A/N: Okay . . . I haven't gotten any reviews in like 3 days so unless I get more reviews, this is the last chapter I'm posting, even though I've already written to chapter 15. I don't care if the reviews are good or bad, I just wanna know what you people think of my writing. Just please review after you read, it means a lot to me. I don't want all my hard work to be for nothing.

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-Sarah

Chapter Nine: Revelations

When I woke up the next morning, I saw Dimitri's sleeping face. He looked so calm and at peace when he slept. I tried to get up in a way to not wake him up but that was pretty useless seeing as his arm was wrapped around me. The slightest bit of movement from me jolted him up.

"Roza?" he asked.

"Good morning sleepy!" I replied.

"What time is it?" he asked.

"Like 9 a.m. maybe?" I replied. He groaned. "What?" I asked him.

"I had about five hours of sleep last night." he replied.

"Might I ask why?" I asked.

"Well I wanted to make sure you were okay so I stayed up and watched you for a while." he replied sheepishly. I smacked him on the head.

"Dimitri Belikov! Why the hell would you do that? You need sleep!" I was angry.

"Ugh! I wish you broke your right arm! Then you couldn't smack me as hard." he said with a chuckle. "I know I need sleep but you know how much I worry about you." he replied. I sighed.

"If you weren't so damn cute and caring I'd smack you again!" I said. "Why don't you get some more sleep? I'll hang around downstairs and get something to eat." I suggested.

"Hmm . . . tempting, but I'd rather be with you than sleep." he replied. I stood up to stretch and groaned when I tried to move my arm.

"Damn it! Ow! Stupid goddamn Strigoi! I wish I could've kicked his ass!" I said angrily.

"Good thing I kicked his ass for you." he said.

"Yeah. Let's go eat and get Oksana over here because this arm is a pain in the ass." he laughed at me and we walked hand-in-hand down the stairs. Olena was busy cooking in the kitchen and her face brightened when we came down the stairs.

"Good morning Dimka, Roza, how are you today?" she asked. I knew the question was meant for me.

"Better . . . my head doesn't hurt much but my arm is still pretty bad. Can we call Oksana after breakfast? Which by the way smells mouthwatering." I replied.

"It really does smell good mama." Dimitri added.

"Thank you! And yes Rose I'll call Oksana after we eat. Now you two go sit at the table and make yourselves comfortable. I'll be right in with the food." Olena said.

"Yes Olena." I replied. We left the kitchen and went to the dining room. Like the perfect gentleman he is, Dimitri pulled my chair out for me and pushed it in when I sat down.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to help carry the food in." Dimitri said.

"Okay, I'll talk to Lissa while I wait." I replied. He pecked me on the lips and left the room.

Liss? You there?

Hey Rose! How are you today?

A bit better, my head doesn't hurt as much but I feel like I want to rip my freaking arm off.

Oh Rose, that would just hurt even more.

Yeah . . . What's going on back at Court?

People are quite hectic with you gone. They're gonna start sending search parties out so don't stay in one place for too long. You have to keep moving.

Thinking of the Court reminded me of the Queen's note. I decided to tell Lissa.

Liss? I have something to tell you that's good if you look at it in a good way.

What is it Rose?

Well . . . when I was leaving my hearing, Ambrose handed me a note. From the Queen.

Really? What did it say?

The Queen left me with a very important mission. She told me that somewhere in this world, you have a sibling. It's your dad's illegitimate child.

Are you serious?

Very.

Well it's a relief to not be alone anymore! Sure I'm sad my dad cheated but I have a sibling somewhere!

I'm so happy for you Liss. But I need you to do something for me.

Anything.

Try to find the real murderer while I look for your half-sibling. Can you do that for me?

Of course!

Thank you Liss. The sooner I find your half-sibling and the sooner you find the real murderer, the sooner I can come home. I'll give you updates of anything that I find.

I'll do the same. Thank you too.

No problem. I gotta go now. The food Olena made smells amazing! I'll talk to you later and tell Christian our plans and please tell Adrian that I'm sorry and I hope he'll forgive me someday.

I will Rose. Bye.

Bye.

As I finished talking to Lissa, Dimitri and Olena were bringing the food in. I don't know what it is but I don't care. My stomach snarled. As soon as everyone was gathered at the table, we began to eat. What ever it was, it tasted as good as it smelled. Olena got up to clear the plates.

"I'll go call Oksana and see if she can come." Olena said.

"Thank you." I replied. When it was just me and Dimitri in the room, I pulled out the note and gave it to him.

"What's this?" he asked.

"A note from the Queen." I replied.

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