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Dimitri went back to his room in stunned silence. After everything the others had said and Tasha it was starting to sink in. He really had been pushing himself on Rose thinking she didn't know what she was doing and he knew what was best. Tasha was right, Yeva and everyone else. Too much as happened since that awful day in the church. It was time like everyone had said to shut up and fall in line. It was quite obvious that Rose was not the same as she once was and he had hurt her deeply. He fell back onto his bed the minute he got to his room. Everyone was disgusted with his behavior and the more he thought about it so was he. This wasn't him and he didn't understand why he had acted this way. Was it the fact that Rose moved on and he had not? Or did he feel like he was in a jealous competition with Ivan. The idea of Ivan and Rose being together murdered him to his soul. However he saw how Rose and Ivan looked at each other. The same way that she once looked at him when they first met. Yet when she looks at him its a ice cold stare. The warmth of her love that used to be there for him was gone. Perhaps he really did kill all of the love she had left for him. He closed his eyes and tried his damnedest to go to sleep. The hardest thing he had done now since he said those words to her was actually letting her go for her good now.

Tasha was about to get Damien back to sleep when she saw movement in the corner of her eye. He had woken up in the middle of the night screaming. The nightmares had been really bad this last week. Vasilissa had made Tasha a spirit infused bracelet to ward off bad spirits and provide insight on what would be bothering the small boy. What they didn't count on was the bridge it built between Tasha and his dead parents. Feeling his momma near by had woken the boy up and awaken his pain. As Tasha rocked him back to sleep she looked over to see his mom and dad watching her with him. She looked at them both and was a little taken back. The spirit of his mother walked up to them and gently kissed him on his head. She then reached down and Tasha felt a slight cold breeze as she gently caressed her cheek. Damien's mother walked back to her husband's side as he mouthed the words "Thank you and please be safe" to Tasha. Tasha sadly smiled as she silently cried mouthing back "For you I will please be at peace for him." The two spirits smiled sadly before they faded away into the darkness. Tasha never felt so alone after they left and Damien fell asleep finally peacefully.

Everyone else that was not on watch had all had there uneasiness as they fell asleep. Yeva, Olena and the rest of the Belikov women slept peacefully for a bit until their own fears awoken inside their minds. Abe was sleeping fearfully for Janine safety along with Adrian about Sydney. None of the guardians on duty nor the house mates realized Rose and Ivan were yet to return and the sun was up hitting its highest point at noon.

*Warning possible lemon here*

Rose woke up with a jerk screaming as it dawned on her she was still alive and no longer in a fight. Ivan rushed to her side and was cooing sweet calming words to her in Russian. Grasping for air from pretty much causing herself to hyperventilate her eyes were wild and huge as she took in his appearance. His hair was a mess, dry blood from his nose being busted and a black eye forming on his face. Wait a minute! Black eye but he is strigoi Rose thought wildly.

"Wild cat your okay. Shoooo Shoooo its gonna be alright. Look, your ok and I am ok some what." Ivan joked as he took both hands on each side of her head looking her dead in the eyes. The more Rose looked at him the more and more he looked less strigoi. How was this even possible? Right now he was more and more warm to the touch and the red ring around his eyes was dimmer? What the hell!

Rose pushed her way of the couch causing Ivan to stumble off into the floor. She started walking around noticing how the house was in total demolition, and the bodies gone. Running to the back she threw the door open only to find a charred area in the backyard. Slowly she turned to look at Ivan, he was just standing there watching her in return. Swallowing hard she quietly said "Thank you" the started for the Lady Katya's bedroom. This situation was wearing on her and she wished madly she could just be Rose Hathaway Mazur again. Not this thing she was now. This wasn't what she wanted damn it. All she wanted to do was be herself and with Dimitri. Then all changed including how she felt. She hated that she would have to break his heart more. But she was changed not just physically but emotionally as well. What if her love for him was not as deep as she thought it had been. Would she had been as crazy about Ivan if she had met him as Moroi and not Strigoi? She started to walk past him and he tried to stop her. Grabbing her by the harm he tried desperately to get her to face him. Angrily she jerked her arm out of his grasp and kept walking. She went to the armoire and pulled out a new outfit before taking her shower. Frustrated as hell Ivan roared out before stomping away to his room.

The blood in her hair and on the rest of her body turned the running water a rusty red. What does she do? Go with her head and tell the guy to fuck off? Or do what Mason told her to do? As she rinsed her hair out she kept contemplating what her next step was to get closer to the Strigoi king. Next up was a masquerade ball and she had been invited along with ability to bring a guest. By the time she done her shower and dressed up to go back to bed, Ivan was just got into his shower. She walked to his room and waited for him to open the door after knocking. There was no answer so she turned to leave, then changed her mind. She open the door in time to see Ivan walking out of the bathroom with his towel very lowly wrapped around his hips.

"Something wrong Katya?" Ivan looked her raising a eyebrow.

"No I just wanted to thank you and tell you..."

"You know what just save it. Go to your room and play your little games with your phone and computer. All I did was my job as the strigoi..."

Rose stepped up to him and slapped him hard across the face. He gave her a strong hard glare. "No you asshole! I have something to tell you and your gonna damn well listen! You have no clue as to what I feel! Your not the one that has had their life turned upside down from the moment they were in school! I decide who I am and who I want to be with. No one. I mean no one tells me what I feel but me. I don't want to have my heart shattered again Ivan. That is why I was putting space between us we were moving to hot to fast that it made my heart and head spin."

"Well then you set the pace Katya because I am no dog to piss on someone that I care about. I love you but I will no longer try to.."

In three seconds when she was about to walk back out the door she spun around when he started saying that. Quicker than he could blink she was throwing him onto the bed trying to hit him. He grabbed her fist and pulled her to him crashing his lips onto hers. Without a second to think about what she was doing she unbuttoning her shirt until Ivan ripped the shirt open. There mouths are trying to dominate the other. Here and now they only existed and the world did not.

Ivan scooped Katya up in a bridle fashion kissing her feverishly. This was to be there moment and no one not even the devil himself would dare stop them. He laid her gently on the bed before tearing the sleep shorts and underwear off her body. Laying in between her legs he started kissing her lips trailing down her chest. Rose arched her back as the hot kisses trailed down even further past her navel. She threaded her hands in his hair as she massaged his scalp. Throwing her head back her eyes fluttered shut as he kissed the top of her pubic bone. As she urged him on he gladly obliged. His tongue teasingly licked her slit causing her to shudder. Gently he massaged her thighs as worked his way to her honey spot. Rose started to pant the more and more Ivan's tongue worked and deadly assault on her body. Reaching up from her thigh he gently massage one of her breasts while the other hand pushed he hips down into place. When he finally pushed her over the edge into ecstasy she collapsed fully onto the bed. Panting she reached out and pulled him down on her. She placed both hands on each side of her face kissing him furiously as she raised up to meet his entry into her body. She gasped as he fully entered her waiting for her to adjust to him. When she started to slowly rock her hips and lock her legs around his waist he slowly moved to her speed. She kissed his neck and chest as she clung to him. The found a rhythm both was comfortable with and let go. Their desires pushed them to go past the breaking point. Then as they both found their sweet release Rose bit Ivan in the neck. Ivan threw his head back letting out a strangled moan. He slid his hand from Rose's waist to her neck then to her hair. Grabbing a handful of her hair he pulled her head from his neck before he kissed her firmly tasting his own blood. Collapsing on the bed both fell back to sleep peacefully in each other's arms.