Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except the Ivashkov family.

It had been 4 weeks since I had come here and I am stressing out. Tomorrow me, Adrian, and Alex were leaving to the Academy. Today though…. Today I was meeting the Queen for the first time as her great niece.

Alex and I had become best friends. I told her everything throughout this month. I told her everything. I love Lissa, but it feels good to open up to someone. Worry about myself for a change.

I keep pacing and worrying, which caused everyone to worry and tell me that worrying isn't good for the baby. I had decided to keep it after a long conversation with Mom. Also apparently no one had told Janine that I know yet and will not tell her before telling Tatiana.

Adrian sighed and stood up from his spot on my bed and hugged me from behind. "Relax Rose, your stressing yourself way too much."

"I know Adrian, but I can't help it."

"I know Rosie, I know, but you're responsible for another life now… think about him or her."

"You're right." I sighed.

3 hours later….

Tatania had arrived, and was looking at me weirdly. She looked shocked to see me there, but disgusted at the same time. I think she figured it out.

"Aunt Tatania, I need to tell you something" dad said after clearing his throat… very loudly may I say. He looked very weary, like he already knew what she was going to say. Oh god….

"Oh Nathan…. Please don't tell me that Adrian got this bloodwhore pregnant." She scowled.

"Well she is pregnant… but not by Adrian." Alex mumbled, but Tatania heard her nonetheless.

"Oh not you Nathan. I thought you were happily married?"

"No, not me, not Adrian, not anyone in this house, the thing I had to tell you was that Rose is my daughter."

"Excuse me?"

Adrian sighed before spitting "daughter. As in he had a drunken one-night stand with Janine and ended up knocking her up."

"Adrian watch the way you speak with your aunt." Nora demanded.

"I'm sorry mom, I'm sorry Aunt Tatiana."

I shifted my sight back to Tatiana. She looked extremely pale, like all the blood in her system just evaporated. "I-I need to sit down."

Everyone in the room was frozen waiting for Tatiana's next answer. After what felt like hours, but couldn't have been more than a few minute, she spoke again. "How…. How could you be so stupid Nathan, how could you end up having …her."

"Her name is Rose and whether you like it or not aunt, she is my daughter and she will be known as so and she is always welcome to this home and family for whatever she needs or wants." Nathan replied. I felt my heart melt at his words.

"How could you say that Nathan? She will only end up using you for your money and name. as for you Nora, how could you stand for this? She is the child of another woman, from an affair, and you would like people to know that? For her to come and go into your family as she pleases?"

"I consider rose as my daughter tatania and I like the fact that she could come to us whenever she wanted or needed anything. She is welcome here, and you need to accept that. As for people knowing that she is the child of an affair, I don't care. Because I have forgiven my husband and out of that mistake something beautiful came out. I have grown to love Rose. I loved her before she came just from the way Adrian described her."

"I WILL NOT TOLERATE SUCH ABOMANATION!"

"WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO AUNT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE!" Alex chose to speak for the first time and not in a calm voice if I say so myself.

Tatania looked shocked. I guess no matter how Alex acted, she never spoke to tatania that way before. Tatania looked around the room at everyone and how determined they looked to keep me a part of the family, then slumpt her shoulders in defeat and sighed. "I do not approve, but you are right. I do not have a choice in the matter. Perhaps with time I will grow to tolerate it."

"Thank you aunt tatania, you have no idea how much this means to us." Nathan said as he pulled me in a one-armed hug and kissed my temple.

Tatiana only smiled sadly and said "you just proved how much she means to you." Before going up the stairs.