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Chapter 2: Dimitri

I quickly made my way upstairs to where my parents would be waiting.

"Where where you?" My half brother, Christian, asked as he met me at the top of the staircase. "Your mother was going absolutely mad." he said brushing down my wrinkled tunic.

"I was riding." I said quickly, a smirk playing across my lips.

"Oh really?" He said helping my put on my vest. "Who?"

I laughed and looked at him. "You do realize i can dress myself, correct?" I asked as he buttoned my vest.

"Really? Because you seemed to do a pretty lousy job of it. If you had gone in there looking like that, the queen would have had a fit." He said looking me in the eye.

"Since when do you care what my mother thinks?" I asked him, confused.

"Your mother does not have to tolerate me but she does, and she is very kind about it. I hope the turkish princess is like that with your bastards." He huffed.

"Who said I'm going to have any illegitimate children?" I asked.

"With the way you go through women? Please. Its going to happen whether you want it to or not." he said. "Now go. your mother is waiting." He said pushing me towards the door.

"Oh Dimka!" Sonya squealed as i walked into the room. "You just missed Christian." She said from her spot next to my mother.

"I saw him in the hallway." I smiled at my younger sister before turning to my mother. "He said that you had something you wanted to talk to me about." I said.

"Yes.' she said, her warm brown eyes lighting up. "You remember Princess Rosemarie, i assume?" She said closing the book in her hands.

"How could I not?" I asked taking a seat next to her. "But she hasn't been at court in years. What does she have to do with anything?"

"Well she- Oh Karoline. You look simply lovely." she looked at my older sister over my shoulder.

I turned to see her draped in white, her wedding gown. "Positively radiant." I smiled at her. Though she was older than I, i had always been just as protective over her as I was with my younger sisters. "The Prince of spain is quite lucky indeed."

"Oh no. Do not turn attention away from yourself onto me." She scolded me. "Tell him mother. We don't want him completely shocked." She said stepping onto the pedestal so that the tailors could work on her dress.

"Tell me what?" I asked turning back to my mother. "Is something wrong mother? Did Viktoria do something crazy again?"

"Oh no. The lady's of St. Basil's are keeping her in check from what I hear." She smiled. "Princess Rosemarie's location had been compromised. She is due to arrive back at court today."

"What?" I looked at her confused. "Today? So soon? I thought that the convent was in turkey."

"Oh it is. But mother has known about this for a few days." Sonya smirked. "Even Ellen knew about it. Father must have let it slip." She said referring to our father's current mistress. He had taken to her shortly after Christian's mother died.

"Even her?" I asked, anger slowly forming in me. "Why was I not informed of this sooner?" I asked. Images of a small girl with wild hair a temper to match ran through my mind. I wonder what she looked like now?

"I am sorry but every chance I got was interrupted by that Ozera girl." She spat the name. My mother had a fondness for christian and often referred to him as her child that was not hers, but his Aunt, Natasha Ozera was a different story.

"Mother, she is not that bad." I said defending the women.

"If you think a unmarried women, praying on a man 4 years younger than her is 'not that bad', then what is?" Karoline snorted as the seamstresses worked on her dress.

"I would like to point out that I am to marry a girl that is 7 years younger than I, and none of you has ever said a word in complaint." I said loudly. Tasha had been a dear friend of mine for years. I was not just going to let this verbal abuse happen.

"Yes, you are right. But she is a princess. One who, unlike Tasha, is virtuous." Karoline said, her sharp gaze falling upon me.

"How do you know she isn't virtuous? She very well could be." I added, glaring at me sister. "She's never been married."

"Yes, but she is 28. Men have been seen going in and out of her room, late at night, only half dressed. She isn't a virgin Dimka, and if I'm wrong and she is, it's only by some miracle." Karoline insisted. "You need to stay away from her."

"Beside, she has that scar on the side of her face." Sonya said in disgust. "One can only imagine how she got it."

"She is a snake, Dimka." my mother warned. "She is only after you for your crown." Her eyebrows scrunched together.

"Mother." I sighed. "She knows as well as I that I am betrothed."

"She is an unmarried woman of 28. She does not care about marriage. She want's to be your mistress." My mother said, her eyes narrowing into slits.

"Mother, I do not care for Tasha that way." I pointed out. "And even if I did, why would it matter. Father has a mistress." I pointed out, realizing my mistake just after it had been spoken.

"You are not your father Dimitri. You are better then him." My mother said, disappointment clear in her voice.

"She has arrived!" A voice from the hall yelled. "The princess has arrived!"

I sighed. "Well i guess it's showtime." I grumbled before getting up.

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He looked about as nervous as I felt. I smiled, bowing my head slightly to him as he approached. "Princess Rosemarie." His deep voice rumbled, his russian accent accentuated through his turkish words.

"Prince Dimitri." I said, trying to keep the smirk off my face as I spoke his native tongue. "And please call me Rose. Everybody does." I smiled a little. This was a good start, right?

"Of course, Princess Rose." He smiled kindly. "Welcome to Russia."

"It has changed a lot. The castle seems smaller, not that it's possible. The grounds seem quite beautiful as well." Why couldn't I shut up? I was embarrassing myself in front of the prince of Russia.

"Well everything seems bigger when you are a child." He smiled kindly. "As for the grounds, I'm sure I can arrange for us to have a walk around the gardens tomorrow, only if you would like, of course."

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