A/N: Here you go new chapter!

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"Where should I start?" I said looking towards Dimitri.

Dimitri looked around the room and put his hand on my shoulder "Just start at the beginning."

I nodded and looked at my family. Each one held some sort of pained facial expression. They knew that I had been taken and tortured, but they didn't know the whole story.

I was released from the infirmary 2 days ago and Dimitri has been keeping them from asking me about the capture, but now they needed to know.

We all sat in a circle-kind of cliché- I know, but right then it didn't matter.

"I had a bad feeling about the whole trip." I started, "A shopping trip after an army of Strigoi attacked seemed like a horrible idea."

"I don't remember much after the fight; they knocked me out and dragged me away and when I woke up I was locked down inside of a machine. Then, the original Strigoi Navarro told me what he intended to do with me." I took a deep breath, "He said I was to be a leader for the Strigoi, a powerful force that nobody could defeat. I didn't understand why I was so special. Why I was chosen to lead the Strigoi."

"Turns out the answer was hidden inside my DNA. In very few Dhampirs and humans, there is an extra gene somewhere inside of me called the Conduit gene. The Conduit gene stays dormant in my body until certain trauma activates it. Apparently once it's activated, the carrier gets superhuman abilities. "

They all nodded along, trying to make sense of this information. Then Dimitri interrupted "How did he know that you carried the gene?"

I shook my head "I don't know, he probably traced my bloodline back to someone in my ancestry he knew carried the gene."

I continued on with the story "Anyway, after he offered me a chance to lead the Strigoi I obviously declined and told him that I would never be his little pet. Then he threatened to kill all of you. So I reluctantly complied, I would lead the Strigoi in return for your safety. My plan was to go along with it and when I was able to, I would escape and protect everyone from him and his army."

Then my mom spoke, "How did he activate the gene?"

I looked at the floor "The machine I was in would activate it. When he turned it on it felt as if I was being stabbed all over my body repeatedly, my skull felt like it was going to explode and my skin felt like it was being peeled off. Even when I passed out from the pain I could still feel it, it never went away. The next time I awoke, Dimitri was pulling me out of the machine."

I turned to Dimitri "By the way you scared the shit out of me. I think I almost had a heart attack."

"Why?" Lissa asked curious

"He was disguised as a Strigoi, I thought he'd been turned and I freaked out."

"I'm sorry Roza; I forgot that I looked like one of them." Dimitri apologized

"It's fine, just please never do that again."

I turned back to everyone "That's pretty much the whole story. Any questions?"

My mom looked up "Just one."

"What?" I asked

She looked at Dimitri and me and raised an eyebrow "How long has this," she said waving her finger at me and Dimitri "been going on?"

I swallowed and tried to speak but nothing came out. Dimitri however, answered for me. "Just before the attack."

"Really Belikov, you do realize I can get you fired for sleeping with my daughter." My mom replied

"No you won't Janine." A new voice said

I turned to see Abe walk into the room he went and sat down by my mom. "He is the only person I will ever be happy to see my daughter with. I've known him almost all of his life and I trust him with my daughter."

"He's seven years older than her!" my mom argued

Abe chuckled and smiled "Age is but a number. And if I remember correctly Dimitri is the one who risked his life to find her."

"Thank you Zmey." Dimitri replied

"Why now?" I asked Abe

"Why now what?" he asked

"Why do you show up now all of the sudden? For God's sakes my boyfriend has known my own father longer than I have." I said

"Well that was because of my work. I didn't want you to get into any trouble if my enemies found out who you were." He explained

"So no birthday cards, no pictures, and not even a single phone call? Do you have any idea how annoying it is when it seems that everyone else knows your dad but you?" I asked

"Rose, it's not his fault I made him stay away. He wanted to be in contact with you but I wouldn't let him." My mom confessed.

"It was you?" I asked "You were so mad at him for some unknown reason; you wouldn't give him a chance to be in his child's life. No Moroi father I know of cares about his children. And it just so happens I get the one who does and my mother keeps him away." I said angrily

"Do not speak to me like that Rosemarie you don't know the reasons behind it."

"What are your reasons then?" I asked "You've known me all of my life. Would it have killed you to I don't know send a birthday card? Acknowledge my existence? You're not mother of the year so don't try and act like it."

"Stop acting like such a child!"

My fists were clenched tightly at my sides. She had no right to do that, to keep him away from me. She was never there for me, so why was it her decision? I was so royally pissed off; I wanted to throw something at her I felt so betrayed.

I was getting angry, fast. My self-control was fading and with all the strength I had left I stood up and walked out of the room,

rage curdling inside.

Until next time my friends :)