Returned Love

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead is the author of the series. No copyright infringement is intended.

Chapter Eleven

Everyone was busy today for tonight's Thanksgiving ball in Turkey. It was going to be the second biggest ball of the year. Usually dhampirs were working at guarding the building during the ball and after words.

Rose normally wouldn't have received an imitation for this certain event. Although her boyfriend is related to the person who was in charge of sending out invites. Her boyfriend, Adrian, was also taking her there as his date for the evening. Rose's friend and next-door neighbor, Anna, was going to watch her two children for that night.

The girls were in Rose's room getting ready for the ball tonight. All of them were excited for the evening. Mia was also happy, but also sad to a point. She was going to the ball with Eddie, but she was going to California for two weeks to gather information on rental spaces for Rose's business. Which she will be running in that area.

Lissa was wearing a pale pink maternity ball gown. The dress was short sleeve, even though it is November, the temperature was still warm. She applied light make up on herself. Rose and Mia were currently curing her hair. She planned to leave it down.

Mia was wearing a nice purple gown. It was tailored to her height. It was more of a casual dress then for a ball. But it was worth it as seeing all the females, even the queen liked the dress on her. She already has her hair up in a twisted bun.

Rose's dress was more casual than a ball gown. Her dress was red with thick straps, and went down to her knees. Adrian, had picked, the dress out for her. She normally wouldn't wear it because he told her to. But she did agree that the dress was made for her. She was going to have her hair half up and down. She already had a perm down two days ago. The top half of her hair was in a nice half bun. The bottom half of her hair was down in nice curls. She also had a diamond choker around her neck. That was a gift from the Moroi queen herself.

"Lissa, you look beautiful," said Rose to her friend.

Lissa had tears in her eyes. She thought that she looked like a fat whale. She did feel pretty, but she didn't on the same time. "No, I don't," she said. "I look pretty but not beautiful. I look like a circus tent."

"No you don't," said Rose, taking a hold of her hands. "You look beautiful. Like an angle."

"She's right," said Mia. "You are beautiful. With and without being pregnant."

"Lissa, you look absolutely beautiful," said Janine, coming into the room. She had on a silk silver dress that went to the ground. Adrian's mother, Daniella Ivashkov, was standing right next to her. Daniella was wearing a nice peach color strapless dress. It made her look like she was in her late twenties instead of early forties.

"Are you women ready?" Asked Daniella, as she stood next to the mirror. She was standing there was a happy smile for once.

"Yes," said Lissa, as she sighed. She was excited to get out of the castle, for Thanksgiving, although she didn't want to be in any crowds.

Lissa stood up and slipped on her pink flats. She didn't want to wear heels as seeing she was six months pregnant. She didn't feel comfortable in them. Besides her feet seemed to swell up in them.

The women made their way to the elevator on the third floor. The elevator stopped on the second floor to pick up the Moroi queen. She was wearing a nice expensive emerald green dress that matched her eye color. For graying hair was pulled back into twobutterfly clips.

"I see that you women are ready for the ball," said the queen.

"Yes," said Rose. "I can't actually wait for tonight."

"I can't see that," said Tatiana, as she turned her head towards Lissa. "Lissa, you look extra beautiful tonight."

"Thank you," she said. She was getting a lot of confidence, even before she made her way down stairs to the guys.

The elevator door opened to the first floor, and the woman walked out of their one by one. They had heads held high as they walked into the sitting room. The men were sitting around and playing with the 11-month-old twins. The babysitter, Anna, was sitting on a red chair being interrogated by Abe and Adrian.

Rose rolled her eyes at the lovely sight, even though they were making sure she was trustworthy. Although Rose and her mother did an interrogated her two days ago. Two Dhampir men were also staying behind to make sure they were safe. Those two were made sure that the children were safe by the queen and Adrian's mother.

Adrian turned towards Rose, and he lost his breath. His eyes looked like they came right out of their sockets. On the corner of his mouth was a little bit of drool. She looked stunning in that dress. He wanted to take her upstairs and make sure she couldn't walk the next day. Luckily, he was standing behind the couch before he turned around, so she couldn't spot his hard on.

He slowly walked over to her. Nothing mattered to him right now was her. Rose looked at him, too. His fingers gently touched her blushed cheek. He lowered his head towards her lips. When his lips touched hers, fireworks exploded between them. They slowly broke apart gasping for air.

Adrian grabbed Rose's hand and left for the second limo. The first limo had; the queen, Adrian's mother, Janine, Abe, and some guardians. The second limo had; Lissa, Christian, Eddie, Mia, and some guardians. Eddie was going tonight as Mia's date. He didn't have to work for tonight. Also, Stan was in the second limo.

The ball was located inside, of a Moroi hotel in a grand ballroom. It was decorated with brown, red, and yellows. The theme was fall, but it was done with adult style. Some teenagers and younger kids were in a different room having a dinner style party. Now that party also includes Dhampirs.

An hour into the ball, and Rose had a feeling that something was not right. Her palms were sweaty, something. That does not happen to her unless se is exercising. From the corner of her eye, she saw her father walking out of the ballroom. What was he up to? Where was he going? She figured that it wasn't her business, so she left it alone.

Not even two seconds later, Abe ran into the Ballroom, not bothering if he bumped into anyone. Rose was sitting next to Lissa, as seeing Lissa's feet were hurting her. Abe ran to their table, he sat down on the nearest chair.

"Drink something," said Lissa, her tone held worry. She passed him a spare cup with water in it.

Abe drank to water greedily. He put the cup down just as Janine, Daniella, Adrian, and Tatiana came over to the table.

"Abe," hissed the angry Moroi queen. She was slightly angry at him. "Why are you running?"

"We need to go back home," he said, while taking some deep breaths. "There was a breaking an entering. Anna was killed. The twins are missing. I just got a phone call from one of the Dhampirs. He was knocked out while the other one died."

"What do you mean the twins are missing?" Rose questioned, making sure she actually heard him.

"The guardian is searching through the house," said Abe. "We need to leave now!"

Rose gripped onto Adrian's hand, her face lost its color. She felt like she was slowly dying inside.