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Dimitri's POV
The kids pulled us to the living room to tell us everything that was going on.
"How is that possible?" I asked when Tyrla said that the Strigoi was born that way. There had to be some sort of explanation why all of a sudden these things could reproduce.
"I don't know daddy. I need to go back inside his head to find out?" she said sadly. She seemed disappointed that she didn't have the answers. Before I could ease her worry Rose spoke.
"There's no way in hell you are going back in his head! You could get caught in there!" she all but yelled. Now I know she meant well but Tyrla knew what she was doing. Rose needed to trust her.
"Rose can I speak with you for a moment in the kitchen?" I said standing up and giving her my hand.
"Fine." She said after looking at me. She walked with me without saying a word until we got to the kitchen.
"I know what you're going to say Dimitri but you don't understand that she has no idea what she is in for until she's in someone's head. She thought she could just get in mine and be fine but you heard her, she almost got caught in there." She ran her hand over her face signing.
"Roza, Tyrla is a smart kid she'll know what to do. Trust her." I pleaded with her. She looked up at me with those puppy dog eyes and gave me a small smile.
"I know Dimitri but she's just a little girl, our little girl. She takes on too much responsibility. I wish she could just be a kid and not worry about all this crap." I wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her to my chest and kissed the top of her head. She looked tired and I thought she was worn out from all the traveling and stress.
"Roza why don't you go lay down. You look like you could a nap." I said.
"Oh, you're right I am tired. I'll talk to her about this later when I have had some sleep." She kissed my check and left the room.
I returned to the living room and sat on the couch next to Tyrla. "Honey your mother just worries about you. She didn't mean to sound so upset." I leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"Daddy, I'm scared." She said and started to cry. I pulled her into my arms and held her tight.
"Honey, what has you scared?" I asked as I rubbed her back.
"I think I might know how all this happened." She said as the tears ran down her face.
"Do you want to tell me?" I asked her.
"I think it's my fault." And then the tears really came out. Victor and Nick came running into the room and straight for Tyrla.
"What's wrong, Tyrla are you alright?" Victor asked while Nick held her hand. Those two really did protect her. My little girl was going to have a hard time finding a guy that was strong enough to first deal with me then Victor and Nick. To top that all off she had her grandpa wrapped around her finger. Just a whisper of Abe's name or nickname had people scared and running. I laughed internally at that thought.
"She thinks she's the reason the Strigoi are reproducing." I told them.
"Tyrla that is ridiculous. You would never do something so cruel." Victor told her.
"No it's not. I healed someone who turned around and became a Strigoi." I closed my eyes knowing she was right. We all knew if she healed a dhampir female she could get pregnant with another dhampir. My stomach turned wondering how the evil creatures had found this out. Or worse yet tested it out.
"Tyrla, honey that's not your fault." I told her.
"Tears we can fix this. It's not your fault. You were doing what was right. Someone either decided to change or they were changed against their will. You didn't cause this." Nick said to her.
"What is going on in here?" Roza said when she saw everyone around Tyrla. I guess a nap was out of the question.
Tyrla jumped from my arms and ran to her mother crying. Roza lifted her up in her arms and walked away with her.
"What the hell are we supposed to do now?" I asked. I don't know if I was asking myself or Victor or Nike.
"I'm going down to the jails and see if I can get anything out of the soulless Strigoi." Victor said and turned to walk away.
"Wait for me I'm coming with you." I said mad. I think Victor was just as mad and neither one of us had any intentions on leaving Jay until we got our answers. "Nick stay here." I told him.
"But, yes dad." He said.
Victor and I made our way down without saying a word. We heard talking when we got closer to the cells. What we found were two guardians, Abe's guardians inside the cell with Jay and Abe standing in front of him.
"Tell me do you feel pain?" Abe asked.
"Fuck you!" Jay yelled. Abe nodded his head and one of the guardians broke Jay's knee cap. He bellowed out in pain.
"See all you had to do was say yes or no." Abe said with a smile. "Now who sent you?"
Silence…
"I'm not going to ask again." Abe said.
Still silence…
Abe nodded his head and the guardian on the other side broke the other knee cap. Jay screamed out again.
"Abe?" Victor asked. He turned around giving us an evil smile. Like I said Abe is someone people don't want to screw with.
"Yeah." Abe replied.
"Um, I think you should let Dimitri try." Victor told him.
"Dimitri Belikov?" Jay asked with a hint of horror in his voice.
