to happen this way. Whatever it was, I had my little angel and maybe, just maybe, I could have Dimitri too.

With that thought I hugged our daughter that much closer and breathed into her heavenly scent. I caught a whiff of Dimitri. She truly was our daughter, our little angel.

"I love you, Kaitlin. So much. Don't know what mommy would do without you, angel."

The next day when I woke up I realised that we'd be having a moroi-guardian meeting at the chambers to discuss the Strigoi attacks. I grabbed a cup of coffee and doughnut while Kady was munching greedily on her own jam filled doughnut. We made our way to her nursery. I would have dropped her off at Lissa's but both Christian and Lissa were going to attend the meeting too. The meeting would consist of royals - including Queen Bitch - and senior and deputy guardians - including Dimitri - sigh. Such meetings rarely took place, seeing as Strigoi attacks never came this frequently. However, as infrequent as it was the attacks over the past few years hit greater targets and greater numbers. Royals and guardians were dropping like flies.

Kady and I got to the nursery to find Adrian lazily leaning against the wall with his typical smirk plastered on his handsome face.

"Uncle Adrian!" Kady ran up to him full force.

"Whoa." Adrian grabbed her and stumbled back slightly from the force. "How's my little princess doing today?" he asked, smiling that bright smile that only Kady could bring out in him.

"Good. Where were you yesterday, Uncle Adrian?" she frowned, looking as adorable as ever.

"Sorry, princess, I got caught up with the Queen. Important business," he answered seriously. I guess that's where he'd been last night. Adrian would never miss dinner with Kady and I unless it was of grave importance. We were ultimately his family. I assumed his meeting with his great aunt had something to do with the Strigoi attacks. "So what did you do without me, princess?"

"Well, I went to the gym with mommy and Dimitri," I closed my eyes from hearing his name, "and kicked Dimitri's butt. Then Dimitri made dinner, really yummy pizza, and we had these really yummy brownies with ice cream and then I went to sleep." I was glad she hadn't mentioned what happened through the middle of the night. She was so mature and understanding for her age, it astonished me. She didn't get that maturity from me, I can tell you that! I opened my eyes to find Adrian looking straight at me, quizzically.

"Well is that so? You kicked Dimitri's butt?" His eyes went back to focus on Kady. "Well I'm really sorry I missed that. You're gonna have to tell me all about it later tonight, princess, but right now me and mommy have to go to an important meeting, okay?"

"Okay," she grumbled.

"Maybe you can kick Dimitri's butt again and next time I'll be in the audience," he tried cheering her up. It worked. Her face went alight.

"Yeah, that'll be so much fun. Can't wait to tell Dimitri." I took in a deep breath from hearing his name being uttered from my angel's mouth. She should be calling him 'daddy'. I swallowed back the lump in my throat.

"Me too." Adrian placed her on her feet by the nursery door. "See you tonight, princess. Love you," he said and kissed her forehead.

"Love you too, Uncle Adrian." Kady then turned her head towards me. "Are you okay, mommy?" she asked so caringly as if she knew I was hurting emotionally at that moment. Maybe on some psychological level she felt my emotional pain like she somehow had last night.

"Yes, angel. Have a lovely day and I'll pick you up at 6, okay?" I smiled sweetly at her, wishing the hurt to vanish from my face, so she didn't have to suffer with me.

"Okay," she replied slowly, as if she knew that I was lying to her about being okay. "I love you, mommy." She came towards me and hugged my leg.

"I love you too, angel." I crouched down to hug her and kiss her soft cheeks. I opened the door for her and she smiled, waved at us and went inside to have a day of fun and play - I did not intend on rhyming, I swear.

I looked at my watch, it was 8:10. I had twenty minutes to make it to the strip to meet Alberta and co. Plenty of time, I thought.

Adrian's arm wrapped around my shoulders and he hugged me closer to his body. "Tell me," was all he said. I sighed. Did I really want to replay last night all over again? Would I feel worse if I said the words out loud? My mind told me that I didn't want to experience the pain all over again, while my heart told me that Adrian's been by my side these past four years. He's listened to all my woes and problems. He'd even visited my dreams those first few nights when Dimitri had left. He's always been the one to comfort me. This time it wasn't any different.

