Chapter Ten

Dimitri's Pov

I awoke and jumped out of bed, in my haste I tripped over the mat, fell into the wardrobe hitting my head in the process before I landed on the floor.

"Damn it" cursing under my breath, rubbing my head where a decent size lump was forming. I went to get up when I noticed a small backpack underneath the bed, there wasn't anything distinct about it, but it wasn't mine and I doubt it was one of the girls.

I was curious, who had stayed in my room recently? I remembered when I had come in, the bed looked slightly rumples but I dismissed it in my tired state. I started to think over the last days, Victoria had been asking where two people Felix I think it was and I hadn't caught the other person's name were.

I stood up, but quickly sat on the bed, slightly dizzy from hitting my head so hard. Remembering why I was in such hurry, grabbed the phone hoping I still had his number. It went to voice mail, I tried again same thing. Damn it!

"Adrian, its Dimitri Belicov" I left my number hoping he would call me back, but I didn't like my chances. I had been a bit of a dick to him; I still hated the fact that he loved my Roza. Damn it she isn't yours, you made sure of it Belicov, I mentally ranted.

I decided I would ask mamma about it, as I went to grab it, it fell from the bed spilling out over the floor. There wasn't much in it, a couple of pairs of clothes a wallet and a small photo album, the kind that held around twenty four photos.

I opened the album more curious than anything; the first photo was of Abe Mazur and a young man, the same man who was at the hospital. They both had huge grins plastered on their faces, the next was of the same man he was hugging a dark haired girl but you couldn't see her face; the next photo took a minute to process. It was my Roza and she was beautiful, her hair hung down to her waist and she had a shit eating grin on her face. She had her arms wrapped around the same man's waist, and she had sparkle in her eyes again something that was missing the last time I had seen her. I felt something in me die right then, she had moved on, had forgotten me and I didn't blame her. I lay back in on the bed, surrounded by Roza's scent.

Hang on a minute, the bed smells like Rose, my brain was working rather slow today, it wouldn't smell like her after all these years, mamma kept a tidy house. That man was at the hospital with a dark haired woman, the same dark haired woman that was in these photos.

Roza was here in Russia, I had to find her, I had to see her and beg her to forgive me. I ran downstairs shouting for my mother.

"Dimka?" she asked coming into the lounge "what is with all the shouting?"

"Mamma, why didn't you tell me Rose was here?" I was towering over my mother and I could see the fear in her eyes, I looked down ashamed of myself but before she had a chance to answer in walks Yeva looking the best I could ever remember seeing her and Abe Mazur.

"You didn't deserve to know", it wasn't my mother or grandmother who answered but Abe. He was still looking at me like I was gum stuck to his shoe and as apprehensive as I was of pissing him off, nobody ever messed with the snake but I was to desperate to find out about Rose that I missed the dangerous glint in his eyes.

"I love her" I growled out "and not you or anyone else will stop me from finding her"

I had obviously said the wrong thing because Abe all five foot eight of him was vibrating with rage

"You love her" he exploded; spit flying from his mouth "you wouldn't know what love is, after everything she did for you, what did you do?"

We were almost pressed up against each other, and for as tall as I was he wasn't intimidated. "She gave up everything for you, her schooling, her charge and her fucking life all for you" he was getting more worked up by the second

"You" he screamed at me "and that lying arse bitch destroyed all that was good and pure in my daughter and you have the gall to stand there and say you love her"

"Your daughter?" I replied shakily, I didn't expect that.

"Yes my daughter, but that would be another thing the Princess has lied to you about" he didn't say princess like it was flattering.

"How dare you talk about the Princess like that, she saved me" I was getting angry now. I wouldn't allow them to say stuff about her, the lengths she went to, to save me.

Abe was nearly blue in the face, he opened his mouth to say something but before he could the back door was ripped from its hinges and in came a six foot eight raging storm. He had me by the throat in seconds lifting me up into the air; he didn't say a word just continued to crush my larynx. His eyes were glowing an eerie green color. I tried to pry his fingers off me but he was too strong nothing I tried worked he knew all my maneuvers. Of course I thought to myself Roza taught him.

I heard my mother's soft gasp and whimper "Felix please" she cried out

I don't think this Felix heard her as he launched me through the front windows, I felt pain, lots of pain. I knew he had done some serious damage as I was losing blood at a phenomenal rate, I could feel wood splintered into my legs and back.

I could see this Felix coming at me again though, he wasn't going to stop. There was death in his eyes, my death; he had just reached my side where I was still trying to get up when he was knocked out of the way.

I couldn't see what was happening, but within seconds my mother and grandmother were by my side helping me to sit up, I looked around for this Felix but couldn't see him, Abe was off to the left looking up at something in the sky whilst on his phone.

Abe finished his call just as I had made it to my feet; he looked anxious and really worried, he kept glancing up into the sky like he expected to see Angels or something. I looked up but couldn't see anything; well I couldn't see anything but clouds. The temperature is dropping so it will snow soon I thought to myself.

"I'm sorry Olena, Yeva for my son's behavior and of course I have people headed over now to fix the damages, he looked up at the house "then again it looks like Felix has caused some structural damages you better pack some things until it has all be repaired". He picked up the backpack that was lying on the ground, "I will see that Rose gets this" he said, he sounded tired.

I heard a car coming up the drive way, I was still being propped up by mamma and Babushka so I had to Crain my neck, to my surprise Adrian stepped out.

"You may want to lay him back down, and get him prepped for a transfusion" he said. "I can heal him but I cannot replenish what his body had lost in blood" he continued coming to kneel beside me. He placed his hands on my chest and head, I thought this was weird I had only seen Lissa heal; maybe he used a different method. I was kind of funny the random thoughts I was having, maybe I shouldn't have been surprised considering I now couldn't feel anything from the neck down and I was struggling to breath.

I felt the warm glow of spirit passing through me; it was kind of painful at the same time. Just before I passed out from blood loss I heard him say,

"You will remember" as he forced one big load of spirit through my mind; if I wasn't on the verge of passing out before I was now there, pain ripped through my head, it felt like a thousand bands marching in my head, ten thousand drums all beating the same repetitive beat. It felt like I was being raped mentally, then I darkness surrounded me and I knew no more.