Surprise, Surprise, this is the second chapter I am posting tonight! I felt they needed to be separated. Enjoy!
Chapter 36: Adrian's Compulsion
I woke up in a park at Court and I could smell the familiar scent of cloves. Dam it! I was in a spirit dream and just after I had the most romantic date ever with Dimitri.
"What do you want Adrian?" I yelled.
"Little Dhampir, you know what I want." Adrian said as he appeared in front of me.
"You're not going to get me, so just let me go and end this spirit dream." I spat at him.
"I will in just a bit, but first I have a surprise for you." Adrian smirked. He looked over to where the park met the forest and I followed his gaze. I gasped as I saw Tasha walk out with red eyes and everything that is associated with a strigoi.
"Tasha?" I questioned because I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"Hello Rose" Tasha spat out. "How's my Dimka?" She asked in a sickly-sweet voice as she came to stand right in front of me.
"Dimitri, he's good. Last night he set up a very romantic dinner for us where he cooked me Russian dishes. Then he made love to me over and over. I lost count how many times he made me cum." I said.
Tasha slapped me across the face but it was so worth it. I reached up for my necklace for security, I knew Tasha couldn't compels me but Adrian might try to. I reached all around my neck and I couldn't find it. Fuck!
"Missing something?" Adrian asked.
Shit, god I hope Dimitri will be able to wake me up quickly. I launched myself at Tasha because I figured we are in a spirit dream so she couldn't really hurt me. I knew she had some martial arts skills and I expected her to use them.
What I didn't expect was Adrian to get involved as well. I guess he figured he couldn't get hurt either.
The three of us tumbled around and I quickly got taken down to the floor. Tasha eventually got behind me and immobilized my head.
Adrian looked at me and said in that sweet voice "Rose, you are in love with me. Dimitri and your parents are holding you against your will. Tell me where you are?"
"I'm not sure, I am at my father's house in Turkey" I responded.
"Roza" I heard Dimitri start to call me and I started to panic.
"Rose, you're waking up, you need to get away from Dimitri. I'm on my way, try to get to a land line and call me and then we can pinpoint your location." Adrian said as he started to fade away.
"Roza, wake up!" Dimitri said.
I woke up and opened my eyes and Dimitri was on top of me. "Get off, Get off, Get off!" I screamed.
Dimitri got off of me and I ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I wrapped myself in a towel and sat on the edge of the tub sobbing.
DPOV
I woke up to Roza thrashing. Great, another spirit dream. I thought we had prevented those from happening. I started shaking her shoulders and calling her name over and over. "Roza, wake up!"
Her eyes opened and she stared at me in terror and she yelled "Get off, Get off, Get off."
I got off of her and she ran to the bathroom and I heard the lock click.
Fuck, I got off the bed, I threw on sweatpants and a t-shirt, I grabbed my phone and I called Lissa and Vika. I unlocked our bedroom door and I started pacing back and forth. Vika and Matt were the first to arrive and I explained what happened.
Vika's eyes went to our bed and she said "Her necklace, it's on the bed, it must have fallen off."
Dam necklaces always getting us in trouble. Vika grabbed the necklace and she started towards the bathroom when Lissa and Christian walked in. I explained the story again and I gave Lissa some clothes for Rose. Lissa and Vika called for Rose, she unlocked the door and let them in. I sat down on the bed and put my head in my hands.
RPOV
I heard a knock at the door and I went to it and asked "Who's there?"
"It's Lissa and Vika" Lissa said.
"Just you?" I asked.
"Yes" Lissa said.
I unlocked the door and opened it just enough so that Lissa and Vika could get in and then closed the door and locked it. Lissa handed me my clothes and I quickly got dressed.
"Lissa, you have to help me, I need to call Adrian, so he can come and get me." I said in a panicky voice.
Lissa sat me down on the edge of the bathtub and took my hands and said "Rose, look at me" then in a sweet voice laced with compulsion she said "Rose, Adrian used compulsion on you in a spirit dream. Your necklace fell off last night so he was able to pull you into his spirit dream. You are in love with Dimitri."