I realised that we'd been walking in silence for five minutes. Adrian had been waiting patiently, knowing that I'd talk when I was ready. His arm was still wrapped around my shoulders and his thumb drew soothing circles on my arm. I sighed again and this time I told him everything that had happened last night; from the gym, then to going back to my apartment, dinner, Dimitri reading Kady a night-time story, our kiss - Adrian flinched a little - and finally I told him of my heartache. I told him how I felt and how I was angry and upset at Dimitri. Adrian listened the entire time without saying a word. When I finished I took in a deep breath and exhaled. I felt clean of my misery. It wasn't completely gone but I felt much better than I had before I'd spilled my heart out.

Our pace had slowed down and I could see the strip ahead of me. The plane from the academy would be landing any time soon.

"Little dhampir," Adrian sighed. "As much as it pains me to say this…" he paused. I looked at him and he looked back intensely, his face absolutely serious. "…you need to talk to him. You need to tell him how you feel. You need to find out his side of the story too. I mean, I'm sure he didn't leave you for no reason. He's Dimitri, he has a reason for doing anything and everything, especially where you're concerned."

I sighed again. "How the hell am I supposed to tell him how I feel when he doesn't even know half the story? I can't just tell him that Kady's his," I said softly, vulnerably. None of the typical Rose Hathaway charm seemed to be in me today.

"Little dhampir, you're gonna have to tell him. Soon." I hate it when Adrian of all freaking people is right. The world is seriously messed when Adrian starts making sense.

"How? I can't, Adrian. It's too hard." I could feel tears accumulating…not again!

"Shh," Adrian hugged me and I rested my head against his chest. He rubbed my back soothingly. "I know it's gonna be hard, but it's something that must be done, little dhampir." He pulled back slightly so he could look me in the eye. "Look. I see his aura when he's around Kady. We all love Kady so much, you know that. But when you're in a room with Kady, your aura brightens up the whole room. It's the same with Dimitri. Whenever he's around either you or Kady I have to try so freaking hard to block out his aura or all I see is red and pink shades everywhere. He loves her just as much as he loves you, little dhampir. He loves her like she's already his own." A single tear ran down my cheek. I cried not only for what he'd said, but also because it was Adrian doing the saying. I knew he loved me and sometimes I had wished that I could reflect those feelings for him too. But I knew that my heart belonged to someone else, Dimitri, and Adrian knew that too. Admitting it would be so painful for Adrian and I cried also because I didn't want to see him hurt.

Adrian wiped the tear away and held my face in both his hands. "I know he loves you, Rose," he said without even a hint of anger or ill-feeling towards this fact. I was grateful, more than I could ever let him know. "And he loves Kady. Do the right thing. Don't take this away from him," he said gently. I nodded my head imperceptibly, knowing that if I spoke now then I'd break down.

Someone cleared their throat.

Adrian's hands dropped from my face and I turned around to find none other than…Dimitri. Of course. Judging by the daggers he was sending Adrian through his eyes I was pretty sure he hadn't heard our conversation, not that it made this situation any better. Dimitri's focus then went down to my shoulder and his eyes narrowed. I then became aware that Adrian's arm was still wrapped protectively around me.

"Dimitri," Adrian said jovially. "Nice to see you again." Dimitri clearly didn't reciprocate this feeling. I knew Adrian loved taunting him, despite his speech he had given to me mere seconds ago.

Dimitri's gaze then focussed on me. He looked into my eyes and his features softened. "Guardian Hathaway, Guardian Petrov and the others have arrived." I winced at his formality. It must have been worse for him seeing as I had basically told him to piss off last night, without a clear reason, and now here I was with an arrogant royal moroi draped around me.

I stepped away from Adrian and pursued towards Dimitri. Dimitri seemed somewhat surprised by this. When I was a feet away from him I stopped to speak. "We'll need to talk later," I stated softly. I wanted him to know that I wasn't angry towards him anymore. Okay, that was a lie. I was still angry, but now I was more hurt then anything from his actions of leaving me.

He nodded his head. "Of course, Roza." My heart fluttered and I graced him with a small smile before going back to business.

Adrian kissed me on the cheek before he left and Dimitri and I walked to the arrival centre to greet Alberta. Accompanying her were four other guardians. I recognized all of them from my days at the academy, but the one guardian I was surprisingly happy to see was…

"Stan, my man!" Two of the other guardians cracked smiles, one remained stoic and Alberta held an amused expression.

