Finally the next chapter is up not sure how many more there will be. I was thinking about continuing on with the story but developing a new story line, so let me know what you think it would be a lot more Lissa and Dimitri. But no worries Adrian won't disappear. I just want to say thanks again to everyone that reads. Keep up with the reviews they defiantly help when I am busy and not wanting to write knowing you guys want the next chapter helps push through my occasional laziness and busy life.
Characters are owned by Richelle Mead.
"Adrian wait" Abe grabbed my arm as I practically ran out of the trees toward the house.
"Let me go" I roared turning to face Abe glaring at his hand that was still holding my arm.
"Just wait a second you will be no help to her if you are dead. Let the guardians go first and see if they can get through the door and then we will go. I want to save her as much as you but we need to be smart about this" he said tugging me into the trees.
I hesitantly let him pull me back a few feet. "Go and be quick" I yelled at the waiting guardians, hating the fact that she was so close but I still couldn't get to her. Alec waited behind waiting for me to go I was annoyed that he was waiting but also grateful I knew that I would be more focused on finding Rose that I would not be paying attention to anything else around me.
The guardians broke through the trees as I followed closely behind them. I heard Christian yell at Lissa to wait but I could hear her right behind me. The guardians slowed as they mounted the stairs to the porch.
"What are you waiting for?" I asked pushing forward until I was standing in front of the door.
"It was already open we didn't touch it" one of the guardians that I didn't recognize said.
"Ok one hurtle out of the way what are you waiting for?" I asked pushing past them to enter. I felt an arm around my wrist again.
"If you value your life you will let me go" I hissed.
"It could be a trap" Alec said letting me go and trying to reason with me but no reasoning that would work. I had one thing on my mind and that was saving Rose.
"If you want to wait out here so be it but I am going in" I said turning away from them once again walking through the door. It did not take long before I was surrounded by guardians they separated running through the house to see if there were any threats.
I turned into the first room that looked like a living room my breath caught in my throat.
"What the hell" Abe said walking in behind me.
"I don't know but she is not in here" I said turning on my heels running out of the room. The dead Strigoi did not make sense. What would make Dimitri kill a Strigoi unless he attempted to hurt Rose. My feet carried me further into the house and before I made it up the stairs I had passed another dead Strigoi. There was no sign on Rose on the first floor so I ascended the stairs taking two at a time in an attempt to get up them quicker.
"Is she in there?" I asked running past the first door.
"No" someone yelled.
I continued pushing through the next door. My heart stopped as I stepped into the room. I was standing in a nursery that was completely decorated. The room was lowly light and seemed to be completely empty so I continued my search to the only room in the house that had not been searched. My heart was pumping so quickly that I thought you would be able to see it through my shirt.
My hand slid to the door knob saying a silent prayer as I pushed it open.
What sat before my caused my stomach to cringe and my heart wanted to give up all together.
Rose's body was lying on the bed, her face and body covered in blood. Her body seemed lifeless but even in the darkness I could see the slight rise and fall of her chest but the next thing I noticed was her stomach. It was no longer the round ball I had gotten use to. Now is seemed deflated. Reaching along the wall I found the light switch flicking it on. My eyes moved over her body once more, before it came to rest on a man sitting on the edge of the bed.
Dimitri didn't bother moving his face was down cast but even then I could see the blood on his face.
"What have you done?" I roared my body taking over before my mind could catch up. It didn't take me long before I was standing in front of him my fist making contact with his jaw. His body staggered over slightly before he righted himself.
"Where is the baby?" I asked grabbed the front of his shirt pulling him toward me. He was at least 6 inches taller than me and his build was huge no matter how much time I spent in the gym I would never catch up but in that moment it didn't matter because all of the anger and frustration was coming out. His body seemed lifeless there was no fight in him as he stumbled forward. My eye caught the blood that pooled under Rose indicating she clearly had the baby.
My grip tightened turning his body before slamming it into the tinted windows.
"What are you waiting for? Fight like a man you clearly had no problem hurting Rose. Hit me" I yelled slamming his body against the glass again. I heard the crack and saw the glass web beneath him.
His eyes flicked open as I slammed his body against the glass again.
"Tell Rose that I am sorry" he said as his body broke through the glass falling to the ground. The sun was rising in the horizon. The sun rays hitting Dimitri's body.
"What is going? Oh my gosh Rose" Lissa screamed running into the room followed by Christian and Abe.
"Adrian" Lissa said bringing my eyes away from the figure that was lying on the ground below me.
"Why isn't he burning?" I yelled turning back to the room.
As soon as my eyes feel upon her face I no longer cared about Dimitri about his eyes that no longer held the red color indicating evil or why his body laid in the sun without burning.
My feet carried me to the bed.
"Rose" I whispered bending my head toward her ear. "Baby please open your eyes. I need you to open your eyes" I begged her as tears pierced my eyes blurring my vision.
"Where is the baby?" Lissa asked her voice frantic and high pitched. "Adrian where is the baby?" she asked again when I failed to respond.
