Chapter 29
RPOV
Was looking for Dimitri but when I saw he wasn't in Ivan's room I started looking around. Maybe he was getting some coffee or some more information. We were back at Court and Lissa was over the moon and wouldn't stop hugging me and telling me how sorry she was. After the tenth time of telling her to stop I could tell she was reluctant but accepting it for now. The Belikov's had arrived at Court and Yeva kept looking at me with a grin on her face. I rolled my eyes at her trying to hide the small baby bump that was growing each day.
We were going to tell them soon about the pregnancy and about Ivan. Dimitri felt like we should wait until he was awake so he could tell his side of the story. There were being a bit secretive about it and he was also in a special part of the clinic. We couldn't tell them his real identity and I was told Ivy couldn't receive visitors. Didn't know how badly she was injured from the explosion. Only thing I could do was hope that soon she would recover.
Walking around I was surprised to hear her voice and Dimitri in a heated argument. Couldn't hear what it was about but when she saw me she was shocked? She was completely dressed in her usual attire all covered up. When she asked for the old man I was surprised but it looked like Dimitri knew more.
Losing my patience yet again I was tapping my foot on the floor waiting for Abe to come to the conference room we were currently standing in. Ivan was brought in sitting in a wheelchair and Ivy quickly ran towards him hugging him. She closed her eyes holding his hands and didn't need to guess what she was doing. Soon enough he was able to stand on his own and she handed him his jacket. For his own protection of course in case some would recognize him. He wasn't quite ready for the world to know that he was still alive.
He grabbed her and kissed her deeply and couldn't help but giggle. Dimitri was standing behind me with his arms protective around my waist and had a smile on his face. But they were quickly back to guardian mode when Abe walked into the room looking curious. Clearly he had no idea what was going on what made me smile not being the only one that was left out of the loop.
'So you are all wondering what you are doing here, or maybe only two persons in this room. I wanted to tell you something… I have been thinking about this for a very long time and I can no longer keep this to myself.' Dimitri was squeezing my hand by this point. 'Wasn't planning on letting this happen but sometimes life has unexpected events. You meet a person and they make you think about the choices you made. And all the things you miss out on and wonder what if.. First you think it doesn't matter and why would they care, they don't want you in their life. What if they don't accept you and push you away. By this point she had a small smile on her face and Ivan was squeezing her hand.
'What I am saying is….Me and Ivan are getting married!' Was clapping for them could be the hormones but I am so happy for them and excited that they are finally confirming their love for each other. Looking around the room I see Abe is confused but smiling, Ivan is almost choking and Dimitri looks angry? She kissed Ivan on the lips first gentle and then jumped him putting her legs around his waist. Grabbing his face and deepening the kiss with more passion, clearing of the throat interrupting there little moment.
It was Dimitri and he was holding a locket in his hand and glaring at her. She hung her shoulders in defeat and mumbled 'Fine' then she held up her hands. He wasn't trusting her completely but gave it anyways. This time Ivan pushed her towards me and probably giving her the we will talk later look. She gave it to me with shaking hands and I opened it slowly like a snake would jump out. Looked at the pictures inside and saw a little girl with pigtails holding a baby. Then a picture of a woman standing with the same girl. She couldn't have been older than 7 and was smiling. She had brown wavy hair and big brown eyes.
Swallowing started become harder when I saw of the old man and the same woman in a picture together. I looked at her and then back at the picture. Slowly she took her hood of and heard him gasp and whispering a name. This couldn't be happening, this isn't real! She looked at me then at him and whispered 'That's you and me when your just a little baby. My mother told me when she was dying who my dad was. Then I found out about you but I was too scared to talk to you. You had a good life and didn't feel it was my place to tell you. But when we fought together it made me realize how I missed having a sister.'
Tears were forming in my eyes and suddenly I was angry. Angry that I was lied to, that I was tricked into this. Couldn't handle it my hormones were all over the place. Was thinking how my life was fine, I had Dimitri and his family, my mom and dad, Lissa my best friend and all my other friends. 'I… I… only have one sister and that is Lissa! You… You… lied to me!' Then I stormed out of the room cause I needed to breath.
IvanPOV
Was a bit upset that Dimitri had pushed her into telling Rose the truth. Even though it was better to finally say it out loud, I knew it was hard on her. She never shared it with anyone else but me and that was after she broke down when she lost Melody. There was nobody she could run to, she didn't have any family left. I told her that we were her new family and she seemed to pull herself back up. Never left her side when she was trying to get her new powers under control. It took two months for her to become stable again. Learning to make healing charms made a big difference to her mental state.
She was used to taking the darkness away but this was like an overload. First she wanted to hide but I convinced her what good she could do. Letting her see the positive side of it all, even though it cost her, her bondmate she became stronger. When she asked me to be by her side to lean on me, pain or not I would be there. Wearing the hood was like a safety blanket and a necessary one, still don't trust Mr Mazur completely.
And that kiss mannnn let me tell that got me a little bit too excited.. in the you know what department. Little Ivan was definitely twitching when she was putting her legs around my waist. And the taste of her tongue was so sweet and distracting. But when she said we were going to get married HOLY FUCK! Don't get me wrong I would love to but was it really something she would want?
Looking at Rose when she was holding those picture was nerve wrecking. When Ivy took her hood off you could see her figuring it out. But Mr Mazur on the other hand was figuring something out too. The whisper of her mom's name confirmed he knew. When she was crying I hoped she would think about and didn't blame Ivy for not telling sooner. But boy was I wrong and before I knew it she stormed out the room. Could see the hurt and knew she was thinking that it was all a big mistake for doing this.
Grabbed her hands and pulled her towards me making her look at me 'Breathe my sweet angel, it doesn't feel like it but it is going to be ok. Whatever it is you want to do we will do ok?' Those beautiful brown eyes were looking at me asking to take the pain away. ' Please take me out of here, I don't want to be here anymore'. I grabbed her hands and kissed her knuckles and smiled. 'Anything for you, let's go'