"It's Guardian Alto," he corrected sternly.

"We're among peers, Stan," I smiled back. He rolled his eyes. I'm sure he missed me more than he let on.

"Guardian Petrov," I greeted politely. She was the head guardian at the academy, around fifty years old, but I assure you that no Strigoi would wish to cross her path. I held a great amount of respect for Alberta.

"Please, Rose, we're among peers here," she repeated, looking pointedly at Stan and then back at me, "Call me Alberta."

"Of course, Alberta."

"Alberta," Dimitri said, shaking her hand. "It's lovely to see you again."

"It's great to see you too, Dimitri. I hear you're here for the Princess's wedding?"

"Umm…yes. My visit may be prolonged even after the wedding, who knows?" Dimitri focused on me for a second before turning back to the other guardians. What had he meant by that? Well, I didn't have time to think about it right now. We had a meeting to attend.

"If you'll follow me to the chambers," and then I led the way. There was very little small talk - the guardians weren't exactly screaming 'let's make friends!'

The chambers were situated underground. They gave off a gothic vibe. I wondered if anyone had actually held a meeting here before the 18th century…I think not. The place was so old and disused that they didn't even have electric lights fitted. The only source of light came from the wall fire lamps. This place was creepy - I half expected a random Strigoi to jump out.

We had walked down the gloomy staircase and then through the dark hallways. I felt a sudden drop in temperature. I guess they hadn't fitted in heating either. We made a few turns and meanders until we came to the very end of the hallway. There were these great wooden doors, just like at the gym, that reached the height of 11 feet. A bulky guardian stood at the door. He saw us and started opening the door. As soon as the door inched open I heard the loud chatter and life of those inside.

The chamber was massive. There were rows and rows of seats curved around to create a circle. I could see that the first few rows occupied important royals; Lissa, Christian and Tasha among them. Adrian was seated with the Ivashkov clan. The Queen Bitch sat on the first row flanked by her advisors. Sitting beside the advisors were the head guardians of the east and west wing: Guardian Rainer and Guardian Smirnov.

I walked up the steps to sit on the third to back row, closely followed by Dimitri and the academy guardians. I took my seat, noticing it was made of stone. As I looked down at Queen Bitch I noticed she sat in a comfy cushioned throne-esque seat…ugh…bitch. I caught Lissa's eyes from a lower row opposite me. She smiled and I could feel excitement and nervousness through the bond. What could she possibly be excited or nervous about? This was a meeting about Strigoi killings.

We sat there for a few minutes. I didn't try to converse with Dimitri sitting beside me and neither did he. We both knew that it was too hard to forget what happened last night and we didn't exactly want our first conversation about that night to be here, at the chambers. So instead we both remained silent as we watched and listened to the loud chatter of everyone around us.

Finally silence was called for in the chambers and immediately all talk subsided. The queen rose from her comfy seat and started her speech. "We are here today due to…" blah, blah, frickedy blah. She droned on and on in that monotonous tone and despite the seriousness of the situation I couldn't help but not pay attention. She was a fake. I heard random phrases here and there like 'unfortunate and tragic attacks' with absolutely no emotion or respect. I started tapping my thigh with my fingers, becoming impatient and waiting for the actual talk to begin. The queen seemed to be used as more of a figurehead at the moment then anything else. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't like the Queen of England who virtually did jack shit. The Queen Bitch could speak her mind when she wanted to. Whereas at the moment she didn't seem to have anything honest to say. All she had was a well rehearsed speech.

As the time tick-tocked away I was becoming more and more frustrated by her bull-shitting. My fingers stopped tapping and instead balled into fists. Suddenly I felt a warm hand cover my fist. My heart skipped a beat. His thumb squeezed under my fingers and he opened up my hand. He gently stroked the inside of my wrist. He was completely attuned to my emotions and I knew he had felt my frustration and was trying to calm me down. My body relaxed. He knew that too and so then his fingers interlaced through mine and he squeezed my hand. We sat there for the remainder of the meeting: holding hands with our fingers interlaced.

The meeting finally started when Guardian Rainer stood up. He talked about how both royal and guardian numbers were falling and rapidly at that. The main issue, however, was that guardian numbers were falling way too much that it was becoming impossible for guardians to protect all the royals, let alone non-royals.

