Lat chapter, just wrapping things up.

Normally I wouldn't comment on bad guest reviews. Most people seem to like the story, so i don't worry about it to much. But this one I couldn't let go. The critisism in itself isn't that bad. I miss spelled Mrs as Misses. I know my bad. I am a near native speaker but mostly write scientific stuff. Also I heavily depend on spellcheck certainly for the vowels. But I don't write Mrs in molecular biology papers much;) So I apologize. That wasn't what had me upset. It was the fact this person suggested that a woman should take the husbands name by default and that Dimitri wouldn't be proud to call her his wife because she didn't take his name. I explained my rational in the story and I found this person's comment offensive and sexist. I don't know how it is the rest of the world but here it is the woman's choice to take her husbands name or not. When I got married we discussed all options, including my husband taking my name. I do not believe that when a woman marries she becomes property of this person and had to relinqish herself or be 'branded' as his. I did approve the guest review because I think it is important to hear everyone's opinion. Even if they are convaluted.

Sorry for the rant.

Chapter 48:

DPOV

I was tracing the promise mark on Rose's neck. She was still asleep next to me, naked. She was facing down on her stomach and her hair was fanned out around her head. I had pushed away the hair covering her neck. The sheets were down to her hips and I could admire her back. I was still getting used to seeing it in that pristine condition. The scars had vanished. Lissa had healed some of it, but there was always a trace of them left behind. I could still feel them when I ran fingers over them. I knew she still had them when she was Strigoi. I felt them when we were… together. I suppose that when Adrian healed her, he healed everything, old and new wounds.

The promise mark was still a bit red. She was tattooed yesterday. And she did get assigned to Lissa. I still have a ringing in my ear from all the screaming the girls did. But it was good to see her happy. It would mean spending less time with her when they were at Lehigh but they would come back in the weekend. Adrian had already suggested a boys only apartment with me, Christian and Adrian. I wasn't really keen on that, but that had more to do with Adrian then it had with Christian.

I was now kissing her promise mark and was slowly moving my hands down her back and coming slowly at the valley connecting her back to her ass. I heard her moan a little as she was pleasantly waking up.

"Morning."

I said while trailing kisses down her neck and back.

"Morning."

She wasn't making a move just lying there enjoying my touch. I could feel her shiver from time to time. I moved over her a bit and was sitting on her hips massaging her shoulders. She let out a groan of pleasure and maybe a bit of pain. She was a bit tense in the shoulders.

I moved down again and layed next to her but now she was facing me. I pushed the hair in her face out of the way and kissed her. I pulled her closer and I could feel her respond to me. I flipped her over, she was now on her back and I was hovering half over her. Kissing her, stroking her. Slowly moving my hands down her stomach to in between her…

"Dimitri, Rose, get up, Tatiana want to see us."

I dropped my head onto Rose and groaned. Great timing Adrian.

Rose giggled. She took my face in her hands and gave me a dazzling smile and kiss and then got up. It took me another minute before I was physically able to get up again after I had willed my lower regions to stand down.

We got dressed and met Adrian in the kitchen of our apartment.

"What do you think she wants?"

I asked Adrian.

He simply shrugged.

"She just said she needed to talk to us. All three of us, actually I think she invited Lissa as well."

Rose looked at me confused. I didn't know either. But you don't keep the queen waiting.

We were all sitting in the queens chambers when she walked in. Lissa had met us outside of the palace, looking visibly scared. I had no idea what she wanted to talk about.

"Tea anyone?"

God what was it with this woman and tea parties, but we all said yes, because who refuses tea from the queen?

A trolly was brought in and we were handed our cups. Rose and I were wildly uncomfortable, but Lissa and Adrian seemed to be in their element.

"Well the reason I brought you guys here is because I have recently received some information from the alchemists that might concern all of you."

Alchemists? I saw Adrian perk up about that. Then his demeanor fell. He was worried something had happened to Sydney. Why would the queen call us all in for that?

