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Chapter 5

RPOV:

It was 5pm "vamp time" and I was just waking up, lucky it was Sunday or Guardian Belikov would have my ass! I woke Lissa up and we both got ready to go and get breakfast! We have been back for a week, and I have avoided everyone and so has Lissa. She has barely left her room and I only went to her dorm or the gym, this will be our first public outing since we are back.

"Rose I'm really scared" she looked at me with tears threatening to spill!

"Vasilissa we were out in the open for so long, we have dealt with Strigoi, stupid high school bullies are nothing compared to what we have faced, and you have me. I will never let anything happen to you!" She nodded and gave me a hug!

We don't have to deal with all the old people from St Vlad's because we're now and St Basils, I'm excited for a fresh start, luckily for us, Arthur made us learn Russian which is convenient since we're now at school in Russia. We are both fluent in Russian and Russian Sign Language, we have a friend in Moscow, her name is Viktoria. She is deaf, wasn't always deaf, but had nerve damage that caused her to lose her hearing. She's the same age us and she was there on holidays but also going to a deaf school, she's Dhampir but unfortunately had to leave to the human world because she can't become a guardian because of her hearing loss. We enrolled in classes at her school so that we could learn, and we became really good friends and we stayed with her for a while, we are still in contact and she said that this is actually the school she went to and so did her brother but he's now in America, ironic right?

After Lissa was done at the feeders and I was finished with breakfast we decided to go to the library, that's where our class schedule is waiting for us. I was talking to the admin lady as Lissa went and looked around the Library, after I was finished I went looking for her. I found her talking to a guy and she was flirting, I decided to go and explore the library myself. I ended up at the computers and decided to send my mom an email, no doubt she would be happy that I was back at school, after causing her so much "disappointment" I didn't really care though, it's not like she's been around.

Email:

Dear Mom

I'm at St Basils, we have been brought here by guardians we are both safe

Love Rose

I signed off the computer and sent Lissa a message through the bond,

Lissa I'm going to the gym, I'll come see you later

Okay Rose, have fun… ew gym

I chuckled a bit, since we left St Vlad's, I had only gotten stronger, my body toned and more muscular. I'll admit that I'm hot, but I didn't have any intention of dating, just to make sure I was fit and healthy to Guard Lissa. When I got to the gym none other than Guardian Belikov was there.

"Rose, what are you doing here. You should be resting you start school tomorrow"

"Lissa is busy and there's nothing to do in my room so I came here, I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt. I was just going to run some laps I won't get in your way"

"Oh, I can run with you?"

"Sure" I felt nervous and excited at the thought of him joining me, I feel oddly calm in his presence. We ran about 10km and then headed back inside the gym, we were sitting on the floor recovering and drinking water.

"Can I ask a question!" I asked Guardian Belikov

"Of course," he replied

"How come you aren't guarding?".

His face contorted like he was in pain and then he put his guardian mask back on, I have a feeling I should not have asked that.

"You don't have to answer that, I'm sorry that was very personal" I stammered

"It's fine, I was guardian to a very good friend of mine, her name was Tasha, she was dating my best friend Ivan, I was actually his guardian but he wanted her to have the 'best' Guardian, so he asked me to guard her instead. I don't know if you heard about Linda and Michael Ozera who turned themselves Strigoi? Well Linda was Tasha's sister and after that the Royal Council decided that the Ozera's were not welcome to have guardians and now their name and reputation is tainted. Well, that didn't sit well with Ivan, so he requested a second Guardian and a guardian named Bonnie became his guardian and as I said I was Tasha's. Tasha requested a girl's night with Bonnie, they were very close friends like sisters and they went on a spa day. But they lost track of time and it became dark very quickly and they got attacked, they... they didn't make it and that was really hard on Ivan and myself. I was his guardian again and he decided to become a teacher here at St Basils. I still guard him, but I'm also employed by the Academy and that's why I'm here" he looked up at me, his mask still on but his eyes showing everything.

"I almost got Lissa killed" I blurted out, I looked at my lap trying to blink away the tears, I told him everything except for the part who saved us. "I swore to protect her, and I almost got her killed, she forgives me and says that it's okay and that we are here and alive, we almost weren't. I can never forgive myself for that" I told him truthfully.

"Oh Rose, I'm so sorry you went through that. You were only young, still learning, don't be so hard on yourself." He paused and them continued "There's a boy here, named Christian, Tasha was his sister. Ivan came here because he knew Christian would have no one, he's like a little brother to us."

"I think I know who you're talking about, Lissa was talking to him in the library, they were flirting" I roll my eyes and make a gagging noise, he laughs, it was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard.

He gets up "it was lovely talking to you Rose, but I have a shift in one hour so I must get ready, and don't be so hard on yourself, Lissa is right you are both here and healthy and you have learnt from what happened and that's the main thing!" He gave me a small smile and left.

I watched him leave, damn that is one fine man. And I get to see him almost every day I smile too myself and make my way back to my room thinking about what he told me!