A pompous looking royal from the Voda clan dove right in. "Obviously we, the royals, are the victims. Guardian numbers are low as it is. Why don't we just place more guardians to guard us. Normal moroi don't need the protection," the idiot droned on like it was the most obvious solution. There was a low hum across the chamber, royals showing appreciation from the suggestion.

Adrian then stood up to interject. "We may not have many or any statistics on non-class moroi deaths. That doesn't mean to say that non-class moroi aren't being killed by Strigoi."

"How do you propose we deal out the guardians? Since your saying the precious non-royals should be protected too," he said as if this were absurd.

"Guardians are not cards to be dealt out, you fool," Adrian replied coldly. There were few times when you saw this side of Adrian - the deadly side - and when it did you certainly didn't want to be on the firing end. The pompous royal clearly knew what was good for him and parked his ass back on the stone cold seat looking pretty damn intimidated. Adrian's narrowed eyes following the idiot's movements closely. "And yes," he continued, "non-class moroi have the right to be protected too. I'm just not sure how we go about it." Adrian sat back down.

I was shocked to see Lissa stand up. "We should have more moroi communities, like the court, across the country," she argued confidently. "That way non-royals and royals alike can be in a protected environment enclosed in wards. Also, in that way fewer guardians will be necessary, as opposed to if guardians would have individual charges." Everyone started murmuring and agreeing.

A Drozdov stood up. "There are two problems with that. One, we can not force non-royals or royals to live in a community. Lots of moroi like to live within human communities, which is beyond me. Two, your idea is good, however, it is a long-term answer to our problems. We need a drastic retaliation to these Strigoi attacks. Now," he emphasised.

"I'm glad you noted that. Because I do have a short-term response to the Strigoi attacks…" Lissa paused and looked around so she had the attention of every moroi and dhampir in the chamber. "…Moroi should learn offensive magic and defensive combat." There was a brief pause before the chamber erupted. Not that I was surprised. However, what I was surprised with was that quite a large number of royals agreed. I knew that Lissa had been fighting with this idea for months now. From the moment she had finished college she had jumped straight into moroi politics and was fighting for these legislations to be put through. I guess she'd been making more headway than I gave her credit for.

That was how the remainder of the meeting played out. Around five royal families agreed with such a legislation and the other seven royals disagreed. It was unfortunate that this short-term solution would be pulled into becoming long-term simply because ignorant royals didn't want to move with the times.

When the meeting finally did end Dimitri and I let go of each others' hands at the same time. We didn't even make eye contact to address the situation. I followed the crowd and walked out the chambers. By the time we were over ground I found that Lissa, Christian and Adrian were waiting for us. Dimitri quickly told me that he'd be showing Alberta and the other academy guardians to their rooms and that he'd meet me at my apartment later on tonight. His eyes told me that we'd be having a long conversation. I nodded my head and he left with the others.

"Why's Dimitri meeting you at yours?" Lissa inquired.

"Business," I replied instantly. Lissa didn't appear to believe me. She quirked her eyebrow and she had a sly smile on her face. "You did a great job down there," I changed the subject hastily, however, I was still very proud of my best friend. She really did do amazing.

"Yep, you were brilliant," added Christian as he wrapped his arms around Lissa's waist and kissed her head. "You looked damn sexy too," he continued as his voice deepened. I rolled my eyes, while Lissa's cheeks tinted pink and she elbowed him in the ribs. Christian chuckled.

"I think we'll see great results soon," she replied, a twinkle in her eyes.

Adrian's arm suddenly wrapped around my shoulders and he bent his head forward to whisper in my ear. "I'll take Kady tonight. You and Dimitri can talk in private." I looked up to him and smiled in gratitude. He kissed my forehead lightly.

"Okay, you two can go now," Lissa interrupted. I looked at her in confusion. "I mean the boys. Go on," she shoved Christian away, who frowned. "I want to talk to my best friend alone." She again smiled that sly smile and I was beginning to wonder what she was up to.

"I'll see you tomorrow, little dhampir." Adrian kissed me one last time on my cheek before he grabbed Christian by the arm. "Come on, they need their girl talk," he said as he dragged Christian away.

"Why?" he whined. Huh, that's a new revelation: Sparky must really get turned on from the 'aristocratic' Lissa.