"I don't know it has to be in the house somewhere. Tell everyone that their focus is now finding the baby" I said never allowing my eyes to stray away from Rose's bloody face.
My heart was pumping so fast I could hear it in my ears, my eyes were burning from the tears and the sun that now was streaming through the broken window warmed my skin to an uncomfortable level.
"Adrian" Janine ran into the room a small bundle wrapped in a blanket in her arms. "One of those creatures bit the baby" she said. "Oh my gosh Rose, is she alive?" Janine asked his voice cracking as she moved closer to the bed.
"She is alive I need to heal her" Lissa said kneeling down on the bed.
"Wait" I yelled. Everyone in the room froze waiting for me to speak.
"Janine is the baby alive?" I asked trying to keep my voice from breaking. No matter how much I wanted to break down right now it would not help anyone.
"Yes" she whispered.
"Lissa you must heal the baby, you are stronger I will start to heal Rose" I said returning my attention to Rose.
"Adrian I have to heal Rose she is my best friend, I can't let her die" Lissa said her voice trembling as she cried.
"She will not die and she would never forgive us if we heal her and let our baby die. She is strong, she will live" I said brining my hands to her head. "Janine see if you can get the bleeding to stop" I said focusing my attention on her head sending all the power I could into her healing her.
My body weaved forward and then back again I had spent the last ten minutes sending all of my energy and power into Rose.
"Adrian you have to stop you have done as much as you can" Oksana said placing her hand onto my shoulder.
"I can't" I simply stated trying to refocus my attention to Rose.
"I will take over, if you go any longer spirit will take over and you won't be able to control it" lifting my hand I allowed her to take my place.
"Lissa is the baby ok?" I asked finally breaking my eyes away from Rose to look over to Lissa.
Before she could answer the sweetest sound filled the room. A beautiful cry that I could listen to all day knowing what it meant. Life.
"We need to get her to Dr. Olendzki" I said standing.
"Lissa can you heal her to get the bleeding to stop or will it be too much?" I asked not wanting to push her too far.
"Yeah I can try" she said moving forward holding her hands out to hand me the baby.
I never thought that this is the way I would hold my baby but my heart soared holding its tiny body in my hands hearing the sweet cries still fill the room.
"It's ok daddy is here" I cooed. The crying stopped momentarily then started again.
"I think the baby is hungry" Janine said coming to stand next to me while we observed Lissa and Oksana attempt to heal Rose.
"Alec send someone to go to the store and buy formula, have them meet us at the jet" I said rocking my body attempting to sooth the baby until we could get formula.
"I have already sent someone to get one of the SUVs we can be on the road as soon as we load Rose, Dr. Olendzki is waiting for us at the airfield. She will make sure Rose is stabilized before we take off" Abe said standing next to me watching Lissa slowly stop the bleeding. Oksana was still attempting to heal the wounds on her head.
"I have done all that I can" Oksana said standing her body shaking, her eyes starting to fade to black.
"Mark I believe you are needed" Abe said clearly seeing the state Oksana was in she would definitely need Mark to take away her darkness.
The realization hit me quickly and before I could process what I was doing one of my hands were resting on Lissa's back while cradling the baby in the other.
"Lissa you need to stop. You have done all that you can" I spoke the works low but they were clearly heard.
Her body tensed as I spoke and I knew she understood what I was telling her.
"I am fine" she said attempting to shrug my hand off of her back.
"Lissa please Rose would never forgive me if I let something happen to you after all that you have done for us. Now please let us get her to the SUV and let the doctor take over" I said stepping back to allow Christian to take my place and move Lissa away.
She hesitated before stepping away from the bed her legs buckling underneath her. Christian moved quickly catching her in his arms pulling her body to his. Her eyes were black and her aura was all over the place, it was the worst I have ever seen it and that scared me.
"The car is waiting" Abe said stepping forward to move Rose.
"Janine can you take the baby, I need to help Abe move Rose" I said walking over hesitantly handing her the baby. Placing a small kiss on its head I realized we still didn't know if it was a boy or girl.
"Adrian are you ready" Abe called out.
"Yes" I said turning around.
The move was slow and tedious, neither one of us wanting to move her around too much and cause more damage so we slowly moved down the hall and through the rest of the house until we stood on the porch.
The sun was high in the sky beating down on all of us. It was burning my eyes and so uncomfortable but it reminded me of the dreams that Rose and I shared days spent on the beach while the sun warmed out skin now it just felt like I was on fire.
"I can take over now if you want to seek cover" Alec said as another guardian talked to Abe. We both declined and walked quickly to the SUV pulling Rose's body onto the bench seat. Janine ran to us holding the baby that was now completely covered. I turned to take the baby from her before turning to climbing into the SUV.
My movement stopped as my eyes fell upon Dimitri. He was sitting on the ground his arms tied behind his back surrounded by guardians. His eyes never wavered from us. I wasn't sure why he was still alive but at that moment I didn't care.
