Deputy Belikov - A Romitri Western

by Llaria6

The year is 1860. The place is the wild west. Dimitri Belikov is a bounty hunter hired to bring two runaways (Lisa Draymore and her unsuitable friend Rose Hathaway) back to Saint's Town. When Dimitri is offered the job of deputy sheriff he gets more than he bargained for - a troublesome charge, a murder mystery and maybe a shot at true love as well. All Human. RE-EDITED DEC 2021.

30. Announcement - AU Special

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

Exciting news - the writers of VA10thanniversaryproject have put together a new compilation of AU themed Romitri short stories, which will be published TOMORROW!

Look out for 'VA AU Special Compilation' by VA10thanniversaryproject - that's us.

My story is called Guardian Wanted. In this Alternate VA Universe, Eddie is assigned as Lissa's sanctioned guardian, which leaves Rose hunting for a job. Here's a preview...

R: Thanks for the chat but whatever job you're offering I can't take it. I live in the U.S.

V: That doesn't matter. The contract is all expenses paid. Have you got a passport?

Holy moly. A second ago this was just another dead end, but now her whole future was blown wide open. An all expenses paid trip to Russia? Was this even real?

R: Yes I've got a passport.

Rose waited nervously for the reply, still not entirely convinced it wasn't a hoax.

V: Great. Give me half an hour to book your flights and I will email your ticket through. You don't need to bring anything - just some warm clothes and your stakes. The job is yours if you want it. Do you want it?

She glanced around her tiny dorm room, littered with empty pizza boxes and piles of dirty laundry. There was nothing for her here. Lissa was the only incentive Rose could think of to remain at court, but the bond had practically disappeared since Dr Olendzki prescribed the latest course of meds so it wasn't necessary for her to stay. Between Liss studying at Lehigh and Tatiana grooming her to become the next queen, they'd hardly get the chance to see one another anyway. It wasn't like Lissa would be alone. She had Eddie now - and Christian. And Adrian? He'd dated plenty of girls before he met Rose and he would probably date plenty more after she was gone. Adrian would be fine.

Rose took a deep breath and typed her reply, pressing send before she could change her mind.

R: Yes I want it.

On other news, Deputy Belikov: Civil War is already up to Chapter 5. (Hopefully everyone has found it - it's rated M so it won't appear in the general search results). If you haven't caught up yet, now's the perfect time. I've taken the last 2 weeks off writing to work on the AU Special but promise I'll get back onto DBCW now hopefully have Chapter 6 published within a fortnight :)