Vika walked over to me and said "The clasp was broken but I think I fixed it".
"Thank you, guys," I said as I hugged both Lissa and Vika. "I'm so sorry to have bothered both of you."
Lissa responded "What are sisters for?" as she hugged me back.
I opened the door to the bedroom and the first thing I saw was Dimitri sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. He looked up as we walked out of the bathroom and I had never seen this expression on his face, he just looked helpless. I walked everyone out thanking and apologizing to Matt and Christian for them having to come over in the middle of the night.
I locked the door after them and then I walked over to Dimitri who still had his head in his hands. I crawled onto his lap and said "Sorry, I'm so sorry."
"There's no reason for you to feel sorry." Dimitri pulled me to his chest and wrapped both arms around me tightly. He spoke very softly "You were thrashing around and I tried to wake you. Then when I was finally able to wake you…you looked…the look on your face…you just looked so scared of me."
I had never heard Dimitri struggle to say something or be at a loss of words like this and it was breaking my heart. "I'm sorry Dimitri" I took a deep breath and continued "Tasha was also in the spirit dream and she was strigoi. I started fighting her since it was a dream and figured it would help me wake up or alert you. But she got the upper hand and she immobilized me, then Adrian was able to use compulsion on me."
Dimitri rested his forehead on mine and said "I hope I never see that look on your face again."
"What can I do? I asked.
"Just let me hold you?" he asked.
"Nothing would make me happier." I crawled up the bed and got under the covers and lifted his side for him. Dimitri climbed in and pulled me to his chest and tucked my head under his chin. At some point we both fell asleep.
I woke up sometime later and I could feel Dimitri's limbs around me and his breath on my neck. I couldn't move even if I wanted to. One arm was securely around my waist and the other was under my body and firmly across my chest. He had one leg hooked in between my legs effectively pinning my lower body down. His face was in my hair at the back of my head and neck.
"Comrade?"
Nothing
"Comrade" I said a little louder.
Nothing
"Dimitri" I half yelled as I tried to wiggle myself free, which only caused him to tighten his grip.
"Belikov"
"What?" he said as he raised his head looking for any sign of danger.
"Do you think you are going to let me go any time soon?" I asked.
"Sorry Roza" he said as he released his grip a little so I could turn around and face him. "How are you feeling?"
"Better, still a little freaked out" I said "Vika fixed the clasp but I think we should still have it looked at. How are you?"
"Okay, I guess, but don't worry I'll be okay." he said.
"Comrade, I will always worry or be concerned about you because I love you." I stated as I gave him a kiss.
"And that is one of the things I love most about you Roza." Dimitri said. "Do you want to take Lissa's darkness today or do you want to hold off?"
"No, I definitely want to take it" I said as I watched his face drop.
"Don't worry I will take it slowly as I can, I promise. She needs the darkness taken away and it will help me if I don't have to worry about her. And as soon as Baba get here, we can discuss her going back on her meds." I explained.
"Alright, let's get dressed and go downstairs and have some breakfast." Dimitri said. The fact that he wasn't in a playful mood concerned me, but unfortunately, I needed to devote my energy towards Lissa right now.
We got dressed in workout clothes and then Dimitri started to pack a bag with towels, water and Gatorade. God, I loved this man!
"Ready to go?" Dimitri asked bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Yup" I said as Dimitri shouldered our bag and grabbed my hand and led me to the third floor.
It was around 7 am and the food area was crazy busy. We went to get our food and then located Vika and Matt at the table and sat down. Dimitri went to get drinks while I spoke with Vika and Matt explaining I was okay and apologizing profusely for waking them up last night.
I told them that I had threaded a sturdier necklace thru the infinity symbol with the original chain just to give it a more secure feeling.
Dimitri returned with juice, water and coffee for him and hot chocolate for me. I had kind of hoped for a coffee too and as always Dimitri was able to interpret my subtle body language and said "Sorry Roza, but with the darkness you will be taking, you really don't need the caffeine from the coffee. But I brought you donuts instead."
