CHAPTER 12

APOV (ADRIAN)

From what I heard from Rose about how the baby was Belikov's, I didn't know what to do but I must've subconsciously made my decision and I leapt out of my chair and I headed to the apartment that I shared with Vik.

** FLASHBACK**

2 years ago.

I was walking towards the guardian building because I had finally decided to go travelling and I needed to get assigned some guardians. I walked in the building and waiting patiently as there was a lady who looked in her 30's talking to the receptionist.

Her hair was a beautiful brown, with gold streaked through it. She had a curvaceous body. She finished talking to the receptionist, she turned around to look straight into my eyes. She had chocolate brown eyes that I got lost in so easily. For some reason I felt like I knew those eyes before but I couldn't put a name on it. She looked like she was lost in my eyes too. I cleared my throat and said,

"Hi, my name is Adrian Ivashkov. What's yours?"

"Viktoria Belikova. Nice to meet you." Hang on a sec… did she say her last name was Belikova? Is that the womens version of Belikov. I decided to ask her.

"Are you related to Dimitri Belikov?" she looked surprised and said in a tone that made her Russian accent a bit heavier.

"How do you know my brother Dimka? Is he here?" WAIT WHAT? SHE IS DIMITRI'S BROTHER? Awkward.

"Ummm yes I do know him, he was my best friend's ex-boyfriend 16 years ago but left her for Tasha Ozera who live here at court now." She was surprised by the news of her brother.

"He left Roza! What why? When he always called home, he would always talk about Roza. He left her 16 years ago and he never told us. Something must've happened. I have to kick some sense into my brother. He left her for Tasha Ozera. I mean she is nice and all but Dimka wouldn't do this to her. Do you know where he lives?"

"Yes. He lives in the Dragon wing. Room 208." I replied.

"Oh that's good I live right down the hall from him."

Before I could stop myself, I asked her, "would like to have a coffee sometime at the café near your building?"

She replied, "Sure. How's this Wednesday at 4?"

"Perfect." I said. When we had coffee, we started dating and we were inseperable. Except when Dimitri found out he almost got to me when Viktoria came just in time to save me. Dimitri eventually accepted our relationship.

A year later she moved into my massive apartment and she was assigned as my guardian.

**END OF FLASHBACK**

I walked through the door of the apartment to see Vik sitting on the couch flipping through the channels. I said to her,

"Hello beautiful."

"Hi sexy," she replied. "How was the rest of your day?"

"It actually got quite interesting and I don't know who to trust so I'm going to tell you. You know how Rose has a 15 year old girl. Well congrats honey, you are an aunty. Your brother is the father. I know dhampir's can't procreate but it did happen because Rose is shadow kissed and it might've mixed up her genetics when she was brought back from the dead."

When I finished my little speech, Vik went into shock , just staring at me with wide eyes. What she said next surprised me. "OH MY GOD I'M AN AUNTY IM AN AUNTY-" next thing we know is that our door was almost broken down on the floor. Someone kicked open (which thankfully didn't break down) and in came in a very angry but also sad and desperate Russian.

"Is it true? Is the girl that socked me on their first day back here my daughter?" OH SHIT! He heard! What do I do? Viki saw the look of panic on my face and she told him the truth. There was a lot of scenarios going through my mind when I just realised something, and I just busted up laughing, rolling on the floor, clutching my stomach and the tears rolling down and all. Vik and Belikov just stared at me with a WTF expression their faces. To answer their expressions all I said was, "You got socked by your own daughter and you're supposed to be a badass guardian. Well I can see that she takes from Rose with her temper."

This made the Russian really mad and he almost jumped on me to beat me to a pulp. Lucky that Vik saw this too and she jumped in front of me and slapped Dimitri across the face. This got him to stop and all Vik said was, "Dimitri, I think you should go to your room, calm down, think about what you are going to say to Roza and let me and Adrian talk. Okay?"

He just nodded and left. I sat back on the couch and me and Vik just sat in silence for 10 minutes when we heard a fist slamming on the door and someone yelling, "Adian fucking Ivashkov! You are going to have your ass kicked and handed to you not just by me but Eddie and my daughter. Now open the damn door!" Rose all but screamed at me through the door.

Thank God for doors or otherwise I would have been dead by now I silently said to myself.