"The one and only. Do you know him?" Abe asked taking a step closer.
"He's one of us." Jay said trying to look around Abe and his guardians.
I walked through the jail door and right in front of Jay. "Do I look like one of you?" the longer I look at him the more I was finding that I knew this guy. But I was one hundred percent sure his name was not Jay.
Jay or whatever his name was just stared at me looking me over. A smile spread across his face when he recognized me. "Man it's good to see you." He said. From the way that he looked relieved I would guess that he thought I was going to get him out of the mess he was in.
"Can you leave us so that I can talk to the prisoner?" I asked everyone. Abe and Victor looked at my suspiciously but I think they understood what I was trying to do. Jay obviously trusted me and who knew what kind of information I could get out of him. I waited for them to leave before I walked over to him and released his restraints.
"Man what the hell happened to you?" Jay asked rubbing his wrists and then pushing his knee back into its place so it would heal right.
"Somehow they figured out a way to turn me back. Don't worry I haven't told anyone that I'm not on their side. I've been waiting for something big before I attacked them." I said looking out the door like I was checking to make sure nobody was coming. Victor gave me a thumbs up and disappeared behind the wall. "Did you hear about the powers I got?" I asked. I wanted him to trust me.
"Yeah man I heard. It's great you are on our side. But aren't those your kids?" he asked. Now I recognized him, Jesse Zeklos. The cocky SOB that I caught making out with my Roza years and years ago. My temper peeked and I knew I had to get it under control.
"That's what she says. I have no idea." I said. "What the hell is going on with you?" I asked. "I mean that little girl is the weirdest child I have ever seen. She heals Strigoi and gives them their souls back or kills them without laying so much a hand on them. But with you she freaked out."
"Man, it's the strangest thing. I was healed by her back when she came for her mother. I went out thinking about her wishes but was caught by some Strigoi who awakened me. Well you know we like playing with our women we catch. Seems I got one pregnant. The baby was born three days ago as a Strigoi. That's when we knew we had to get more. The plan is to populate the world with these soulless children." He said looking out pass the jail cell.
"Why did she say you don't have a soul?" I asked confused.
"Well from what we can figure out is once she has returned a soul it's kinda on loan. It's attached to her and if you get turned for some reason the soul just disappears. It's been a lot of help though. We heal faster, fight faster and can walk in the sun light. There are only three of us now that are tracking down Dhampir women strong enough to go through the pregnancy. The child that was born already is a growing. We guess that within this week it will be a full grown Strigoi." He said. I hid the disgust in my eyes. My stomach turned.
Tyrla thought she would rid the world of these creatures instead they found a way to become even stronger than before. It was going to break her heart when she found out she couldn't save everyone.
"So how the hell are we going to get out of here?" he asked me. I paced the small cell looking like I was coming up with a plan.
"Well I think I could convince them that I am taking you out into the woods to destroy you. But once they see us they will know I betrayed them. So we have to be sneaky about this." I said hoping he would take the bait.
"Man, you really have them fooled don't you. So when we get out of here I'll turn you back." He said with a smile.
"Can't. I'll loose my powers. If we are going up against Rose, her freaky children and her family we are going to need my powers." I said without hesitation.
"Well we don't want to be in the disadvantage. Ok so lock me up and go talk to them. When should I accept you?" he asked.
"Let's wait till sun down. It'll means us not running into Rose or the children. The little boy is stronger than me and the little girl can get into your head and make you do things with your knowledge. We want to stay clear of them until we build an army." I said as I shut the door and locked it. "Don't talk to anyone. And I hope I can keep that little girl from coming down here. She doesn't need eye contact to gain control and then she'll know what I'm up to."
"Yeah that's not a good thing." He said sitting down on the bed. "It's good to have you back." He said as I left the cells.
Rose's POV
I held Tyrla in my arms in her garden until she stopped. She had are roses crawling up her arms like a blanket of comfort. "Tyrla I'm sorry I yelled at you." I said. She looked up at me with red eyes and tears still falling down her cheeks.
"Mommy I'm scared. That soulless Strigoi is my fault." She said wrapping her arms around my waist.
"No Tyrla it's not." I said with a bit of anger.
"Your letting the darkness in again mommy." She reached up placing her hand on my cheek. Her hand started glowing and I could feel the dark emotions flow out of me. One of her precious roses turned black before my eyes. From my experience with her it didn't cross my mind to touch it. She looked down at her ruined rose in the palm of her hand. Without warning she destroyed it with fire. Even knowing she had a connection to all the elements it still surprised me. We all think of Tyrla as the soul girl and sometimes forget her other gifts.