Lissa looped her arm through mine, like she always did when she was planning for girl talk. I prevented a groan from escaping. She led me outside and we were just walking along a random path before she opened her mouth and asked excitedly, "So tell me about you and Dimitri?"

I stopped abruptly and looked at her with wide eyes. "Wha…what?" Did she know? How could she know? Only Adrian knew of mine and Dimitri's situation and I knew that he'd never spill my secret.

"Oh come on, you guy's have so much chemistry. You'd be a fool not to do anything about it."

Ohhh…

My heart rate started slowing back down to its normal pace and I started walking again and looked straight ahead.

"Oh, I…I don't know," I started slowly. How was I going to get out of this? "That's…it'll be weird."

"Weird? I don't think it would. I mean I've been watching you two together ever since he came back and it was like something clicked," she snapped her fingers, "and I realised the way you look at each other and the way you both talk to each other and laugh and just…" she paused to think through what she was trying to say. "It's like when you enter the room his world lights up and there's no one else he sees except you. Well, Kady too, actually," she added as an after thought. I was opening my mouth to say something but she interrupted. "No, don't even try it. I'm not talking nonsense because I've seen your auras too. I mean, I'm sure neither of you realise it now, but Rose," she looked straight in my eyes at this point and I could feel her determination and honesty as she spoke, "there's more to your feelings then either of you let yourselves believe. I know it must be confusing seeing as you were his student a few years back and he your mentor. The point is that your not anymore and neither of you should let that get in the way." Lissa spoke softly.

I couldn't help feeling more than a little guilty. Lissa was being such a supportive best friend and she truly believed everything that she was saying. However, we'd be having a whole different conversation if she knew the truth from day one. She didn't know that I knew that I was in love with Dimitri or that Dimitri already knew that he was in love with me. Not only that, but we fell in love years before this conversation. I wondered what advice she'd give me if she'd been open to the truth.

"So you wouldn't mind seeing me and Dimitri together-together?" I asked, genuinely interested on her opinion.

"No, of course not. That's what I'm trying to tell you. It would have been weird, and kind of creepy on some level if you were still mentor and student," I cringed, "but your not anymore, Rose. You shouldn't think about it like that." Ah, so she thought that me and Dimitri weren't making any headway because she thought we'd perceived our relationship as still 'mentor and student'. Wow, if only she knew. Judging from what she'd just said I don't think she would have been very happy to find that our relationship was way beyond 'mentor and student' four years ago.

A sudden thought occurred to me: damn, if only she'd had this conversation with me from day one when Dimitri had come back then I would have known earlier that he wasn't with Tasha.

"Tell me, how do you feel about Dimitri?" she prodded.

I gritted my teeth. I couldn't tell her that we were both in love with each other and we both fully well knew it. I would have to lie and downplay everything.

"Umm…" shit, this was uncomfortable. "I like him, okay." Might as well give her what she wanted. "You better not be telling Sparky any of this." I narrowed my eyes at her.

"Please, he's been complaining about how you and Dimitri need to beep each other already." My eyes bugged out and my jaw fell to the floor. What? "Christian's sick of you guys making 'googly' eyes at each other," Lissa grinned. "All the time," she emphasised.

"We do not." I was horrified.

Lissa laughed. "Oh yes you do."

That night I waited in my apartment for Dimitri. Adrian, Kady and I had had an early dinner before Adrian took Kady to his apartment for the night. I was pacing up and down the living trying to put my thoughts in order and trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to say to Dimitri. I couldn't exactly blurt out that Kady was his daughter. Ugh, how was I supposed to say it then? My hands kept clenching and then unclenching. I was nervous and scared and I really needed an outlet; say punching Sparky in the face.

Knock, knock.

My motions stilled and I stared at the door. You're supposed to answer it, idiot! I thought to myself.

I took in a deep breath and exhaled.

I walked towards the door and twisted the knob and slowly opened it.

My heart was beating a million miles a minute.

A/N Ooohhh, what do you thinks going to happen in the next chapter?

Whole of next chapter = Rose&Dimitri

I'm going away for the weekend, so hopefully an UD middle of next week. I'll try and UD when I can but please note that I will be extremely busy all summer long! So please don't expect updates as often as they initially were. However, I will try my best cos I love writing and I love you guys!

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