Previously

"Andre Dragomir, I hope you haven't forgotten me." Said an all too familiar voice. The voice belonged to a dark haired beauty in a blue mask and blue gown. Her sultry smile lit up her face and her dark; Kohl rimmed eyes made her look exotic.

Chapter 12

"Welcome back, Rosemarie Mazur" Said Andre before pulling Rose into a friendly embrace.

"Rose, I want you to meet my fiancé, Sonya Ivashkov. Sonya, I want you to meet the girl who single handedly took a strigoi when she was 17 to save my life." Andre told Sonya proudly.

"So you're the reason my man is alive, today, thank you." Said Sonya is the sweetest tone possible.

"Aren't you just sweet." Said Rose slightly sarcastically.

"Oh she is, very sweet." Said Andre suggestively wriggling his eyebrows.

"I so did not need to know that. Prince Perv." Said Rose using her old nickname for Andre. Andre Chuckled at this and said "What ever Floozy Rosie."

"Oh my God you still remember that." Screamed Rose hitting Andre playfully.

"Yep, I remember all the nicknames. Sparky was my all time favorite, Lissa got so mad at you for that." Andre said remembering Rose's nickname for Lissa's boyfriend Christian.

"I remember that, I also remember Mason getting mad at you for drunkenly not needed. calling him Macy once." Said Rose laughing remembering the time when Mason almost punched Andre before Andre doused him with water made out of thin air.

"Yeah I almost got punched for that but the worst was when you actually gave me a black eye for letting Adrian's nickname slip out." Said Andre. Rose immediately felt heat rise up to her cheeks at the mention of this.
"What did you call him? Oh yeah Professor Steamy." Continued Andre.

"Yeah, yeah whatever it was still better than what you called him." Said Rose Narrowing her eyes at Andre.

"Nuh-Uh mine was much better, Cradle-Snatcher completely fit him while Prof Steamy didn't. I was and still am hotter and steamier than him." Replied Andre.

"yeah right, in your dreams Dragomir."Said Adrian interrupting their conversation.

"Ivashkov did you forget me, I'm hurt." Said Rose mockingly.

"Little Dhamphir, Oh my god you look stunning." Said Adrian before picking Rose up and spinning her around.

"Seriously Cradle Snatcher, I've been chatting up the girl for almost an hour so that I can sweep her off her feet and you do it within seconds." Said Andre bitterly.

"What can I say, Andre you might be the last Dragomir but nothing beats the style of Adrian Ivashkov, especially where Rosemarie Mazur is concerned." Said Adrian cockily.

"Rose, I have to introduce you to someone come with me." Said Adrian before leading her away.
"Little D, meet my big brother Dimitri. Big D, meet Little D or Rosemarie Mazur." Said Adrian as he introduced the two of them.
"Hi, my name is Rosemarie, but you can call me Marie." Said Rose holding out her hand.
"Hi Marie, you can call me Dimitri." Said Dimitri taking Rose's hand up to his lips and lightly kissing it making Rose blush.
"So Marie, how do you know Andre?" Asked Dimitri
"He is an old schoolmate." Replied Rose.
"St. Vlads?" Asked Dimitri
"Yep." Replied Rose.
"Wow, you are very beautiful, Andre must be lucky to have you in his school." Said Dimitri
"Thanks for the compliment and he was extremely lucky to have me in his life." Said Rose before continuing "But seriously I think we were all lucky to be friends with each other."

"Just friends, or unfinished business?" Asked Dimitri

Rose chuckled and said, "That is for me to know and you to find out."

Adrian, who was watching them interact, noticed three things. One, Dimitri hadn't left her hand and she hadn't pulled it back either. Two, they had been so engrossed with each other that they had completely frozen him out. And Three, something was up with Rose, she hated to be called Marie but right now she had specifically asked Dimitri to call her that.

"Hey Little Dhamphir would you like to dance?" Asked Adrian.
"Why not Addie you know I love to dance plus the royal waltz is starting up." Said Rose before taking his hand.
"Hey Marie, save me a dance." Said Dimitri
"Why not cowboy, just ask nicely." Said Rose.

Rose took Adrian's hand and followed him up to the dancing area.
"I'm surprised you asked me, wont Queen Tatiana say anything?" sneered Rose.
"Chill Rose, she knows we haven't seen each other in a long time and she also knows that this is just a dance." Said Adrian calming Rose down.
Rose took a couple of deep breaths before continuing to dance. She thought about Dimitri, his silver mask covering the right side of his face. His deep, chocolate brown eyes surrounded by eyelashes that a girl would kill for; his hard square jaw. In this tux she couldn't help but notice how well built he looked. In his everyday clothes at campus he looked hot but in his snug tux he looked almost godly. Rose giggled at that.
"What are you thinking?" Asked Adrian.