Dimitri sat down and started eating and I could tell he had something on his mind. I kept giving him side glances. Finally, he cleared his throat and said "Vika, I was curious as to why when I called you to come up to our room last night, that both you and Matt both came up."
I was looking straight ahead at Vika and my eyes were bugging out and my fork with my food stopped halfway to my mouth with what Dimitri had just said. I could see both Matt and Vika both began to blush.
"And the fact that Roza's fork has stopped halfway to her mouth, leaves me to believe that she is aware of what is going on."
Shit, shit, shit.
Thankfully for Matt, he spoke up and said "Well, in all honesty, I have been staying overnight with Vika because she has been concerned about Adrian's spirit dreams. So I told her I would stay with her and if she started to appear to be in distress, I would wake her up" Matt took a deep breath after realizing that Dimitri wasn't going to kill him on the spot and he continued "And while I appreciated the concern, Vika is almost 18 and is capable of making her own decisions, especially when it comes to her personal love life."
My fork had not moved and I glanced between Matt and Dimitri waiting for something like Dimitri murdering Matt before any of guardians could intervene. But to my surprise and utter shock Dimitri said "Okay, please take care of her, like she is the most precious person that she is."
I turned to Dimitri and said "What have you done with Dimitri Belikov"
"I am taking your advice and supporting her and being a safe place for her to land should she get her heart broken." Dimitri turned to Matt and growled "You will not break her heart, will you!" and before Matt could respond I said "There's the Dimitri Belikov I know and love."
We all laughed at that, Matt then said "I have no intention of breaking her heart because 99% of cares deeply for Vika and 1% is scared that Rose will kick my ass."
With that, all four of us broke out into laughter after a bit, we were able to dig into our food.
To my surprise Lissa and Christian walked into the mess area and made their way to our table. "Hey Lissa, Hey Fire Crotch." I said with a sly smile.
"Buffy" Christian said.
Lissa exhaled an exaggerated sigh letting us know she was annoyed with both Christian and my behavior.
"Anyways, Christian and I already want to the feeders and wanted to see how you were feeling and if you were still planning to take away the darkness and I totally understand if you don't want to."
"Yes, I am going to take your darkness slowly and burn it off because with Adrian and Tasha out there, I need you to be at 100%." I said.
"Okay, do you want us in the gym with you?" Lissa asked.
I looked to Dimitri because I wasn't sure what he had set up.
"If you're willing, it might help Rose if you can put your walls up to limit the amount of darkness that Rose takes at a time." Dimitri said.
"Great" Lissa said. I could tell from the bond that she was excited to be able to help.
We all walked to the gym together and to my surprise my mother was here. She walked over to me and asked "Rosemarie, can I talk with you?"
Dimitri said "I'm just going to get everyone set up, take your time."
"I just wanted to let you know that your father and Pavel are on their way here and should be landing within the hour. And I wanted to see how you are feeling about taking the Princess's darkness?"
"Um okay, Lissa's going to try helping me by blocking me, so I can't take too much darkness or at least we will see if that works" I said biting my lip, something was nagging me in the back of my head but I couldn't figure out what it was. But I needed to take Lissa's darkness before I could figure it out.
I walked over to Dimitri; he had the four groups of guardians each with a retired guardian ready to go. Lissa, Christian and my mother were sitting on the bleachers and Vika, Matt and the doctor were off to the side.
"I love you Roza" Dimitri whispered in my ear as he pulled me into his chest and kissed the top of my head. When he pulled away, he said "Whenever you are ready."
I watched Dimitri walk over to his spot on the mat and he gave me a slight nod letting me now he was ready.
I looked at Lissa and she nodded at me. I closed my eyes searching for our bond. I found the bond and the darkness, but I found something else. I was assaulted with images and thoughts of why she did not like me or events she blamed me for things like her chances of becoming Queen. And it had nothing to do with her darkness. I opened eyes and looked at Lissa and she had a look on her face that I could only described as smugness.
I looked at Dimitri who could tell something unexpected had happened as he stood up out of his fighting stance and began to take a step towards me. But I bolted for the door, I didn't want any of the guardians to see me cry.
I didn't know where I was going, I just ran.