"They have recently found a Moroi that was transformed back from a Strigoi a few years ago. They don't know who turned him back, but they have tracked him down, after he tried to kill one of the alchemists. Apparently he wanted to become Strigoi again, and tried draining several victims. However, all methods of transformation didn't seem to be working with him. They have asked for our input on this and we will set up a research lab investigating this. Rose I hope we can count on your cooperation in this?"

We all looked at Rose. She knew what this meant, more tests, but if it was true, if being a restored Strigoi meant being immune to turning we needed to figure out how, so we could replicate it with other people, a vaccine sort of.

"Be a lab rat, sure why not. Oh but what about Lehigh?"

"I have thought about that, We will be building a research facility underneath the house we purchased for you and Lissa to live in. This way you can both attend your studies and still participate in the spirit research. I was hoping Adrian that you would join them there? maybe pick up your college studies again?"

The excitement in my aura must have tipped him off, because he agreed. This would be the perfect way for Rose and I to stay together.

"There will also be an alchemist joining you on site. A liason that will work on the science and will relay the information to the alchemists. This will be a joined venture and I would like to urge you all to handle the alchemists with respect."

This was obviously directed at Rose and Adrian. Both of them rolling their eyes.

I on the other hand had a great idea.

"Your majesty if I may offer a suggestion. During our travels Adrian and I have encountered a young and promising Alchemist. She is smart and would blend in well in a college environment. She is also already used to us and lacks the common distain most alchemists have towards our kind. I believe a corporation with Sydney Sage would prove beneficial."

Adrian looked at me and I swear his mind was going a mile a minute. Excitement, fear, Happiness. He knew Sydney wanted to go to college but being an alchemist prevented that. This would be the perfect solution. I just hoped the queen saw it that way too and didn't see any ulterior motive in inviting her.

She looked me over for a few seconds, my face giving nothing away.

"I will bring it up with them."

I swear on the way back to our apartment Adrian was giddy. I was getting a headache from all the thought going around in his head. But I was glad he was happy.

"Maybe Christian will want to come now to if we are all going?" Lissa said excitingly.

I would actually like that. During the day Adrian really wouldn't need much protection and when I heard that he would follow an art major I was out. I wasn't too old per see for college but I am not the kind of guy that can fake excitement for paintings. So we decided I would stay at the house, together with Christian. He had asked me if maybe I could teach him how to fight. And maybe a few other Moroi that were living nearby. I accepted, liking that I had something to do.

A week later we were packing and moving into a completely renovated house with an extra secret basement lab for Spirit research and feeders.

Lissa and Christian took the biggest room and Rose and I the next biggest. I had to fight Adrian on it and reminded him that there were two of us. He simply claimed that if he had his way there would be two of them as well. I doubted that. Sydney wouldn't be staying at the house. The alchemists would never allow that. She had a small apartment down the road. Adrian took the next biggest, much to Eddie's dismay but he knew better then to fight Adrian. He could be insufferable if he didn't get his way. Although Adrian was on such a high now that Sydney was joining us that I think Eddie could have gotten away with it.

I brought our bags upstairs to our room. Our room. That sounded nice. We did share a bedroom in Adrian's guest apartment but this was different. This was ours. I would wake up next to her every morning and I would go to sleep with her in my arms every night. I thought about that and reminded myself I had to check the insolation of this place. So I would know how much noise would carry.

The backyard had a training ring and a small structure what used to be the garage but was now converted into a gym. I suppose we needed that with three guardians living in the house, but I wondered if Tatiana knew about my arrangement with Christian? I knew she wasn't openly supporting Moroi fighting but she had admitted to us that she was running a secret training test to see if Moroi could learn. Maybe this was her way of supporting Christian.

That night I went to bed leaving an animated Adrian talking to a happy Sydney and crawled into bed with the women I loved, my wife, the woman who owns my body, my heart and my soul. And I thought life was good. Very good and it would be even better from now on.


That is it. I am proud of my first story. Over a 100 followers and over 250 reviews, thank you all.

Now I am not planning on doing a sequel. Mostly because I don't have any idea what to put in it. If anybody has any great points or key scences they would love to see I could think about it. Or do a little epilogue or something. But as it stands now, this story is finished.

I am uploading a new story wrong fairy tale and I am working on several other stories.

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