"Thank you." I said kissing the top of her head. She pulled herself off my lap so that she was facing me.
"Mommy that guy was one of the ones I healed when I rescued you. He was turned and now his soul his lost. But I feel like there's something even more scary about him than just no soul. He was here looking for someone. Someone strong for some evil purpose." She said. Her roses crawled up her legs in a beautiful pattern.
"Why would you want to go back in his head then? He could keep you. Maybe you are what he was looking for." I said scared. If he came then more would come. Why is it that my life can't be simple? I have my family and friends that I dearly love under my protection but no matter how safe we are we still are under fire. I wanted my children to experience life not be forced to experience it with constant trouble. Was there ever going to be a time where we could all just sit back and enjoy life?
"I don't think it's me he wants. While I was in his head I kept seeing blurry pictures of women pregnant. But I don't understand what it means. I have never not known how a person feels or been unable to see their thoughts, their past, present and what they have gone through." She rubbed her temples.
"Tyrla please don't push yourself. We still don't know how your body or mind will react to all you gifts. Do you think you could be getting some darkness like me?" I asked worried.
"No mommy you see I channel it to something else. Just like when I take your darkness I transfer it to an object. It's the only thing I feel like I have to get rid of. My other powers don't leave anything behind." She said playing with a rose.
"Well for the time being can you please just relax? Promise me you won't do anything without talking to me before. I worry about you sweetheart and I don't want to loose you." She smiled at me and handed me a rose.
"Ok mommy I promise to talk to you first." She made a rose crown for herself and placed it on her head. She looked like a princess. Oh, shit Lissa.
"Tyrla is Lissa, Christian and Tristen in danger?" I asked worried.
"Not at the moment but you should get them over here soon." She said jumping up. "I'm going to go find Nicky." She kissed my cheek and skipped away leaving me in the rose garden.
I laid back on the soft grass looking up at the sun setting. It cast oranges, red and yellows across the sky. As I watched the night sky change I caught a scent. "Hello love." I said.
"You look so beautiful laying there." He said coming closer. "Is Tyrla ok?" he asked. I could hear worry in his voice and a bit of hesitation.
"Yeah she promises to talk to me before she does anything." He sat next to me. I was wearing a summer dress that flowed down to my feet. At the moment the dress was bunched up at my knees. His hand caressed my calf moving up to my knee.
"Roza, I need to talk to the family. Can you gather them and I'll meet you in the living room." He said with sadness.
"Dimitri what are you up to?" I asked sitting up.
"Please Roza just get everyone together." He said. He kissed my lips softly then got up and walked away. I knew something was very wrong. He never just left things hanging that way. He did this when he had bad news. I jumped up and ran for the house hoping to catch him and beat whatever he was keeping from me but he was already somewhere else in the house probably getting some of the family together.
Twenty minutes later the whole family was sitting in the living room. Adrian looked like he just got done swimming. His hair was soaking wet and he still had on his swim trunks. Adrian was training with Dimitri and laps were one of the things that Dimitri told him to do. It would build muscle in his legs and arms. Viktoria was holding Renee in her lap with the stuffed bear that Nick got her for her birthday last year. It was pretty late so I wasn't surprised to see she was already in her pajamas.
Yeva and Olena were sitting together holding hands with my kids on Olena's lap. They must have felt the same way I did, that Dimitri was going to drop a bomb on us. I hated when he did this. If he thinks for one minute that I'll go easier on him because everyone is here he's so wrong.
"Ok Dimitri, tell us why you have gathered us all." I said annoyed. He stood close to the fireplace rubbing the back of his neck. Sitting on the long couch together was my dad, Victor and my mom. Something about Abe's eyes were telling me that he knew what was about to be said. Why he knew everything before hand is beyond me.
"I'm going to go with Jay." He said nervous.
I didn't say a thing or move. How could he want to do this? "Why?" I finally asked.
"He thinks I'm still on their side. They are looking for strong dhampir women, impregnating them so they can build a new race. He wasn't born that way but he says that once Tyrla heals someone their soul is on loan. When he was turned again is soul just disappeared." He watched me as he told us this. I still didn't see a reason for him to go.
"So we don't allow Tyrla to heal anyone until this mess is taken care of. You don't need to run off with them." I said angrily.
