RPOV

"What!" I screeched. I turned to see Dimitri's face, and it was in complete shock. Septuplets? SEVEN BABIES? ! What. The. Hell. I was feeling so many emotions, I couldn't tell if I was supposed to be happy or...I don't know. "A-Are you sure it's se..." I struggled on the word for a moment. I had to clear my throat a couple times before speaking. "S-Seven babies?"

The doctor and nurse nodded. "I saw seven babies," the nurse said. "You're about three weeks into the pregnancy." I felt a little lightheaded. I wanted a family, I really do, but having seven kids? At the same time? I seriously wasn't expecting that.

I looked at Dimitri again, his facial expression hadn't changed. I guess this was unexpected for him, too. Seven babies. Who knew? The doctor gave me a prescription for some pregnancy vitamins and let us have a moment to ourselves. Dimitri and I didn't say anything at first, we were both still in a state of shock. I looked at Dimitri, who looked at me. Dimitri's eyes went down to my stomach, then he looked into my eyes. But what caught my off guard was the spine-snapping hug he gave me.

"Seven babies," he whispered. "I-I...Oh God..."

I chucked. "Have I rendered you speechless?"

Dimitri chuckled, and nodded. His hand came and cupped my cheek, and we just looked at each other. I felt my cheek tingling from where his hand was touching.

"We should be going now," I murmured. He nodded. We left the doctor's office, after scheduling another appointment, and Dimitri drove us back to his mother's house. When we came back, we were bombed by questions from Olena and Karolina and Viktoria - who I met late last night after she came back from her job training. She's nice.

Olena and Karolina and Viktoria kept asking if the baby was healthy, how far a long I was. And Dimitri and I had to nearly yell just to calm them down. When they did, somewhat, Dimitri and I explained everything. And the looks on their faces were unbelievable. Olena's eyes were wide and her mouth made an 'o' shape, Karolina's mouth dropped to the floor, and Viktoria's eyes widened so far I thought they'd pop out.

Then came the screaming.

UPOV (UNKNOWN POV)

two weeks after the hotel meeting...

The woman with the emerald green eyes, who was called Daniella by the other Ivashkovs, was in her mansion. A couple of her cousins had come over, she called them. They were discussing strategies on bringing down the Belikovs. A massacre. Their plan was to murder every single Belikov - it didn't matter if they were children, crippled, pregnant, or elderly. The Ivashkovs were bringing them down.

When Daniella's phone went off in the middle of her meeting with her cousins, a sickening smile spread across her face. Her emerald green eyes had an evil glow to it.

She looked at her cousins and said, "I found them."