i'm soooo sorry! it's been what? 2 months! school's been hectic, and writing takes alot of time. but i'm doing my best! i'm even writing between classes ;)

on with the story...

RPOV

After an hour of walking, it started snowing, it is December after all.

And it's in moments like these that I wish I had a jacket, because I don't.

'if you had stayed with Seth, you'd be in a warm house by now' the angel on my right shoulder said, but the devil came and pushed her in the snow.

'don't listen to her, you did the right thing, he doesn't deserve you as a sister'. And so they have been arguing all night already, and I was getting a migraine. I groaned as I pushed both off my shoulders

"will you two just shut the fuck up!" I yelled. An old lady that was passing by gave me a disapproving look, but I gave her a glance that told her to fuck off.

I massaged my temple with my thumb and my index finger, when I heard footstep behind me. I turned around, which wasn't the best thing to do, seeing as I still had alcohol in my system and my hangover started to kick in. now in front of me was a person, -a female, I presume- in a long black coat. I narrowed my gaze when she lifted her hand out of her pocket, I prepared for everything.

Well, except for the letter she gave me. Yep, that's right, she gave me a letter, I took it and studied it for a while. When I looked back up, she was gone. I sighed as I looked around but found nothing, I moved my gaze back to the letter. On the front it said my name and: read this while alone. I rolled my eyes, but I kept walking back to the mansion.

After about 15 to 20 minutes, I opened the front door and ran to my room. I didn't need anyone to see me like this. I locked my door and put my bookcase -that was next to the door- in front of the door, just in case they try to kick in the door.

After deciding what to do first, I threw the letter on my bed and jumped –not litterly- in the shower. The warm water felt like heaven on my skin, and heaven is exactly what I needed after the hell from earlier. I washed my hair, body and shaved, but after what seemed like a few seconds, I stepped out of the shower and put on my gray short shorts with the American flag, with a top that said: I just wanna sleep. Which totally explains what I want to do right now. And to top it all off, I paired it with some slippers that where in the form of the head from that orange tiger from Disney. I got it from Liss a last Christmas and I love them. I put my hair up in a messy bun and plopped down on my comfy bed.

I took the letter and opened it, the handwriting was neat and really beautiful, so my guess is that the writer is a woman. As I was about to read it, there was a knock on my door. I placed the letter under the matrass of my bed and walked over to the door, before opening it, I pushed the bookcase back to its original place and unlocked the door, to find Dimitri standing there with an amused/curious/ the expression you have when you're about to tell someone bad news, but it's for their own good.

I sighed as I knew he wanted an explanation for all the shuffling in my room.

"I put the bookcase in front of my door, in case somebody *cough* you *cough* kicked in my door." He shook his head, but had a ghost of a smile on his face. And just like that, it was gone, that meant business.

"I need to talk to you about your brother." Ough, anything but Seth, I'm still pissed at him.

"he's no brother of mine." My voice was cold and didn't sound like me, Dimitri noticed to and seemed to want to talk about it, but he was a smart man and decided to leave it alone. I walked back to my bed and sat down, making sure the letter was secure. Dimitri followed me and sat down across of me on my bed as well. He sighed and started talking,

"a few years ago, I was working for Abe in Russia. I was supposed to finish off a strigoi clan there." Why is he telling me this, this has nothing to do with Seth, does it?

"there were only a few left, so I would be an easy task. But when I arrived there, I couldn't believe my eyes. They were ready to start transport of some weapons and in front of me stood Seth, making sure everything was going according to plan." I kept shaking my head,

"no." I said, my voice strong and full of determination, telling Dimitri he's wrong, or was I convincing myself?

"I'm sorry Roza, but you have to stay away from him. He's dangerous." He placed a strand of hair that was in my eyes behind my ear. Pulling me in his embrace and trying to comfort me, was probably the only thing I needed right now, and he did those exact things. After a while I pulled back and looked deep in his eyes, how come I never saw how beautiful his eyes where, the perfect shade of brown. Unintentionally I leaned forward a bit, looking from his eyes to his lips and back to his eyes. He looked at my lips as well and leaned in, I could already imagine what it would feel like to kiss him, but I couldn't be sure that it would be how I imagined, because we were interrupted by a knock on the door. We both sprang back and looked at each other, awkwardly, he scratched the back of his neck and cleared his throat,

"you should get that." Of course I have to, I jumped up and walked to the door, wanting this to not be awkward. I opened to see a guard standing there.

"your father requested your presence in his office." Speak about formality, I feel like a superstar. Note my sarcasm.

"fine I'm coming." I took one last look at Dimitri and left to see Abe, praying to god that Dimitri doesn't find that letter.

