AN: Thank you ALL again so much for the wonderful reviews! I really appreciate it! Allot of you voted on my poll and the results are killing me. Dominic and Dimitri are head to head, though Dominic does have a few more votes ;) I'm closing the poll tonight, so hurry up and vote if you haven't yet!

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I stepped into the mansion and closed my eyes inhaling the familiar scent of lilacs and jasmines, Lissa's favorite candles to burn. I was so happy to be home. I felt exhausted from jet lag and all I wanted to do was run up stairs and fall into our comfy bed. But first, I had to say hello to my fami-

"AHH!" I screamed, after opening my eyes and seeing Dimitri sitting comfortably on the couch. Tasha clung to his side by resting her arm around his waist. That bitch...Wow. I really needed to get that jealous green eyed monster under control.

I slapped my hand over my heart. "You guys scared the fu-"

"Rosemarie! watch your mouth in this house!" Lissa chastised, waddling into the living room.

"How can I? It's on my face." I winked at her. Dominic chuckled.

"Wow Liss, you look HUGE!" I exclaimed, taking in her appearance.

"Thanks, Rose." She said, slightly sarcastically.

"No I mean it, I thought you were big before...but WOW, look at you." I said, pointing to her swollen belly. Lissa narrowed her jade green eyes at me.

"Hi little sea monkey, I bet you're eager to get out of there." I mumbled rubbing her belly, once I did I felt a hard kick.

"Oh, you love you me don't you?...Aunty Rose loves you too." I spoke in gibberish baby talk. Christian laughed.

"My child is turning you all soft Rose, I guess kids will do that to you...especially mine." he said smugly. I rolled my eyes.

"I can't wait to meet you little demon baby. Hey Lissa...you better hope this one doesn't bite its way out of your vagin-"

"ROSE!" Lissa screamed, embarresed. I'd called Andrea by the same nickname when she was born. Having tiny fangs as a newborn was just plain creepy and she really did look like a demon baby.

"What are they doing here?" I asked, jerking my head towards Tasha and Dimitri.

"Rose! don't be so rude...I swear sometimes you're worst than Andrea." Lissa said irritated.

"Hey! I heard that!" Andrea shouted from the hallway.

"Sorry Honey, I wasn't talking about you...I was talking about a different Andrea." she said, struggling for the right words to say.

"uh-huh. Pft." I laughed. Lissa shot me a glare that seemed to say 'shut your mouth before I kill you.' I got the message loud and clear. Her hormones must be raging because Lissa seemed much crankier than before we left.

"Aunty Rose, Uncle Domino! YOU'RE BACK!" Andrea shrieked, running over and launching herself into Dominic's awaiting arms. He lifted her up and twirled her around in the air while they smiled and laughed together. This sight made my heart warm.

"You look beautiful Andrea." I commented, looking at her lavender spring dress.

"Thank you." she clasped her tiny hands and batted her eyelashes at me. I laughed.

"I missed you guys soooooo much!" she declared, dramatically.

"We missed you too princess." Dominic replied.

"How are you uncle Domino?" Andrea asked concerned, grasping his face with her tiny hands and forcing him to look her in the eye. "I'm so sorry about your Mommy an-"

"Andrea!" Christian scolded.

Dominic raised his hand to silent him. "It's fine, really. So Andrea...Have you been behaving for Mommy and Daddy while we were gone?"

"Yes." Andrea nodded her head vigorously. "Dimitri and Tasha took me to get ice cream, It was a lot of fun." I noticed when she spoke of Dimitri her face got that look of pure awe and wonder. But she practically spat Tasha's name. It was hilarious seeing her face scrunched up in disgust. I don't think anyone else noticed it though.

"Well since you've been such a good girl, Aunty Rose and I brought you something from Germany." Dominic said.

"NO WAY." she gasped, mouth agape.

"WAY." we said in unison. Andreas mood went from excitement to ecstatic in an instant.

"Here." Dominic said, reaching into his pocket and retrieving the gold locket. "This was my mothers when she was a little girl, I want you to have it. But you have to promise me that you'll take extra care of it because it is very special to me."

"I pinky promise." she said. Dominic chuckled and wrapped his large finger around Andrea's chubby outstretched pinky.

"Okay." Dominic set her gently on the floor and brushed her black hair out of the way. I thought Andrea's eyes were going to pop out of her head when he clasped it around her neck.

"OH MY GOSH." she said slowly, studying the locket.

"It is so beautiful." Andrea gushed.

The necklace was really beautiful, the intricate designs made it unique and one word I hate to use, exquisite.

"And one more thing." I said grabbing the giant plastic bag on the floor and raiding it. Not in here.

I snatched up the next bag and did the same thing. Not there. Third bag. Nothing.

"Hold on just one second sugar." I said, frustrated. Damn, where was that fucking toy!

"Here, let me see." I grabbed Dominic suitcase out of his hands and laid it on the hardwood floor. Once unzipped, I raided that too. Everyone watched me in amusement.

"I think it's in here, just hold your horses everyone...no need to get impatient." I yelled, stringing Dominic's clothes all over the floor.

"Hey! those are my boxers babe." he whispered yelled. Christian snorted and Dominic quickly shoved them back into the suitcase.

"AH hah!" I declared holding up the stuffed animal like a trophy. "I found you little son of a bit-"

"ROSE!" Lissa and Christian chastised. I laughed. "Whoops, sorry. I've got the mouth of a sailor."