"Roza, that's Jesse down there. He's taking orders from someone and we need to know who that is. He said there are three of them but that they are looking for more dhampir's men that were healed by Tyrla. If they find more and reproduce we are in a lot of trouble. Because they were healed he said they can move faster, heal faster and walk in daylight." He told me upset.
I didn't know what to say to that. He was right if Jesse thought he was on their side it could be a huge advantage to know what they were really up to. It would also be a plus to know who the ring leader was and where or how they got this information. But I was hell bent on keeping my family together and not putting them in danger. What would happen if they decided that Dimitri needed to prove himself and hurt someone?
"Rose this is the only way to really understand how to defeat them." My dad said. My mom's hand moved to his knee where she left it. I had been noticing those two were getting closer. I hoped that my mom could let down her guard and let him in. you could tell by the way he looked at her that he still loved her very much.
"Dad you can't seriously believe that. You're supposed to want to keep my husband home and out of danger." I whined. I didn't like knowing they were right and teaming up on me.
"Rose they have something up there sleeves. If they trust Dimitri than the information he gets can only help us understand what we need to do. Someone we know is behind this. Doesn't that raise the hairs on your neck? We have been betrayed and until we know who, we are going to be under constant attack. I trust that Dimitri can handle himself and won't do anything stupid to loose you or his kids." My dad said. He placed his hand over my moms and gave her a small smile.
"If it will make you happy I'll go with him." I closed my eyes hearing Victor making this statement. He would do anything for us and putting himself in danger wasn't a way to help.
"No Victor. If something goes wrong I need you here to take care of my family. If for some reason I am turned I need you to protect them." Dimitri said. He was serious too. I know he didn't think anything bad would happen but we have always prepared ourselves for the worst. If he was turned the first thing he would do was to come and try to retrieve us so that he could turn us all. In a weird way it's how the Strigoi minds works, he would either get us to change or kill us. One way or another he would control the outcome.
"Dimitri if you don't have someone pretend to try to stop you Jay will suspect something. You could tell him to change me. Tyrla can always fix me." Victor argued. He had a point if Dimitri and Jesse just walked out the front door without a problem I would think something was up. But would Jesse just turn Victor or would he kill him? Everyone knew he wasn't always on our side it could be thought that he and Dimitri were waiting for something to give them a reason to turn their backs on us.
"It's Jesse. I don't know why he gave you a different name but that really doesn't matter. Victor I don't know if he would just change you or try to kill you." Dimitri told him.
"You just said they have been looking for men who were healed by Tyrla. You could always tell him she healed me." Victor said.
Dimitri sat down next to Yeva while he rubbed the back of his neck. I could tell he was actually thinking of allowing this. It sounded smart but what if all hell broke loose. What if Victor told them after he was changed what we had planned. Dimitri would be in a situation that I really didn't want him in. I didn't want him to have to even think about hurting Victor to shut him up in that situation.
"Dimitri he has a point. I don't like it but he's right. We can't just let them walk out the front door. We also can't let him see me, Rose or the children because then he'll know it was a set up if we don't attack." My mother said.
"But we would also need the regular guardians that man the doors to attack. What if something goes wrong?" I asked.
"Rose, John and Ted are willing to take that chance. They know Tyrla can heal them if they get injured or turned." My dad said. The two guardians he was talking about stood behind him nodding their heads. All I could think was wow that's dedication. In fact the more I thought about it they both had been there through all of this standing in the shadows or in the background. The other guardians had their posts but these two shadowed my father everywhere he went. I could only imagine what my father had done for them to make them risk their lives for this family.
"I guess then you all have made your decision." I said angrily. So Dimitri, Victor, John and Ted were putting themselves in danger for us all. I was madder that I wasn't a part of the plan. I didn't want to sit around and worry about them. I wanted to be there with them protecting my family. Together we could fix this mess and go back to being a family.
I looked over to my children on Olena's lap. To my surprise they seemed to agree. Nick looked upset that he wasn't going but happy that he would be protecting his sister. Tyrla looked relieved that we would know the answers. As I passed over the faces of my family I realized that they all thought this was a good idea. My anger peeked, I stood up and walked out of the room.
Dimitri's POV
She stood with a grave look in her eyes and walked away. The children watched as she walked away looking sad that she was so upset.
"Dimitri if you let anything happen to yourself or Victor I will come after you with a force to kick your ass." Abe said to me. I had never heard him cuss like that and I found it amusing.
