I am going to skip the apologies b/c I seem to do it a lot when it comes to this story and updating. Instead I am going to say thanks to those that are still reading this story and and extra thanks to those who take the time to write a review. I appreciate everyone and I know from being a fanfiction reader also that it gets annoying when you become wrapped up in a story only to have to wait a month if not longer to get an update. I try my best and sometimes it is not only life that gets in the way but the inability to be inspired to write anything worth reading. I hope you enjoy this chapter and the different point of views. If there is any questions you want me to answer in the next chapter let me know and I will go from there. I hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend.

APV

"Is she ready to go? Adrian what is it?"

I could hear Lissa's voice, but my brain was not registering what she was saying. All I could see was the man that almost destroyed my life. My eyes moved away from his figure and frantically scanned the room praying to God that Rose and Abigail were not here.

The look on her face only fueled my anger when I saw how terrified she was. Our eyes locked before her body hunched forward crumbling onto the bed.

"Adrian what is going on? Move." Lissa said pushing my body forward.

It was all I needed before my brain finally kicked in, my arms shot out catching Lissa by surprise when I practically lifted her from the ground setting her outside the door. "Get back and go get help" I yelled before my feet carried me forward. I didn't know if I would have the will power to walk past Dimitri without inflicting some type of pain, but I knew I had to get to Rose. Dimitri could wait.

My eyes scanned Rose's body frantically looking for any injury, movement pulled my eyes away from Roses' body. Lissa was still standing outside the open door looking stunned.

"Lissa please go get the doctor, NOW" I said not having the time to feel bad about yelling at her when my mind was running non stop.

"Rose baby open your eyes" I said picking her limp body up cradling it in my arms. "Come on baby open your eyes" I said softly while smoothing her hair away from her face. A soft whimper caught my attention, I glanced at Rose hoping she was coming around but realized that it was coming from somewhere else in the room. Abigail I thought as I thrust my body forward still cradling Rose in my arms off the bed to the bassinet that was a few feet away.

My heart started beating again when I saw my beautiful baby girl sleeping peacefully wrapped up in here pink blanket sucking on three of her fingers.

The movement must have been less than graceful because soon I was hearing my favorite sound in the world "Adrian?" it was a whisper but I caught it, my eyes flying away from our peaceful baby to my beautiful fiancée.

"I am here baby, you're safe now" I cooed finally allowing my body to relax now that I knew the most important people in the world were safe. I allowed my eyes to scan the room to see if they were truly safe.

My eyes made contact with the man that I hated more than anything, his eyes were different than what they had been when I had first met him they no longer bore the dark brown that almost made them look black nor were they the unfriendly red, but a soft honey color took there place. I wanted to look away but I couldn't.

"Adrian I had the worst nightmare. Dimitri was here and I new I wouldn't be able to protect our baby" she sobbed her words broken as she tried to catch her breath and finish her sentence.

Even as she spoke I found myself unable to look away from Dimitri, rubbing small circles on her back I reassured her that everything would be ok and that she was safe all while holding eye contact with him.

He didn't bother looking away, but as her words came out in fragments I saw his body slump slightly forward his hand reached out to grab a hold of the wall as if he needed the support and then something changed in his eyes and it was as if I could see his heart break.

"This is why I need to know what happened to Dimitri, so I know he is somewhere away from us and he can never hurt our family again" Rose said her voice regaining some control allowing her to get a full sentence out without interruption.

Taking a deep breath I had to prepare myself to tell Rose exactly where Dimitri was. As I opened my mouth to speak Lissa along with Dr. Olendzki and a few guardians rushed into the room. The noise startled Rose causing her to jump slightly and pull her face away from my chest to look toward the door.

I felt her inhale quickly. "Adrian" she cried out before her body slumped forward once again. I shot off the bed laying her down quickly allowing Dr. Olendzki to come examine her.

"What is wrong with her? Is she going to be ok?" I said gripping Rose's hand in my own unwilling to let go.

"Adrian give me a little room to work please. I am sure she is fine, she most likely passed out because she has not had enough time to heal both physically and emotionally to deal with what is happening right now. It is her body's way of protecting itself. Now give me a few minutes and some room and allow me to make sure my diagnosis is correct ok" she said moving her eyes away from Rose and glancing at me. With a small nod a released Rose's hand laying it down gently.

"I will be right outside in the hall, I need to take care of something. Lissa will you stay with her and check on Abigail" I said as I made my way around the bed toward the door where four guardians stood.

"Yeah" I heard her respond quietly.

I tried to calm my breathing as I made my way through the guardians one attempted to stop me but the look in my eyes must of told him that it was best not to touch me or attempt to stop me because he held up his hands and allowed me to continue to my destination.

"I was leaving" I heard him say before I saw his face.

"Not before you and I have a talk" I said "out in the hall."