"Here you go baby." I said, handing Andrea the huge pink unicorn Dominic and I picked up at a souvenir shop in Germany.

She squealed and hugged the unicorn so tight I thought its head was going to pop right off.

"It's sooo fluffly I could die!" she shook it roughly and hugged it tight once more. Everyone in the room laughed.

Although fighting was Andrea's passion, she still had a girlie side to her that loved barbie dolls and princesses. I guess every little girl does. Well, I didn't...maybe that's what is wrong with me.

"Rose can you come here for a second?" Lissa asked from the kitchen. I shrugged and strode over to where she was standing with a cup of tea in her hand.

"How is he doing?" Lissa asked, concern lacing her words. She eyed Dominic who was sitting on the couch with Andrea on his lap.

"As good as he can be. He's dealing." I answered. It had only been four weeks since Dominic's mothers death and it was still extremely difficult for him, but I was there with my hubby every step of the way.

"Good." she nodded and took a sip of her mug. I felt slight relief flow through the bond and then anxiety spiked.

"What's wrong Lissa?" I asked. She shook her head.

"Please tell me." I begged. She shook her head again.

"Fine I'll just find out through the bond." I closed my eyes and began to concentrate on getting into her mind.

Lissa abruptly grabbed me by the forearm and yanked me. "Ouch!...you got a good grip little mamma." I laughed and rubbed the sore spot.

"Okay. Okay. I'll tell you." she said in a hushed tone. We were out of earshot but it was comical watching Lissa try to be all secretive.

"I also have something to confess." I paused. Lissa looked at me expectantly.

"I have reason to believe our neighbors are ex KGB spies."

Dead silence.

"That's impossible. What?...How?" she stumbled out.

I slapped her hand. "Ve vill ask ze questions, not you!" I shouted in my best Russian accent. Which was pretty horrible.

"The KGB will wait for no one!" Dimitri finished from behind me. Oh shit. I guess I should have waited until he was out of the house to make a Russian joke.

I jumped and spun around to face him, angry that he'd interrupted my talk with Lissa. But once I saw him all my anger immediately faded away.

His silky brown hair was tied at the nape of his neck showing off his molnija marks, his strong jaw line and defined cheek bones, soft plump lips that were turned into a small smirk, his long duster draped over his body. I'd always teased him about his cowboy duster, but I secretly found it extremely hot. It made him look all that more dominant.

I saved the best feature for last. His dark bottomless eyes. There was a small twinkle in them and I couldn't figure out why. As I gazed into Dimitri's brown eyes our almost-kiss flashed into my mind. I was reliving that heated moment all over agai-

Ahem. Lissa cleared her throat and crossed her arms disapprovingly. I mumbled an apology and averted my eyes to the ground in shame.

I shouldn't be feeling the way I am towards Dimitri. Especially when my fiance is standing 15 feet away from us unaware. I was a disgrace. But I couldn't help it, when Dimitri is around me I feel like the whole world fades and it's just the two of us.

"What are you doing in here? Lissa and I are talking. Privately." I murmured, looking any where but the sexy Russian God in front of me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt but I figured Lissa needed a little help with this." Dimitri said.

"Okay well then explain it to me. What is Lissa hiding? since you seem to know her so much better than I do." I snapped.

"Rose." Lissa warned.

"No. Please go on Dimitri. I'm dying to hear what you have to say." I leaned against the counter top and put a hand on my hip. Yeah. I was being a real bitch right now.

"I'm leaving to Baia to visit my famil-"

"Didn't you just seem them?" I interrupted him.

"Well yes. I did. But now that I live in Russia, I take every chance I get to visit them." Dimitri said.

"Making up for lost time?" he nodded.

"Anyways" he said staring at me. "I spoke with Lissa while you were away on your 'trip' and I think it'd be a good idea if you all accompanied me." I nodded. Wait what?

"What? you want us to go to Baia? with your family?...why?" I stumbled out. It was hard for my mind to comprehend why Dimitri would want this. Isn't your family time suppose to be private? Dimitri chuckled at my confused expression.

"Well for starters my mother Olena wants to meet the lady who restored her son." Dimitri smiled fondly at Lissa. I wanted to reach forward and smack him. Hello? right here!...don't I get any credit for helping you? Of course not.

"And my family is dying to see you too Rose. They all miss you so much and my Mother is not happy with the way you left things." Dimitri said unwaveringly.

"Viktoria also said the two of you have some unfinished business." he added. Oh yeah. I wasn't looking forward to that talk.

"You agreed to this Lissa?" I asked.

"Yeah." she nodded and I felt slight guilt come through the bond.

"You're okay with this?"

She nodded.

"Are you positive you want to do this?"

She nodded.

"Alright." I cleared my throat. "I'll agree to go under one condition."

"What is that one condition?" Dimitri asked curiously.

"That you teach me how to bake your mothers black bread." I said triumphantly. Dimitri's grinned widely and nodded his head.

"Deal." he extended his large hand to me.

"Deal." I grabbed his warm calloused palm and shook it.

"So when do we leave?"

"Three days." Lissa confirmed. Oh boy. This was going to be fun. Not.

AN: Very short chapter. I know. But it needed to be said. Thank you for taking the time to read my story!