"That force will be me." Janine said. She looked at me with a stern look letting me know that she didn't like upsetting her daughter. I knew Roza was upset but mostly because she had to stay here. She was so much like me when it came to taking actions. Sitting back and waiting killed us and she would be doing just that.
"Boy you listen to them because I think I will be there too." My grandmother said. "Now go make your wife stop worrying." She told me. I gave everyone their hugs and kisses and took off looking for Roza.
I found her in the training room hitting a punching bag. She hit it so hard it looked like one more hit and the thing would fly across the room. Watching her reminded me of her hitting that bed in her cell so long ago. She was breath taking even then when she knew she was about to die. Those memories flooded my mind. The memory of her sitting in that chair, the doctor injecting her with the chemicals that would kill her and her finally going limp burned my heart. That day was the worst day of my life. The trip home I cried the whole way. I didn't care who saw me that weak.
Then we went out to dinner to toast to Roza. I remembered how much I hated that Tasha was there and was putting moves on me. My sister told me to ignore her and think of Roza and the times we did have. It only made me feel worse because I had pushed her away and only thought to give in a few days before she was executed. The dance I had with my sister and Tasha cutting in cut me hard. And then she was there. My personal savior, light and angel. I caught my breath as I looked her over. At the time I was sure she was a ghost and that I had gone nuts, which I didn't mind at all. Without Roza I was lost.
When I crushed my lips on her warm mouth I knew everything was going to be fine. And then I thought of waking up in Hawaii to her sleeping next to me. Her swollen belly in only a tee shirt and underwear had always warmed my heart. I would reach over and touch her stomach knowing that I was the luckiest man alive. Watching her now she was like looking at the only women that lived. The only one I always wanted to love. She was made for me and me for her. She loved me through the good and through the bad. I watched her for a few minutes before stepping forward.
"Roza." I said softly. When she turned and looked at me I noticed she was crying. She starred at me for a minute. I took a few steps forward hoping she would just let me love her before my departure.
"I can't lose you." She said quietly. "I can't do it again. I won't survive if something happens to you." I knew she was thinking of me when I was turned and turned back. She almost lost herself then and it took her a lot to pull herself together. She turned back to the bag and hit with all she had. It did fly across the room. She collapsed to the ground crying.
I rushed forward and dropped to my knees then pulled her into my chest. I stroked her long hair until she stopped crying. "Roza, I promise to come back to you. Nothing will take me away from you ever again." I said. She looked up at me with love in her eyes and sadness.
Her hand reached out and cupped the side of my face. I leaned into her hand. My hand reached up to cup her face as well. We stayed like that just looking into each other's eyes for awhile. She pushed up from the floor onto her knees and leaned forward to press our lips together softly. My hands pulled her into my chest deepening the kiss.
Her hands went up my shirt, our eyes never left each others as she pulled my shirt over my head and tossed it to the floor. I laid her down on the floor and started kissing her neck tasting her as I went. She tangled her hands into my hair. Every move we made was soft and slow. There was no urgency to it, just complete love. She still had tears roll from her brown eyes. Her hands roamed over my body like she was trying to touch every inch of my skin, trying to remember every part of me. She pushed my pants down and I pushed her dress up and over her head letting my hands caress her body on my way up.
I looked her up and down for a moment to burn the image into my mind. She was so exquisite. Her body was made for me I thought. She reached up putting her hand behind my head then pulled me down to her lips. I kissed her softly letting my tongue enter hers. She let out a small sign. She wrapped her legs around my waist allowing me entrance. I pushed into her and she let out a little louder moan.
Her warm wrapped around me. I slowly moved in and out of her. She still held my gaze as I moved. Her moans were mixed with her cries and tears. When her walls closed down on me it was my undoing. I crushed my lips to hers and pumped faster. She grabbed my back digging her nails into my skin. The pain was enjoyable. She moaned louder when she released. The heat hit me causing me to move faster. When I reached my release the world stood still. We stayed that way for a few minutes just looking at each other. I finally rolled off her to her side. She wrapped her arms around me pressing into me.
"I love you." She said softly.
"As I do you." I said. I kissed her forehead. Her hand traced over my face, her eyes looked deep into mine.
"I got something for you two days ago for your birthday next week." She said with a little sadness in her voice.
"Roza it's going to be ok." I said. She gave me a small smile.
"I thought you would always be here." She said.
"I am. You'll be in every thought while I'm gone." I told her. She reached over into the pocket of her dress and pulled out something. With the other hand she pulled my hand over palm up and place whatever was in her hand into mine. When she removed her hand, sitting in the middle of my hand was a key.
