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Rose POV

I was sitting on a swing in Adrian's Grandmother's garden. I no longer called out to him I knew he would appear when he was ready. He came out from behind a tree and sits down next to me. He's in khaki's with a green button down shirt showing off his amazing eyes and he was barefoot. I never noticed before, but like most things on Adrian his feet were adorable. I was in a red tank dress, it was cute and not too revealing.

"Little Dhampir, I've missed you." He smiles at me and caresses my cheek. I don't pull away, but I didn't smile at his touch, he frowned.

"Adrian what the hell is wrong with Lissa?"

He lets out a long sigh and runs his hand through his hair. "She is not handling the spirit well and it was affecting the babies, so we had to put her on medication. There are limited drugs we can use since she's pregnant so this is the best we can do until after the birth."

"Well she seems nuts and why does she think I am coming to Court, I haven't decided." I say pretty harshly.

"She really misses you and needs you. I was hopeful you would decide to come when you saw how bad she was, so I told her you would be with us after the holidays. If you decide to say no I'll cross that bridge when I have to. Rose I'm so sorry, but please…." He looks down, he seems ashamed.

"Adrian you shouldn't have lied, it's not right, it will be worse if I decide to quit. It's not fair you're doing this to me, I don't need your guilt Adrian." I put some venom in my voice.

His voice is thick, he's holding back tears. "Rose I know you hate me, but I need you too. This is all so much, I miss you." He's full on crying now, shit why is he doing this to me.

"Adrian" He looks up at me with the saddest most sorrow filled eyes. I cave and hug him, he just looks so desperate.

He responds immediately and hugs me so tight. "Thank you Rose, holding you will help me to get through these next 3 dreadful days. You are like my happy drug, if I have you I can do anything." He smells me I can tell taking me all in.

I pull away and he looks very sad but I am not going to let guilt get the best of me. "I still hate you Adrian, you're playing on my guilt and my good graces. I hate that you are doing this to me, it's not fair."

"I know, I am sorry, but please Rose this is a win for everyone, the Ozera's get a great Guardian, Sisley and Luca get their family back, Lissa and my kids will be safe and sane and I'll be able to function with you watching over me and you'll get whatever you want. I mean it Rose I will do or give you anything, anything you want. Just please." He gives me his most powerful pleading eyes.

I am trying to look away, I hate those eyes, they are hypnotic. I fight his trance he always locks me in and look away. "I told you'd I'd think about it and I will I promise."

"Thanks Rose, I'm sorry I don't mean to put this all one you, but do know how much I love and care for you. I'll let you go, sleep tight my love." He kisses my forehead and the dream fades. I don't fight him on the physical contact, I know he knows he'll never have me again and friendship is all we will ever have. I can forgive him, but I will never forget.

I get up early and do my shift, I left Pyro a note that I'd be back so Talia, he and I could ski for the day. On my way back I ran into my Mom, she reminds me about my duty and becoming the future King's Guardian is a blessing for someone like me with a tarnished record. She didn't mention it, but she must have known Tasha offered me a private Guardian job. I bit back so many things I wanted to say and just told her Lord Ivashkov was very generous and I would never forget my duty. I walk away from our talk in a horrible mood and I was starving.

I walk in my room and I instantly felt better. Pyro and Talia were waiting for me with a huge breakfast. Christian noticed my face and got instantly worried. I told him about running into my Mom and he just nodded in understanding. I told him I was not going to let her ruin my day.

The three of us had so much fun skiing. I took it easier than I did last year, when Mason and I were pushing each other and he got hurt. I am a responsible guardian and protecting my charge was priority one, Dimitri would be so proud. Although we were not crazy we rocked the slopes and had a great time. At the end of the day we played in the snow, made a snowman, Talia and I attacked Pyro with snow and he managed to tackle both of us. I notice from a sun porch Adrian smoking and watching us intently. I pretended like I didn't see him and kept having a good time.