Dimitri didn't protest and I waved the guardians off letting them know that I could protect myself if necessary. They nodded but didn't go far lingering ten feet away from us attempting to give us some privacy but close enough in case they had to step in.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded. "Have you not done enough damage you had to come and see for yourself what you have done to Rose. You say that you love her yet you torment her with your presence."

DPV

I stood there and watched as Rose's body trembled with fear. I watched as she took comfort that I once offered her from another man. I watched as if I had a right to, as if somewhere in this whole messed up situation I still fit into the puzzle. As I watched her body relax and her words some out more easily I saw that maybe I never belonged in that puzzle, I never had a place. If I admitted to myself our relationship was against the rules even when it first started. Every chance I got I seemed to tell her that, yet I never forced her to give up. Even making her promise me if I was ever to become a Strigoi to kill me. Never once did I think of the danger she would be put in to keep that promise and I knew Rose well enough to know that she would not write it off and not keep a promise even if we made it in the back of a van while leaving the mall.

My chest ached and it felt like my heart was being torn from my chest. My eyes looked at Adrian as I heard him reassure Rose that she was safe. As soon as my eyes landed on his I knew it was over. I wasn't sure what I thought would come out of me coming to her room. I suppose it was my last chance to talk to her, to tell her how sorry I was and that if I could change it all I would. To tell her that I loved her but she would never have to fear seeing me again because I was leaving. I wanted to be able to tell her goodbye. Now I stood here silently watching Adrian console the woman that would one day become his wife while I was an outside observer.

I could hear the others coming and soon the room was full. The noise clearly surprised Rose as her boy jumped slightly and her head whipped around to see where the noise was coming from. Her eyes scanned the door with a look of confusion before they moved in my direction. I wasn't sure what to do so I just stood there like the coward that I was and watched as her eyes widened before closing again.

Adrian shifted forward laying her limp body on the bed demanding the doctor to help her. I watched silently yearning to be the one holding her hand. Soon I was surrounded by four guardians all but one I knew and had worked with at the academy. Their body's were rigid and waiting for me to put up a fight. I lifted my hands slightly in front of me to let them know that I was not here to cause any problems.

I attempted to glance past them and see what was going on with Rose when the one I didn't know shifted her body blocking my view. After glancing down at her I recognized her as one of the guardians I saw protecting Adrian.

"I was leaving" I said realizing that they were not going to put up with me much longer and I didn't want to upset Rose anymore that what I had when she woke back up. Before I could take a step forward Adrian was standing before me.

We moved in the hall after he gave me no other choice but to move with him and the other guardians. I saw him wave them away letting them know that he was fine and wanted space. Although Adrian is smaller than me and on most days I knew I could kill him without much effort there was something in his eyes that let me know that today would not be that kind of day. Although if he tried to fight me he wouldn't have any problems because I would allow him to inflict whatever injury and pain he decided on.

Instead of his fist it was his words that further broke me.

"What are you doing here?" he demanded. "Have you not done enough damage you had to come and see for yourself what you have done to Rose. You say that you love her yet you torment her with your presence."

The reasons why I came no longer held any significance. They were all selfish on my part and I knew it. Standing in front of the man that I almost destroyed his life allowed me to realize how selfish I had been.

"I am sorry, I have no right to be here" I stuttered out.

"Damn right you have no right to be here. We wouldn't be here if it weren't for you" he yelled. I could see his hands fist together his knuckles going white with the pressure he was inflicting on them.

"I will go" I said before attempting to turn away.

I felt his hand grip my arm before I could fully turn around.

"Wait, tell me what you are doing here?" he said his voice no longer yelling but a calm strangled sound of a man trying to protect his family.

"I needed her to know how sorry I was, to tell her that I would no longer bother her and I was leaving. I wanted to tell her goodbye, and most importantly to tell her that I loved her and always would" I whispered the last part but by the tightening on his hand around my arm I could tell that he heard me.

"Adrian" I heard Lissa call out.

He released my arm and turned his body back to the doorway.

"She is awake and wants to see you" Lissa said briefly glancing up at me.

"Ok" he said walking forward apparently forgetting about me.

"Dimitri" he said turning back to me.

"I don't know how you are no longer a Strigoi, although I have a good theory and I pray to God that it is wrong. But when it comes to my family I will protect them with all that I have. I know that you love Rose and at one point she loved you. A small part of her may still love the man you were before all of this happened, but you need to understand that she is no longer yours and never will be. I will speak with her and when and if she feels up to talking to you I will get in contact with you. But until then if I see you anywhere near her or our daughter I will kill you with my bare hands" he said without waiting for a response from me he turned back to enter the room.

Before the door closed I was able to catch Rose sitting on the bed her back pressed against the headboard cradling a pink bundle in her arms. Her face turned slightly hearing Adrian enter. My breath caught in my chest as I watched her face light up as he climbed into the bed wrapping his arms around the woman I would never stop loving and the child that would never be mine.

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