"How hot your brother is." Said Rose dreamily.
"Wow, seriously, you have a crush on Dimitri." Said Adrian but Rose was already too lost in her thoughts to reply.
Great.Adrian thought to himself. My first love/ ex girlfriend is crushing on my brother who is in love with a human. Wait until Vika hears this.He then decided that he would tell Vika the minute he gets an opportunity.

"Little Brother, Can I cut in and steal your partner." Said Dimitri with a smirk.

"Hey cowboy, you finally got the courage." Said Rose

"Oh, Marie, I always had the courage, I just wanted my little brother to have the satisfaction of dancing with the most beautiful lady in this party before I steal her away." Said Dimitri
"What makes you think that I'll let you steal me away?" Said Rose, with a smirk of her own.
"What makes you think I was talking about you?" Retorted Dimitri
"The fact that I am the most beautiful woman here." said Rose cockily.

"Very confident, aren't you?" said Dimitri spinning Rose to the music.

"Extremely confident." whispered Rose right into Dimitri's ears which was hard for her even in the 6-inch heels that she was wearing.
They continued spinning gracefully to the waltz music that was playing while making small talk.

"Have you ever seen the palace lawns at this time of the night?" Asked Dimitri

"No, and I hate the lawns." Said Rose.

"What, why? They are so beautiful." Said Dimitri

"Exactly, have you ever wondered who dug the earth for all the exotic plants there?" Said Rose
"Gardeners, I hope, they were employed for this purpose." Said Dimitri
"Nope, the Gardeners only plant the plants, the earth is dug by 17 year old damphirs who mess up somehow." Said Rose bitterly

"No way, tell me you're kidding?" Said Dimitri
"Wish I could but what can I say been there done that." Said Rose recalling long hours in the summer sun digging through the palace lawns.
"What did you do to deserve this?" Asked Dimitri.

"Supposedly I ran away to Las Vegas with a royal to get married when I just went there to save his scrawny ass from being killed." Replied Rose wondering why she was telling him that.
"Scrawny ass, you seem to know a lot about it." Commented Dimitri
"Well yeah, he was my friend's boyfriend and I have seen too much of him without even wanting to." Said Rose shuddering. Dimitri chuckled and said, "Been there done that."

"So tell me Marie, have you graduated because I might need another guardian." Said Dimitri

"Spoiled ass rich Moroi who already has one guardian but still feels unsafe, well you should learn to fight. Plus I already have an assignment that I can't quit." Said Rose without any clarification.

"Well, I am rich and spoiled and an ass but I do know how to fight." Said Dimitri

"I'm impressed Belikov, you're not useless after all." Said Rose before disappearing behind the Pine trees in the garden. Dimitri followed the sound of her footsteps as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. Being Moroi his eyes adjusted fairly quickly. He looked at Rose in the moonlight and couldn't help but think that he had seen her somewhere. She also had a spark in her eyes that he had seen before but couldn't place where.

"Beautiful." He whispered

"You're right it is, and somehow I feel proud to be a part of this." Said Rose

Dimitri chuckled and said, "Told you so."

"You know Told You So has a brother, its called Shut the Fuck up." Replied Rose making Dimitri Chuckle again. He really liked her sarcastic humor, plus she was pretty hot. He imagined what it would be like to have sex with her but then thought about the number of single dhampir mothers that fell pregnant because of sleeping with one man only once. He figured Rose was still young and wouldn't like to be burdened with a child at this age so he decided against it.

"You seem really lost in your thoughts." Said Dimitri

"Just admiring the gardens and hoping that the wards wouldn't break." Said Rose.

"Can't you protect us Marie." Said Dimitri

"Not in this dress I can't" Said Rose dramatically gesturing towards her midnight blue gown that looked black under the moonlight.

"Hmm let's see what I can do." Said Dimitri before lighting fire to his finger and holding it out towards her like a candle.

She blew it out and stuck out her tongue.

"Mature." Said Dimitri.

They walked around a bit and talked about themselves. Dimitri saw the ferocious look in her eyes when she talked about guarding and doing the right thing as a damphir. He saw a determination in her when she talked about her duty. He looked at her admiringly before bringing his lips to hers and pulling her into a kiss.

At first Rose was too shocked to respond but after a while she started kissing him back returning his passion. They kept kissing and Rose tangled her hands into his curls and Dimitri kept one hand on her cheek and the other on her her back.

Rose hastily pulled away and ran off. A black rose with lots of thorns fell from under her dress.

Dimitri stood there in the dark garden too stunned by what had happened.


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