So sorry for the wait. I was on camp and yes it was very very fun. Anyway here it is. Chapter 25
I was watching my Dimitri playing with my dearest son. Someone had carved a horse out of wood for a gift. I think it was one of his men. I tilted my head towards my daughter. She was sleeping. "Rose" Dimitri said "I think you should check on Lissa" Since when does he call me Rose? It was always Roza or my love. I nodded pulling myself out of the chair. Walking down that long hallway it felt like the walk of guilt. Had I done something wrong? Maybe he does not love me anymore? Wait why am I worrying? I came to the door and knocked lightly and pushed it open. Lissa was sitting up in bed and talking baby talk to her beautiful daughter. "Lissa" I said "Would you like something to eat?" I asked and she looked up and smiled "Yes please. Just bread and some wine. Thank you" I nodded and turned to go out "Oh and Rose" I turned back to her "We must talk later. About something" I nodded "Of cause" I walked towards the kitchen with a frown on my face. I entered the kitchen. It was stuffy with steam. Ladies were rushing around but they all stopped when they saw me and bowed "Your majesty" They all said together. I nodded my head.
"May I have some bread for the queen of Spain... oh and wine" They were rushing around again and a pale looking woman placed a tray on my arms. I nodded. She turned away from me and rushed back. I stood there in the doorway and thought for a minute "Are you not hot?" I asked them and a few turned to me.
"it is a kitchen. We do not mind"
"I think you all deserve a break. In ten minutes I want you all to go outside and relax. Understood?" They all stared at me but they all nodded. I nodded my head and hurried away.
I sat at the end of Lissa's bed as she fed her child. "I think we all know that our alliance is not going to last forever" She told me and I nodded "And you not really being royal is not really helping" What? "Me and Christan are thinking of having a son and he will take over Spain. He will be the one to choose what to do with the alliance but for not it is thin"
"Lissa..."
"An agreement" She told me.
"We shall remain allies but I must ask of something big"
"Of cause"
"Warriors" I blinked.
"That is not my part of this marriage"
"Of I know that but if you could ask Dimitri. He will listen to you" I thought for a moment.
"Is my father okay? Or even my mother?"
"You father has been driven into a far forest with the rest of his men. As for your mother. I think your father saved her by taking her too" I closed my eye's.
"So they are lost"
"Yes. We have not been in contact with them for almost four whole months" I bend my head down "Please Rose. Spain needs your help against Germany. You are our only hope of finding your family." I got up and stumbled towards the door. Not thinking about it "I'll tell Dimitri when ever he is free. Right now. He's with our children."
I hadn't realised till hours later that I had gotten myself lost in the castle. I was in a long hallway which I don't even remember. I sucked in a breath and started down the hallway. Slowly. I came to a wooden door and yanked it open. Oh. Now I knew. I was in the dungeon. I had never been here before. I mean who would want to? The floor was damp and all I could see was cage after cage after cage and people were in those cages. I sucked in a breath and walked. It wasn't easy to keep your footing on the damp stone ground. A guard was coming up. If he saw me he would defiantly tell Dimitri. I hid in the dark behind me. A hand grabbed me and I gasped. Turning around I saw a man. His eye's were red. Like Strigoi. He licked his lips "So thirsty" He muttered to me. He lashed forward but I managed to release my wrist from his grasp. He banged into the bars. "You bitch" he shouted at me. I turned away quick and hurried back up the steps and out of the horror. I turned to go back but found myself still walking deeper into unknown territory. I swallowed and opened the last door. It was big and round. With two doors. One my side and one the other. Oh wow. On the walls it looked like a time line. From the first leader of a tribe in Russia too the latest king and queen. I heard a sound and turned around. A man had come out of the corner. He looked like he was in his mid twenties "What are you doing here?" He grunted "I didn't mean... I didn't-"
"You stutter too much. Something I am putting down" He told me grabbing what looks like what held the treaty of spain and Russia's agreement. He started scribling things down. He looked up at me
"A profile. I have one on everyone who is royal. Rose Hathaway" He told me and I frowned at him "My name is Queen Rose Belikov. Not Hathaway"
"Yes of cause. So you welcome change with ease. Love at first sight. Is very protective of her family and more" I stared at him. He stared back. In the end I had to be the one to look away. He smirked. I sighed and turned around "You will just get lost again. This door takes you into the gardens" He pointed to the double doors. I nodded to him and showed myself out.
I stood in front of Dimitri. I had just told him of Lissa. He was now staring at our son "She said that?" I nodded "I guess if she really does need it. We could help of cause" I nodded "I will gather five dozen soldiers and send them out" I nodded "Thank you Rose" He got up and shoved Andre at me. I stared at him in disbelief. Did he just shove his son at me? His wife? I set Andre down in his cot and chased after him "What do you think your doing?" I asked him. He looked at me confused "You call me Rose now. You shoved your son at me. SHOVED Dimitri. What is wrong with you?"
"I do not understand"
"Yes you do. You understand completely? Do you see me as some servant now? Are you no longer attracted to me? Love me?" He grabbed both of my hands "No. I love you more then ever. You gave me a family" I smiled at him "I am just so busy."
"With what?"
"Looking after my family" He smiled "Now I must go" He leaned down and kissed me "And I will make it up to you tonight. I promise" I nodded and watched him walk away.
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