"ah, Rosemarie, I'm glad you came without any struggle." I smiled as I sat down in the chair that was closest to Abe's desk. He was standing near the fireplace, poking the burning wood, making it crisp. I walked over to his own mini bar and took a glass of scotch. "care to tell me why I had to come?" my voice slightly annoyed, if he hadn't called me here, I would've been having a hot make-out session with the Russian.

"as much as this hurts me to say it, you need to stay away from your brother." What's up with these people? Stay away from Seth. Seth is dangerous, don't let him get to you. Ugh!

"if you're going to repeat the conversation I just had with Dimitri, you called me in here just waist your breath." I stood up and walked out, but mason and Eddie stopped me. "not again." I groaned.

" if you are going to knock me out again, fell free to skip that part, cause I'm prepared now." But regardless, I sat back down.

"please listen to me Rosemarie, stay away from him, don't let him fool you. You are home here." With that I was allowed to go.

I wonder what all of this is about, maybe I should go to Seth after all, to get the answers I need. But Abe and Dimitri both told me not to. After a while, my curiosity got the best of me.

I slowly walked up to his room and knocked on the door, but got no answer. I shrugged it off and went back to my room. I found a sticky-note on my door, it's from Dimitri.

'please got ready, for training, I'll be waiting in the gym' –D

That was it, nothing about what happened only minutes ago, only business, I guess I better get used to it, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna make it easy for him.

I walked inside the gym and found Dimitri siting against the wall reading a book, a western from what I could see. I smirked as I let my phone with my water bottle fall on the mats, hoping to startle him.

But it didn't, of course it didn't, he's a fully trained guardian after all –well that and a god…- he probably smelled me coming from miles away. I sighed as I walked up to him.

"you are late." He simply stated without looking up from him book.

"well, I'm sorry comrade, but blame the old man." Now I got a look from him

"comrade?" he asked, which almost caused me to double over from laughing.

"well you're Russian, and I like it." he stood up and put his book away as he came over to me.

"well, I don't now, 25 laps. GO!" I made a face, which got me a disapproving look, but I went outside and did my laps nonetheless.

I'm happy I somewhat trained before and that I always used to run in the park. Because otherwise, I would be dead by now. After my 25th lap, I collapsed down on the grass next to the track and nearly drunk all of my water. Dimitri came up to me and pulled me up.

"Are we done yet?" I sighed as we both walked back inside the gym.

"are you tired already?" I glared at him before walking inside, slamming the door shut in his face. Ha!

"Ough" a roundhouse kick landed on my side, knocking the air out of me, it hurt, but I wasn't letting the Russian win.

My right fist came to his face, but he leaned to the left, and quickly I landed a blow on the that side of his face. It was a pretty hard blow, making him stagger. That's my opening, with a front kick on his chest, he stumbled back. I was in full fight mode. Sweeping his legs away from him, he fell on his back. I jumped on him, and started delivering blows to the head. I just kept going, letting all the emotions out of me.

Why did Seth switch sides? He always told me to be a good guardian, and nothing but a guardian. He tells me one thing, but then he does the other. And then after 9 years, he comes back out of nowhere, and treats me like a child. If he thinks he can just come in my life and make disitions for me, he's deadly mistaking. Dimitri and Abe warned me, but if they want me to stay away from him, why don't they just kick him out? Why does my life always have to be this difficult, first my mom and my unborn sister, then Seth. What's next, Dimitri? Everybody that I care about dies or goes away.

Suddenly I was flipped over and Dimitri pinned my arms next to my head.

"Rosa, listen to me. Focus on my voice." I frowned, my face felt wet.
"now tell me what's wrong, why are you crying?" I didn't even notice that I was crying.

"I don't know" sensing I had relaxed, he let go of my arms and pulled me in a comforting hug.

"don't be so stressed about Seth, nothing will happen. I'll make sure of that." Nodding, I inhaled his sent. It was a mix of musky and old books. I loved it. But I needed to clear my mind. I pulled back, heading for the gym door. I heard Dimitri sigh, just as I placed my hand on the knob.

"thank you, and I'm sorry." With that I ended up in my room, sprawled over my bed. My eyes bloodshot, why couldn't I just be normal and not hurt others? Then the letter came into my mind, my hand reached underneath the mattress and grabbed the letter. Ripping the envelope, I started reading the letter.

Dear rose,

Things are probably a mess right now, aren't they? And we know you have a lot of questions, but all will be answered in due time. But for now, there are indeed dome things that you do need to know in order to keep the ones you love safe and of course yourself. First, the woman who gave you this letter is Sydney sage, she works for us and will be help us communicate with you. Second, I know this has been told you before, but you need to take it serious, don't let Seth fool you. This is a dangerous world you have entered.

That's it for now, good luck with your training and your coronation.

The alchemists.

Ok… this is strange. After a while, I decided to just let it rest and go to bed. Besides these people where right, I need to take this serious and my coronation is nearing.