Rose's POV
I felt the bond break, but I swear, every once in awhile, I could feel Dimitri coming into my thoughts. Like he was watching over me through a weakened bond. Lissa told me that missing him desperately was making me a little delusional.
My girls and I live at the palace. Apparently, the queen wants me to raise the girls until the I love my daughters more than anything. Queen Tatiana thought it would be healthy for me to see a counselor to adjust to Dimitri's "death" and adjust to being a mother of two.
My daughters are my only reason to live anymore. Without Dimitri, I felt like nothing. All I was to everyone else besides my family and my best friends was just a princess that screwed up by getting pregnant at 16 years old.
One night, right when I finally got the girls to stop crying and fall asleep, there was a knock on the door. I was laying on the couch of my apartment at Court for the summer. I sighed as I sighed as I heard the twins beginning to cry. I opened up my door to a very young guardian.
I sighed as my daughters continued to cry their lungs out. "Princess, uh Rose, Queen Tatiana insists you and your newborn daughters' attendance to a special dinner in the garden this evening at 6 p.m. " He said formally, almost rehearsed.
Something felt off. It didn't seem like the queen would send a random and very young guardian to send a message to me. "Thanks." I shut the door on him. I looked at the clock. It was 4:59. I sighed. I calmed down Alexa and Emory and then started getting dressed.
I decided to wear a short white dress with a brown belt. I wore short brown stiletto boots with it. I wore my hair wavy. I recently cut my waist length hair to just below my shoulders. I put on very light and natural makeup. After I finished getting ready, I grabbed my cell phone and the baby bag and headed towards the girls' room. I dressed them in matching dresses and put little bows in their hair. I picked them up and balanced them in the mommy wrap strapped around me.
It was about ten minutes before 6 so I started going down to the Court's garden. Its this closed off area in a small building so it's always secure and closed off from everyone except those who are invited into it. Its very beautiful. I pushed the stroller as I took in the sights of the garden. There was flowers of all sorts. It was breathtaking. I suddenly heard voices.
"I promise she will be here. You will be reunited at last and blah, blah and blah." I heard a girl say harshly. Her voice was very familiar.
"How can I trust you after the last time?" A Russian accent filled the air.
"You're here, aren't you, Dimka?" I froze. I began breathing deeply and quickly. I started backing up with the stroller and then I fell backwards. I gasped. Alexa and Emory began crying in sync. I saw Dimitri and Tasha in front of me instantly. I screamed.
"Ah Rose, just on time." Tasha smiled. I stood up to grab my daughters into my arms. I backed away into a wall. Dimitri stood there frozen. His red ringed eyes widened and looked down at our daughters.
"Roza." He spoke to me the first time in 5 months.
Dimitri's POV Early that day...
"Ah Dimka, how good it is to see you again." Tasha stood before me in the middle of the street.
"What do you want, Tasha?" I started to walk away from her.
"I see you've finally joined us, my dear Dimitri." She laughed.
"Yeah, all to protect Rose and our daughters." I instantly shut my mouth. Crap. I forgot that the last time we saw Tasha, it was after seeing her we found out that Rose was pregnant. A smile flashed in her eyes.
"I see. Congrats daddy." She mocks me. I growl at her and try to walk away. "And what if I tell you that I can get you in Court to see her." She crossed her arms and stepped in front of my path.
"I don't want to see her. Not like this." I pushed her out of my way. She dodged it and slapped me in the same motion.
"You and I both know that that's not true." She hissed. She took a deep breath and continued. "Just follow me and I will get you in to see them. But I do require in return is your loyalty. You must stay with me and do as I tell you to do. A servant you could say."
"No way." I began walking once again. She appeared in front of me once again. I sighed, this was getting old very quickly.
"Let me rephrase that. Either way, I'm seeing your Rose. Now, what happens to her is up to you. If you don't come with me, I will be forced to hurt her and your daughters. Trust me, I have my resources too. All of which would be a shame because I have nothing against your daughters. If they are anything like you, it would be a waste of beauty and talent." She taunted.
Tasha circles around me. "If I know you like I know I do, Strigoi or not, you will make the right choice. Especially since it's the love of your life and the reason for existence and who gave birth to your daughters." She said the last sentence very sarcastically and mockingly.
I thought about it for several seconds. "Fine. I will go with you."
She flashed me another smile in defeat. "Except with no choice. I need to continue to protect Rose and now protect our baby girls. It was an inevitable decision and Tasha knew it. She was using my love for my girls against me.
Later that night, I found myself on a private jet. I can't believe I fell for her trap. I am following Tasha through the Court reluctantly. I hated that I would shatter Rose's sacred image of me that she would always think about after I was turned.
Tasha led me to the garden. I smelt Moroi blood. I became alert as my Strigoi senses went crazy. Tasha smiled as if she knew something I didn't. I suddenly became very thirsty. "I promise she will be here. You will be reunited at last and blah, blah and blah." God, she was so annoying.
"How can I trust you after the last time?" I replied back harshly. I didn't want to be here at all but I didn't doubt that she could get Rose here. That's what scared me.
"You're here, aren't you, Dimka?" She laughed. We heard frantic footsteps and then the sound of multiple babies crying. I froze.
My babies. My Roza.
Tasha and I went straight to Rose and the twins in a matter of seconds. Rose screamed, probably at the sight of me. She had fallen, she got up, and grabbed the girls closely into her arms.
"Ah Rose, just on time." Tasha laughed. I stood there frozen. My eyes widen at the sight of her clutching our daughters.
"Roza." Which escaped my lips. I was in shock.
"D-Dimitri. If you ever loved us, you would l-leave." She's trembling. I hate that I'm doing this to her.
"Well, that's not really an option, let's get onto business. See, Dimitri and I are very hungry and you three are all the we see. So let's get right to it, shall we Dimka?" She said and she lunged herself forward at Rose, Alexa, and Emory. I threw myself in front of them.
I have so much to live for. So many things I will do to get the chance to do like proposing to Rose. I will make sure I can see the many things of life like our daughters growing up. Sure, I wish this never happened to us but I don't regret turning due to our situation because it meant protecting my girls.
I will always protect my girls. No matter what.
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