"It's to the bike I bought you." She said with a smile and I could hear her sadness. "It's a Kawasaki Ninja 2x-10R. It's really fast, black and sleek. It's been hidden in the garage. I wanted to give it to you for your birthday. I bought one for me too so that we could ride together. Take them both with you." She said.
"Roza, honey I don't want to take something you had planned to do with me." I said. She raised her hand stopping me from saying anything else.
"It would make me feel better knowing you had something fast to escape just in case. Abe says they are the best bikes out there. Victor can ride with you but bring them both back." She said.
"Roza thank you." I said. "I will return." I leaned over and kissed her lips softly. Her eyes watered over and a tear ran down her face. I reached over and whipped it away. We got dressed quickly then made our way to our floor. The kids were sitting on the couch in their pajamas waiting for us.
They both jumped up and ran to me wrapping their little arms around me. I picked up Tyrla first and kissed her cheek. "Be a good girl. Listen to your mother and please talk to her if you have any bright ideas."
"I will daddy. Be careful." She said and kissed my cheek. I put her down then squatted down to talk to Nick. He didn't like being lifted off the ground.
"Nick take care of our girls for me please." I said. He nodded at me. "Don't let your sister get into any trouble."
"I won't dad. You can trust me. Just bring yourself and Victor back safely. Can you call?" he asked.
"No Nick I can't chance that anyone might hear me or find out. But the three of you will be in my thoughts every second." He wrapped his arms around my neck and gave me a hug. I hugged him back and kissed his cheek.
When I stood up Roza had a bag at her feet. It was a birthday bag so I was sure it was a part of my birthday present.
"It's a riding suit." She said.
"No I don't want Jesse to think I had planned on what vehicle to take. Save it for me until I return." I pulled her into my chest lifting her off the ground. She wrapped her arms around my neck. I took in a deep breath taking in the smell of her hair. It would keep me strong while I was gone.
"Here I made something for you." She said. Sitting in her hand was a bracelet. But it was made from her hair. Attached to it was a silver rose. She wrapped it around my wrist then kissed the top of my hand.
I reached out cupping her face, "I love you more than anything. I'll be home soon. If I get a chance to call I will but it will be very quick." I kissed her lips again.
"Good bye daddy. Be safe." Tyrla said. "Watch over my Victor."
"Love you dad." Nick said.
"Come home to me." Roza said with tears in her eyes.
"I love you all. Stay safe for me and watch out for each other. Tyrla I won't let anything happen to Victor." With one last look at them I turned and left through the door.
When I got downstairs the rest of the family was waiting.
"Dimitri you better come back. I don't think I could deal with Rose breaking down again like the last time you left." Adrian said. He reached out his hand to shake mine. I pulled him into a hug.
"Take care of them for me." I said to him.
"We all will." Viktoria said. "Be safe big brother."
Renee was tugging on my pant leg demanding my attention. "Love you uncle Dimmy." She said. She could never say my name right when she was younger and this was the name she came up with it. Even now she refused to call me Dimitri. I kissed her head.
"Love you too squirt." I told her.
Janine had are arm wrapped around Abe smiling at me, "Take care of yourself." She said.
"Remember what I said son." Abe said. I gave him a nod.
"Dimitri come home to us." Yeva said.
"Be careful." My mother said. She kissed my cheek and turned and left the room. Everyone started parting ways to clear the area. They needed to keep quiet because Jesse would be able to tell if they were sleeping or not by the sound of their breathing.
Abe stayed behind. "Dimitri Victor is waiting to act like he's going to the kitchen for a late night snack. My guardians are outside the front door. Make sure he doesn't want to take them with you. I put locator chips on both bikes and under the seat of your bike is a phone, your stake and some money." He said
"Thank you Abe." I said.
"Dad, please call me dad. We've had this conversation before." He said annoyed.
"Dad thank you. Take care of them. I don't know how long this will take but if something goes wrong I'll find a way to let you know."
"That rose you wear has a signal. Push hard on the center and only I will get a message. Only push it to let me know to get the family into the compound. If something goes wrong with you son I do care but I need to keep everyone here safe." He said then patted my shoulder. "Get what you need and get out of there." He said more sternly.
"I will."
Abe turned and headed away probably to his floor where I was sure Janine was living now. I stood in the middle of the entry area trying to catch my breath. When I got control I made my way to the jail cells.
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