The drive was quick, at least three SUVs left at the same time as us carrying Lissa, Christian, Abe, Janine, Mark, Oksana, and Eddy along with a group of Dhampirs for protection which made no sense because it was daylight but they were doing their job.
After a quick evaluation Dr. Olendzki cleared Rose for the flight home. She hooked her to IVs for pain medication and dehydration and told us nothing else could be done until we landed and she could run more test.
"I made the baby a bottle, looks like they bought diapers and an outfit while they were at the store. If you want I can feed and change the baby" Lissa said standing next to me.
Glancing up I noticed her eyes had lightened up but were still dark. I wasn't sure how I was ever going to repay her for everything she had done for me. If it was not for her I would still be pulling my hair out at the academy and Rose and our baby would be dying if not dead already.
"I can do it, but thank you for everything" I said.
Taking the outfit and diaper from Lissa I shifted in my seat to lay the baby down unwrapping the cover from its body. The blood across her chest caused bile to come into my throat. And with no control left I let out a sob.
"Adrian what is wrong?" Lissa rushed back over from her seat.
"It's a girl. We have a little girl" I said wiping the tears from my eyes. I couldn't control my emotions. Then another sob worked its way out this time from the pain of realizing there was a chance that Rose would never meet our daughter.
Her mouth opened before letting out a cry much louder than the one she had let out at the house.
"It's alright my sweet girl, daddy is here" I said quickly putting the diaper on and pulling the tiny shirt over her head before wrapping her up in a new blanket. Once she was snuggled up in her blanket I grabbed the bottle testing the formula on my wrist as I had learned in my parenting class. Satisfied with the temperature I placed the bottle at her lips. She latched on and quickly finished the bottle. I knew I should have burped her halfway through but she seemed so hungry and I couldn't bare to take the bottle away from her.
Laying a burping cloth across my shoulder I patted her back until she burped which I must say was not too pleasant. Cradling her in my arms I watched as her eyes fluttered shut. Kissing her tiny nose I shifted from my seat until I was sitting in the aisle. Rose's body was lying across three seats, Dr. Olendzki occupying the forth seat next to her. I had protested but she informed me she needed to keep an eye on Rose's vital signs and I reluctantly agreed.
"Rose I want to introduce you to our daughter" I whispered into her ear. Pulling her hand into mine lying it across the tiny bundle in my arms. I wasn't sure how long I sat there telling her how much I loved her and couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with her. I told her in detail about what the baby looked like telling her how she had my eyes but had her nose. I couldn't help but laugh when I told her about the lack of hair that our beautiful daughter was working with. Janine then told me how bald Rose was when she was born, so I was sure to pass the message to Rose that it was her fault our daughter was bald.
The plane started to descend and I retook my seat cradling the baby in my arms trying to keep her from waking as we touched down.
RPOV
"I have spent the last five days here with you two since we landed" Adrian said kissing my jaw that was now tense thinking of all the pain he had gone through and regret for not helping Lissa while she was here. I still wanted to talk to the doctor before I did anything because as much as I loved Lissa I had to think about Abigail first.
"Are you ok?" he asked when I sat there silently.
"Yeah thank you for telling me it is just a lot to take in" I said trying to process what he had told me.
"Are you ready to go back to your room, I am sure you are tired and hungry" he asked shifting from the couch so he could stand.
"I can't leave her, I just can't" I said my voice cracking thinking about not having her with me was too much.
"Well I was thinking we would take her with us, I cleared it with Dr. Olendzki and she said it was ok. She is not going anywhere I promise" he said kneeling on the ground in front of us wiping away the tears that fell from my eyes.
"I love you" I whispered closing my eyes to keep the tears back.
"I love you more than you could possibly know" he said brushing his lips across mine.
He helped me into the wheelchair and pushed me down the hall past my old door.
"Where are we going?."
"We got an upgrade now that you are no longer critical and in need of all of those machines plus we now have a roommate" he said stopping in front of a door I had never been in.
The room was like a small apartment it was three times as big as my old room with a couch, a small crib and the bed was big enough for Adrian and I both to sleep comfortably on it.
"It is nice but when can we go home?" I asked standing up to move onto the bed.
"Soon, we should be able to fly home by the end of the week if you both get the all clear" he said climbing in the bed on the other side. Lying Abigail between us we both propped our heads onto our elbows and watched her sleep peacefully.
"She is perfect" I said watching her little chest rise and fall with each precious breathe she took.
"I know" he said leaning over her toward me "just like you." My reaction was instant I leaned over making sure we didn't hurt Abigail and brought our lips together. I knew it would be a while before we could do anything more than kiss but right now this is all I needed the man I loved with our perfect baby girl.
Pulling back I laid my head back onto the pillows yawing.
"Adrian I need to ask you something" I said hesitantly knowing he was not going to want to tell me.
"Sure babe" he said clearly tired and not realizing what I would want to ask.
"Where is Dimitri?"