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Lord Ivashkov?!

"Chase, Which Ivashkov?" i was practically going insane thinking over who could have found me. I saw chase do something with his fingers. Was he doing sign language? All i saw him sign was Ivashkov. Well that doesn't help at all.

"Excuse my bluntness but do you know a Rosemarie Hathaway?" OH MY FLIPPIN' GOD!!!! Its Adrian!

I rolled down the window. Adrian still hadn't noticed me. Hmmm i wonder how far i could take this. Adrian had walked over and was having a conversation with Chase. I got out of the car and walked up behind him. I put my finger over my lips to tell him to not say anything. I leaned in as close as i could get without touching him. I whispered "Adrian, what took you so long to find me?" I had my sultry voice on and i could feel him shiver. He turned around and as soon as he saw me, i was in his arms.

"My little Dhampir. Are you okay? How have you been? And oh by the way i never thought that you would be with that?" He pointed to chase and i couldn't help but laugh.

Adrian, I'm not with chase. He's my partner in crime. He has my back just like Christian did in the battle." i was having an amazing time with this.

Hey Rose. Lets get in the house before you freeze to death." Chase was pulling the car in the garage. I started to notice how cold it really was outside. My teeth started to chatter and i got a slight shiver. Adrian took off his jacket and slipped it on my shoulders.

"Come on Adrian. I don't want you to freeze and i really need a shower. You don't mind do you?" i looked at Adrian and he got a little smirk on his face.

Well i could take one with you if you wanted me too. You might need someone to wash your back." i was getting a little worried. He wasn't acting like himself and now i just wanted to smack him. He hasn't change at all over the years. I giggled and his smirk grew even more than I thought possible.

I pulled him along. We entered the garage and Went through the house. Chase was on the counter in the kitchen and was dancing. Chase looked at me and he flushed a bright red. I started laughing soooo hard that i began crying. I stopped laughing and pulled adrian upstairs. I walked into my room and grabbed a cami and some shorts. Adrian plopped down on my bed and started watching tv. I went into the bathroom and i undressed. Looking in the mirror, i could see what the stragoi did. I had a huge cut along my stomach and hip. I had small cuts and bruises everywhere. I cleaned them wincing and groaning at the pain. Adrian must have heard me because he was knocking on the door.

"Rose are you okay?"

I wrapped a towel around and i opened the door. Adrian's eyes almost bugged out of his head. He looked at my shoulder and saw the little nail marks the stragoi made. He reached put and I felt the hot and cold feeling of someone healing. I looked at my shoulder and I saw all the little cuts were gone. My shoulder looked like it had in high school. It was flawless. He still had his hand on my shoulder and he was still healing. He smiled and he motioned for me to turn around after he was done. I looked in the mirror and saw that all my scars were gone, all the wounds were healed and I looked a lot like my old self.

"thanks Adrian, but you really shouldn't have. Anyway I still have…" I was cut off by Chase over the intercom.

"rose can you come down here I think you should see this." Chase sounded really surprised and Adrian had this look of pure surprise on his face.

I took a deep breath and went out to the room. I walked over to the intercom, and told chase I'd be down in a minute. I went over to the closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a tank top. I put them on. Walking out I remembered that Adrian was here without his guardians.

"Adrian, Where are your guardians?" I asked.

"Probably at the hotel sound asleep." he acted like it was no big deal. Hmm sounds like he hasn't changed much. I motioned for him to come with me. The utility closet had been changed from a normal closet to a weapons room. I had swords, stakes, a lot of guns, grenades, belts and holders, and a ton of ammo. On the property, Chase and I had a moroi architect build us a shooting range/ pool house. I had an outdoor and an indoor pool in this house. Sweet right? Chase and I had come up with an idea to charm bullets like stakes. Lets just say I works charms for us sometimes. As I walked into the room, I heard Adrian take a rather sharp breath. I looked at him and he pales a few shades. I handed him a pistol filled with charmed ammo, and a belt the had a few clips of ammo on it, charmed of course. I grabbed a few stakes, a gun, some ammo, and 2 daggers. My sword was rather tempting but I didn't grab it. It hit me just now I didn't know what room Chase was in. I walked over to the intercom.

"Chase What room are you in?" he responded a few seconds later.

"Rose, I'm in the garage." He sounded rather surprised. Hmm Weird..

Adrian and I made out way out to the garage. I weaved my way through the cars. As soon as I came around the last car. I saw chase and two other people. They had hoods on and I couldn't see their faces. Adrian had stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened.

"Who are you?" I tried to sound mean but I ended up sounding menacing. That's not what I was going for but it'll work.

The one on the left looked up at me and I knew who it was right then. Adrian sucked in a gasp and chase got on one knee.

No. No it can't be. It was Queen Tatiana.

"Aunt what are you doing here?" Adrian sounded rather confused and I could tell he couldn't believe that she was standing here.

"Miss Hathaway. I need to speak to you immediately." I nodded and I lead her inside. I brought her to the great room and she sat on the chaise. She motioned for her guardian to reveal herself. It was my mother guarding the queen.

I gave her a smile and she nodded at me. Our relationship stayed the same over the years. After she found out about Dimitri, She was furious but she soon got over it. I motioned for her to sit and she shook her head.

Chase sat down on the loveseat next to mine while Adrian was standing next to the fireplace. My butler, Mark came and offered the queen some wine. She denied it and looked right at me.

"Miss Hathaway, I will be stepping down from the thrown soon. I have chosen to go against tradition. Do you know what that means Miss Hathaway?" Going against tradition? That could mean so many things. Going against tradition?

She was looking at me waiting for an answer so I just shook my head. She looked at Adrian and from that look he got something because he gasped. Why is he always doing that?

"Rose, you know about the tradition of the Queen passing it down to another Royal Moroi family?" Adrian was whispering in my ear. I nodded and he continued.

"she is going to break that tradition. At this point I have no idea how." I let out a rather loud 'oh'. Queen Tatiana looked amused for a second then she went into a rather maternal mode.

"Rose, I see a lot of myself in you. You have an ability to get people to trust you and follow your decisions. Your determination and understanding skill are beyond people like me. Even though you have a temper and can be a little unruly, you have many characteristics of a leader." At this point my mouth probably had birds nesting in it. Did she just say that?!

I looked up at my mother and she had the same look on her face. She was in absolute disbelief. She looked at me and she had a tear coming down her eye. She knew what was coming next.

"Rose, if you asked me 2 years ago, I would have said not in a million years that I would do this but now I come to you. After I step down from the throne, I want you to be queen"