Talia and Christian went back to their rooms, there was a dinner they had to get ready for. I told them I would meet them, I had to go pick up the specifics of my last shift day after tomorrow. As I am walking back to my room I decide to go a different way, I will enter the lodge through the same porch where I first met Adrian.

I was a little surprised to see him in the same spot smoking on that porch.

"Little Dhampir fancy meeting you here." He puts out his clove cigarette and gives me his classic sexy Adrian smirk.

"Well if this isn't a Déjà vu moment." I give him a small polite smile.

"I spend as much time on this porch as possible, it brings back so many wonderful memories." He gazes at me and the intensity between us picks up.

"Yeah, I can't believe I haven't even known you a year, so much has happened in that time, it feels like a lifetime." My words make me sad so much has happened to me in that time and most of it was not good.

"Little Dhampir I would give anything to go back to that first day we met." He suddenly looks sad.

"Adrian stop, what's done is done, we both need to move on." I give him my best pleading eyes.

"Yeah it looks like you're pretty chummy with Pyro, are you moving on to him. I thought you'd still be mad at him for what he did to you." He looks very jealous.

"Well forgiveness is one of my finer qualities. You should be grateful for this quality since my forgiveness will be a must if I am to accept your offer." I cross my arms in front of my chest and give him a gotcha look.

He looks thoughtful. "Yes I am grateful for your forgiveness quality, even if that means Sparky gets to benefit as well." The jealous look is back.

"You're not jealous are you? He's my charge we are good friends, he's done a lot for me and has been there for me through some hard times. That's all it is friendship, not that it's any of your business" Could he really think I like Pyro or that he likes me?

His sad look went straight to desperate. "Yes he has, and I should be grateful to him, but Rose he's after you whether you want to believe it or not. So just watch yourself I don't trust him." He looks sincere, but who knows what he'll say to get me to take his offer.

"Well I got to go and get ready, see you tonight." I give him a little wave and head off.

"Yes I'll see you tonight. Bye my love." I ignore his loving comment and head to my room to get ready.

I get ready and Connie's guardian Bryan and I follow her and Pyro to dinner. Hmmm they seem pretty chummy two nights in a row going to the 'event' together. It will be interesting if they hang out again after the party. The party goes off without a hitch. Adrian was very drunk, he was watching me all night, and it was making me very nervous a lot of people were noticing. I know Pyro and Tasha noticed as well, Pyro did not look happy. He comes over to talk to me.

"B are you OK? Adrian is stalking you with his eyes and I can see it's getting to you." He's so sweet to care about me.

"Yeah I'll survive, he's really drunk and he's not being so subtle, I just hate how he's drawing attention to me."

"You want me to start a fire and cause a distraction." He gives me his Christian sarcastic grin.

"Thanks Pyro, but I'll be alright. How much longer will we be here?" I was so tired I'd had such a long day.

"I am ready now let's go. You want to watch a movie with me tonight?" This was a shocker.

"Um sure, but don't you have plans with Connie?" He gave me a confused look.

"Nope not tonight." Hmmm wonder why?

Christian POV

Today was so much fun. It was so great to see Rose let loose, smile and have some fun. She has had such a hard year with so many ups and downs I loved to see my Rose smile.

I saw Adrian watching us at the end of the day when we were playing around with Talia. I think Rose saw him too, but we both ignored him. I loved that he was jealous of me, I know he can tell how I feel about Rose.

During dinner Adrian was really drunk and staring at Rose. He was making it so obvious I could tell it was making Rose uncomfortable. I decide to check on her.

"B are you OK? Adrian is stalking you with his eyes and I can see it's getting to you." I was ready to catch his Armani suit on fire so he'd leave her be.

"Yeah I'll survive, he's really drunk and he's not being so subtle, I just hate how he's drawing attention to me." She looked a little nervous.

"You want me to start a fire and cause a distraction." The thought of catching him on fire make me smile.

"Thanks Pyro, but I'll be alright. How much longer will we be here?" I was ready to go and be alone with Rose.

"I am ready now let's go. You want to watch a movie with me tonight?" Please say yes, please say yes.

