AN: Hey guys. Sorry this chapter is coming so late, I've been out all weekend haha. Well here it is. I don't own the VA series. Love you all. -Sammy

Chapter 21: RPOV

My guardian blood made my first reaction be to want to fight but my motherly side wanted nothing more than to sit upstairs and watch my son sleep so that I knew that he was okay.

I had to act like the guardian that I was, "How high is the security for Vasilissa?" I asked. He looked me in the eye as if to tell me that I was needed. Turning to look at Greg, I gave him a message that we had mastered between us; keep him safe. I knew that he would understand and without another word, I sprinted from the house.

GPOV:

Honestly, I wasn't entirely sure about how to react to this. The sun would be coming up in just a few hours and strigoi usually don't come around this time and they had never actually managed to break through the wards. My thoughts immediately went to Rose and Mason, the two most important people in my life.

After Rose left me with the secret message to keep our son safe, I glanced upstairs and as I did, I saw Dimitri do so also. Dimitri and I glanced at each other when we let our eyes drift away from the stairs. Hanes told us that we needed to get out there as soon as possible right before he sprinted off. I looked Dimitri in the eye.

"If something happens to me... take care of Mason. He needs a father in his life." he nodded and told me the same.

RPOV:

When I reached Lissa, she was with Christian of course and 6 of the other royal guardians were with her. Lissa convinced me to guard her while guarding the apartment block as well. I already knew that a lot of guardians were doing that to protect the moroi inside of them so quickly we all made a plan of how to protect them and most importantly Lissa from there and we head off to the outside of the apartments.

Strigoi were everywhere, as well as bodies on the ground of both strigoi and guardians. I was shocked. Not only were the barriers brought down but there was a HUGE group of strigoi here. Me as well as 3 of Lissa other near guardians stayed close to her to kill any strigoi who got past the farther guardians. Not a lot of strigoi actually got close enough to us for us to kill them because the royal guardians are just that good; they were always the best of the best for the queen.

The battles lasted around 4 hours because the sun was coming up and the rest of the strigoi retreated. There were what seemed like hundreds of bodies along the ground of court and it was horrible. We could practically see the strigoi bodies burning up in the sun leaving only fallen guardians and even some moroi. From what we saw, nobody was taken with the strigoi which was at least a little better.

As soon as I had Lissa secured with Christian, I sprinted back to my apartment despite my tiredness. When I got to my apartment, the first thing I did was run up to Mason's room. I didn't bother changing my cloths which were all but soaked in blood because at one point, I got pulled away from Lissa to help her far guardians defend and keep out little circle safe. I wasn't worried that when I got up there Mason wouldn't be there. I was almost positive that he would be there just like he always was.

When I got up to my little prince's room, I saw him still sleeping soundly on his bed, wrapped in numerous blankets on the cold night. He didn't appear to have a single mark on him and for that, I let out a sigh of relief.

I heard someone clear their throat from the side of the room and I turned defensively, ready to defend my baby boy. As soon as I turned, I saw Dimitri sitting in the corner of the room with his hands up telling me that it was just him. I jerked my head to the side, silently telling him to come downstairs with me.

As soon as we got downstairs, I let my slight panic that had been building and holding back set it. He was expecting it.

I felt tears come to my eyes as I whispered something that I wasn't sure I wanted the answer to. "Where is Greg?"

AN: I'm really sorry that this chapter is so short guys. I have another one coming today so just hang tight :) let me know what you thought of this chapter and what you're hoping comes in the next one. Love you all -Sammy