RPOV

It has been three weeks since my nightmare incident happened. I started practising again and everyone was happy about it. I didn't have night visits from Dimitri or that's what I know. We both decided that not to practice chaos for a while. I wasn't happy about it at first. I truly hate when people treat me like weak but I agreed. I've been having a lack of sleep.

Now, in the middle of the night, I'm awake Staring at the roof without thinking about anything. Slowly I climbed off of the bed dragging my cloak and a dagger. I put my footwear on and slowly sneaked out of the room. I saw soldiers but I sneaked up on them and came to the rose garden through the back door. Even though I don't like roses I love this place since it calms me down. I often come here with Lissa or Adrien. Yes, Adrien. Except being a womanizer he has a nice heart and he knows to light up anyone's mood with his jokes. He even told me that the girl Eddie has fallen for is someone called Jillian.

I kept walking humming a Russian lullaby. I don't know how to pronounce those words but I love the tune. I've heard it from Princess Karolina because she often sang it to her son. Soon enough I came to the end of the garden. I sighed and look at the giant wall which was covered by huge bushes.

Suddenly a small light caught my eye. I was so small like a light coming through a keyhole. I moved closer and moved those bushes and saw a DOOR? Where did this come from? I've been here multiple times but I never saw this. How? I tried to open it but it didn't open. I know that I should leave but my curiosity took the better of me. I looked around me and noticed there's no one around so I used my chaos to open it. And it opened.

There was a small path. Wow, a hidden garden! What will I find next? I kept walking. There were lamps through the way and moonlight helped me too. This is a natural path but this must've been taken care of by someone. Finally, I met up with a POND?

I looked around. There's no one around. I inhaled the cool air sharply and released it slowly. I sat down on the ground and closed my eyes enjoying the calm surrounding. I opened my eyes and looked at the pond.

I sighed again and slowly took off my cloak and my nightdress leaving me only in my underwear. I kept my cloak, nightdress and dagger under a tree. I slowly dipped my foot into the water. Holy Shit! Remark- Never underestimate the weather in Russia. It was so cold but I braved myself and dipped the other foot too. I took a few steps forward and took a deep breath. I felt goosebumps due to the cold water. But I kept walking. I stopped when the water reached my shoulders and I just stood and relaxed.

After a few minutes, I heard footsteps. Fuck! I even left my dagger under the tree. I couldn't think about anything, I just stood there panicking out of my mind. But soon enough I felt electricity running through me and I relaxed immediately knowing who he is.

He stopped and didn't say anything. I didn't turn too. After a few seconds, I decided to break the silence.

"You know it's rude to stare," I told him. I heard a low chuckle so I turned.

There he was leaning to a tree watching me through his deep brown eyes.

"My apologies my lady." He told me smirking, knowing how much I hate being called by that name. I glared at him.

"What are you doing here? Still creeping up on me?" I asked him with a teasing smile.

"No, in fact, I'm the one who must ask you what you're doing here. After all, this place belongs to me," he told me. Well, damn you, Belikov.

"Umm yeah I know, so probably you don't want me here so I'll just leave," I told him and start to walk. He laughed.

"No no, I didn't mean it like that. You can stay." I smiled at him and he sat down at dipped his feet into the water.

"So what are you doing here? Apart from me, you are the first person to come here." He told me and I turned around clearly surprised.

"Really? So is this your secret hiding place?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"No this is where I used to practice alone." He told me. I turned around again facing my back to him.

"I couldn't sleep. Not because of nightmares, just because I couldn't so I decided to have a walk and then I found the door and it led me here." I told him.

Again a comfortable silence came between us.

"It is so calm here," I told him and turned to face him. Our eyes met again and I don't know why I wanted him here.

"It is." He said while getting up. Within a second he took his shirt off. Well, I've seen him shirtless but not him taking it away. I could feel my cheeks burning so I decided to turn again. I swear I heard his low chuckle. Soon enough I felt him beside me. I turned beside him and looked at his face. Our gaze met again and this time he broke it and swam passing me and stood in front of me. He turned and dipped his head in the water and after a few seconds he came back up. His back was facing me.

Water was dripping through his hair and water drops were running through his back. And Oh my god! his back!

His muscle rippled as he moved but what took my breath away were those scars in his back.

There were many and I couldn't take my eyes away from them. I reached closer to him and outstretched my hand to touch them.

As soon as my hand touched his back I felt the same shiver running through me and I'm sure he felt it too as he looked over my shoulder but didn't move away. I could feel his muscles tensing. My touch, does it have this much effect on him? I shrugged that thought away from me.

I slowly trailed my finger through every scar. Slowly and slowly I moved my hand to his lower back.

Suddenly he moved and turned around to face me and stopped my hand. I looked up at him. His face was hardened and pained.

"Roza, don't," He told me.

"Don't Dimitri. Don't be ashamed of them. We all have them." His hand dropped mine as confusion took over him. I slowly turned around and moved until the water stopped at my waist and took my hair front.

I heard him taking a sharp breath. And this time he swam towards me and I felt his gaze on my back. After a little few seconds, I felt his hand on my shoulder.

I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. His touch burned on my skin as his hand roam through my back.

His touch, so so gentle. Dimitri's always touched me so gently but this time I've never felt it like this. He was so careful like I'm a flower.

I know this might sound so ironic but sometimes I wanted to treat myself like a lady. And I know Dimitri he saw my soul breaking my walls. He understood me in a way nobody understood me.

When his hand reached my hips he gently grabbed them and swiftly turned me to face him. I gasped as I turned. He snaked his hands around my waist as mine found his chest. He swam backwards without breaking our eye contact. He stopped when the water reached my shoulders and his chest level.

"Don't you hate them?" He asked me after a little while.

Do I?

"I... I don't know Dimitri." I broke our contact and slowly stepped away from his grip and turned around.

"Sometimes yes. I hate them but sometimes no. I don't. I don't know Dimitri." I told him and he turned me around again making me face him again. I placed my hands on his chest and looked at the sign on his chest. Belikov royal sign. I always found it nice.

"Your skin is so warm and soft." He told me. I looked at him.

"In a bad way?" I asked him.

"No," He told me. I could feel our chaos awaking. I bet he felt that too.

"When people who share the same powers get so close both physically and emotionally, powers they awake.

Yeah, he is right, we are so close.

Now it is dawn. Sun is rising and dark is slowly fading away. Yet sun rays haven't reached us. But slowly water is glowing.

"It is beautiful," I told looking at the sky.

"Yeah but not more than you," Dimitri told in a low voice which made me look at him. As always I got lost in his eyes and even he didn't look away.

My hands slowly found their way to his neck and one cupped his cheek. His grip tightened on me and his eyes they looked into my soul and I felt my legs giving up.

I guess he felt that too. His hands lifted me making me wrap my legs around his waist. Now our faces are at the same level.

I closed my eyes for a minute and licked my lips and open them again to look at him. His light brown eyes were clouded with dark brown.

His hand, (I don't know which one) found his way to my head and gripped it lightly. Ever so slowly he lowered it and he leaned in too.

Just when sun rays land on us our lips met in a slow kiss.