"Um sure don't you have plans with Connie?" Hmmm why would she say this? Does she think I like Connie, is she jealous?

"Nope not tonight." I only want to be with you like every other night of my life.

We watched a movie in Rose's room. I wasn't really paying much attention to the movie I was mostly watching Rose. She looked so tired. Eventually she fell asleep and was laying her head on my shoulder. I turned the movie very low so I could listen to Rose sleep. I laid lower on the bed and put my arm around her so I could hold her.

I knew she wouldn't wake up she was too tired. Laying there holding her I felt whole. She was so beautiful when she was sleeping. All her worries, stress and problems were wiped away. I loved when she looked like this, I could watch her sleep forever. She had taken a shower before the movie and her smell was so fresh. I wanted to hold her like this every night when she was sleeping.

Like all good things me holding Rose had to come to an end. As much as I wanted to fall asleep holding her I resisted, I didn't want to push her and sleep with her in her bed. I was slowly winning her trust back, but I still had a ways to go. I tucked her into bed and reluctantly went to my room. I fell asleep dreaming of Rose reveling in her smell that still lingered on me.

I woke up to Rose screaming in her sleep, another nightmare, but this one was horrible. I ran in her room, held her to me and tried to calm her down. "Shhhhh Rose it's OK, I'm here, it's OK, you're OK." She was trembling.

"Oh my god Christian it was so real, I was back in that house…..Mason." She was so scared, I just kept holding her and reassuring her.

She looked up at me with the most innocent look in the world. "Will you stay here and sleep in my bed?" She was terrified.

"Sure B I am here for you always."

I snuggled her to me and she laid on my chest and fell right to sleep. I fell asleep with a smile on my face, I was in heaven holding her to me.

I woke up first and was watching Rose sleep waiting for her to get up. She was not a morning person, I could tell she was awake and was just pushing her rest time as much as she could. She finally opened her eyes. "Hey" she looked a little guilty.

"Christian thank you for staying with me last night. I am sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"I know I am supposed to be your Guardian and protect you and here I need you to hold me and sleep me with because I am having horrible nightmares." She was actually serious.

"Rose, seriously it's my pleasure. I am the one that dragged you here to face your x and his new fiancé and then it ends up it to be at the place that brought back horrible memories of you losing your best friend when he was trying to save your life from evil creatures of the night." She smiled at me, I loved her smile.

"Thanks Pyro"

While Rose got ready I ordered breakfast and then took a quick shower. We were eating in comfortable silence. Rose is always so hungry she rarely talk when she eats, I even find her huge appetite adorable.

"So what's on the agenda today besides the luncheon, are you going to hang out with Connie?" She asks I could tell she was curious. Yep she thinks I like Connie.

"Rose Connie is just my friend; I swear there's nothing between us." I was watching her closely trying to gauge how she felt about this.

"Oh yeah sure, it just seemed like you liked her more than 'friends' I mean you guys are cute together, I just thought, well yeah." She seemed a little flustered. Yes, maybe she was jealous.

"No Rose, Connie is dating a human; we are the two outcasts in the Royal circle so we naturally cling to one another for support." I am ecstatic that she cares.

"Oh I see" She smiles and finishes her food.

This day started off too good to go a stupid Royal luncheon and deal with the ridiculous celebration of the happy couple crap. "Hey Rose let's say you and I skip out on all the Royall bullshit today and have some fun?"

"Sure Pyro that sounds great what do you have in mind?"

"Let me go make a few calls, I'll be right back."

I leave Rose to have some privacy. I make some calls and get everything settled. This is going to be so perfect; I can't wait to surprise Rose. I go back to her room, pack some stuff in a bag for her and tell her she has to close her eyes so I can keep the surprise.

"Alright ready?" I turn to her and she looks nervous and excited at the same time.

"Sure Pyro, when will I find out what we're doing?"

"Do you trust me?"

"Yes I do with my life." She was 100% sincere.

I smiled so big to her answer. "You'll find out soon, let's go."

We headed off to spend the day together.

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