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And I know I took forever just be happy!
I didn't waste another second. Grabbing Dimitri's arm I lead him through the bustling crowd. It was like moving through tar. And I only gripped Dimitri's large hand tighter. Men pushed their bodies against mine and it took all of my will-power not to hit them and girls threw themselves at Dimitri desperate to feel the hard lean muscle underneath that thin shirt of his. . . Come on Rose snap out of it! I scold myself.
Eventually we were able to make it through the dance floor and I stopped short of the dressing room, then relinquished my hold of him. I made a move to go inside but he took my arm in his death grip a calculating look on his gorgeous face.
"You can trust me" I tell him with my famous Rose Hathaway smile that made him waver for a second.
He thought about this for another second and his hand recoiled slowly. And I walk into the dressing room. Most of the girls were out working their shifts so I walked with ease up to the schedule board to check where Ambrose was tonight. I could never see Ambrose run his hands all over Queen Tatiana. She was just so. . . ancient and he was Calvin Klein underwear model hot. Victor bought him a while back in Vegas he kept to himself the first few months being a recovering heroin addict does that especially since at St. Vadmir's temptation of more than one kind is always lurking in every dark alley way, and every dark corner. I sighed, overjoyed at seeing he didn't have a shift that night. The clicking of my heels reverberated through the desolate room. I saw Dimitri slump in visible relief when I walked back to him.
"What? You didn't think I'd come back?" I joke feigning hurt.
"Honestly, I didn't know what to think Rose" he smiled back.
His smile was heart breakingly amazing. It melted me into a puddle and my stomach fluttered. Dimitri's smile faded but his eyes were conveying messages that were just as good. I thought I caught a sliver of desire, just a sliver. But it was enough for me.
"Let's go" Dimitri demanded brusquely.
His gruff words snapped me back from my daze. And I didn't dare let my disappointment show.
"Ambrose isn't working tonight" I told him.
Ambrose roomed with Adrian and I let my feet do the walking. I started for the door gesturing for Dimitri to follow me, we walked shoulder to shoulder in a rigid silence. My heart was thundering in my chest scared totally shitless if they would catch us. While Dimitri held his usual calm stoic composure and that made me even more scared. All of a sudden he grabbed my hand and my legs threatened to turn into jelly. His long slender fingers entwined with my own, warming me all the way down to my toes.
"It's alright. Stay calm, trained guardians can tell these kinds of things" Dimitri instructed.
I concured with a short nod. We walked the short distance to Ambrose's apartment block. People gawked at us brushed Dimitri off as a new "recruit". He was afterall beyond sexy and was more than happy to make nice and flash a smile here and there. Dimitri pushed open the heavy glass door of the apartment building. The smell of aftershave and leather hit me as I passed him. And it took all of my self-control not to push against his hard body and kiss him. Dimitri stared at me expectantly and I noticed that I was just standing there oogling him. I couldn't help the color that flooded my cheeks turning me an unattractive shade of pink. Dimitri probably noticed but he made a good show of pretending he didn't. I refused to meet his eyes and wordlessly I shuffle to the elevator and hit the up bottom more times than I can count. Eventually we were standing outside of room 803 and Dimitri poolitely knocked on the door. After much more knocking the door swung slightly open. Ambrose's messy dark black hair and sad brown eyes peered outside.
"Adrian's not here Rose" Ambrose said gruffly.
Ambrose looked incredibly trashed and yet he still was mighty fine. Dimitri stood behind me feeling if he made his presence known it'd get Ambrose freaked. So he let me do the talking.
"Were not here for Adrian, Ambrose" I tell him.
Ambrose looked at me like I grew a second head. Then shock and understanding took place.
"Can we talk?" I ask.
After great hesitance he swung the door open motioning us inside. Once the door lock clicked Dimitri was down to buisness.
"Ambrose, I'm Di-" Dimitri started off formally
"I know who you are Guardian Belikov" Ambrose interuptted.
"How?" I piped up.
"Tatian- I mean Queen Tatianna sent me to Court for a weekend and I saw Guardian Belikov, you were always her favorite" just the mention of her name on his perfect lips brought a bitter-sweet smile on them.
"How did you know she was gone Ambrose?" I ask barely above a whisper.
"My aunt Rhonda works at the palace. . . she told me Tatianna was. . . dead" Ambrose said his mouth quivered slightly and tears threatened to flow from his eyes.
"Do you have any idea who could have any motive for killing her Majesty?" Dimitri questioned his voice soft as if he were talking to a child.
"Tatianna and I concured to an open relationship. She slept with other men while I slept with other women" Ambrose informed strictly.
Listening to Tatianna's sexcapades made me shudder. I sat myself on Adrian's bed the scent of cigarette ash and expensive cologne. I watched intently as the two men were exchanging infomation.
"Can you give us names Ambrose?"
"She never told me" Ambrose exhaled.
Dimitri mumbled something in what I can only expect as Russian. Damn did it sound sexy. Ambrose took a seat on a wooden chair sitting infront of a bottle of whiskey. He took a long drink before placing it down.
"Where does Victor fit in this?" I suddenly ask Dimitri.
"Victor Dashkov has had the Moroi government and the human goverment breathing down his neck eversince the start of his buisness. Our race could be exposed at any moment with his risky buisness. This caught Tatianna's attention and was to take action soon but she was never able to. Victor Dashkov is on the top of our suspect list if any person in the world can kill a monarch and get away with it, it would be Victor. He has the funds the strings the power to pull it off. For a long time it publicly renowned that he's wanted control of the crown for a while. And from the intel we've gathered from our inside spy Dashkov wants a new era" Dimitri replied forebodingly.
I couldn't help but notice how he said Victors name. I knew it too well. Hate. The all-encompassing kind, the kind that had boiled over years. I deduced that there was a very long history between the two.
"A new era of what exactly?"
"That's the thing we don't know" Dimitri huffed.
"What about me Dimitri? How could he pin this on me?"
"The mole said Victor'd bloody your hands and make you confess to the Queen's murder" Dimitri grimaced.
The silence made the truth sink in like a needle. And at that moment I realized I had a choice. I could lie down and await sure death or I could fight.
"We don't have much time then" I said getting up.
I know it was kinda short but I wanted to update quickly and let you all know that I am still alive(:
The next chapters gonna be longer I promise and please review they boost my low self esteem!
-Sammyx)