This is Rose and Dimitri again. I have forgotten to do a declaimer for all 6 of my other chapter so here it goes. *Clears throatt.* everything belong to Richelle Mead. Whew! That was hard! Now here's the next chapter, enjoy!

Rose's POV

I broke away from Olena's hug just as a fleet of guardians stormed into the house. Dimitri automatically jumped toward me and we went back to back ready for a fight. But h guardians didn't advance toward us, or the other Belikovs for that matter. They just circled Dimitri and I and held their positions. We didn't attack either. We were completely on the defensive.

We heard the front door open and close and two sets of footsteps coming towards us. One pair of footsteps stopped right outside but the other came directly into the living room.

"Mom?" I asked the five foot read haired woman that walked past the ring of guardians.

"Rose. Belikov." She nodded to each of us. "By the looks of your skin I would say that you are Strigoi and that's why we-" She waved around the room, "Came to kill you." She paused and took a long look at us. "You two are too dangerous to be walking the earth."

"Uh… thanks?" I said unsure of what to say.

Viktoria stood up and came through the row of guardians. She walked up to my mother. "Janine Hathaway is it?" She asked. My mother nodded. "I am Viktoria Belikova. They are Strigoi." She paused. "They are hybrids. They have Moroi, Dhampir, and Strigoi qualities."

"Explain." Janine said.

Dimitri cut Viktoria off. "We are fast and strong like Strigoi. We know how to fight and stay in the sun like Dhampirs. But we cannot stay in the sun for long; it burns us like it would any Moroi."

"And what about your need for blood?" She asked with one eyebrow raised.

"We have not yet figured that one out." I said.

"How did you become like this?" Janine asked.

I sighed and launched into the story. Dimitri imputed a few times but it was mostly me. My mother face turned from stone, to anger, to shock, and then sadness.

"Spirit? Like what Princess Vasilisa specialized in?" She asked trying to make everything clear.

"Yes. And now it is my turn to question you." I said, hoping she would comply. "How did you find us?"

She turned around and faced the hallway she had come from. "Come on in." She said to our mystery person.

Abe Mazur walked in, in his flashy clothes completed with earrings and a matching tie. I felt Dimitri stiffen next to me.

"Zmey?" I asked dumbfounded. "My mother is who hired you?"

"No, Rose, I don't work for anyone but myself." He stood next to my mother and something clicked in my head. The hair, the eyes, the skin tone… We shared these traits.

"Oh god. Do not tell me. No! You can't be my father!" I was stunned. My mother nodded slowly.

Abe just had a smirk on his face. "I can't believe it took you this long to figure out, Kiz." He looked at me. "I thought you had inherited my intuition."

"Zmey. Is. My. Dad." I stood up from my fighting stance and just stood there. "Impossible."

My mother and father laughed. Yes. The mobster Abe Mazur and the badass guardian laughed. What's happened to the world?

**VA**

The guardians dispersed at Abe's command and all went outside. Now, the Belikov's, my mother, my father, Dimitri and I all sat in the living room. Starting to be a full house. We explained everything we could to them.

In the middle of it all, Paul and Zoya woke up. Karolina had to go and get Zoya but Paul came down the stairs and in to the living room himself. His eyes traveled to his family, and then they passed on me and Dimitri, then to my mother and father. Then he seemed to wake up entirely and his head whipped back around to Dimitri and I. He launched himself into Dimitri's unknowing arms, which knocked the couch that Dimitri and I were sitting on over. All three of us laughed and rolled of and set the seat straight.

With Paul there, we decided to just tell story's with each other. We were all one, big happy family. And I was actually happy. Everything was going to turn out alright I said to myself. Then my mother asked if she could have a word with me. We walked into the kitchen.

"Rose, I know you are happy but what about all your friends? What about Vasilisa?" She asked truly concerned.

"I don't know, mom." I sighed. "I will figure it out eventually, and hopeful my decision will be for the best." She was about to answer when there was a loud crash in the living room. We both raced back and took the scene in. The bookshelf had fallen over and Dimitri-or rather Strigoi Dimitri- and Viktoria were fighting as everyone else was hiding behind furniture. Viktoria was no chance against Dimitri. He backed her up from kicks and hits. "Mom, no matter what happens, stay out of this. I need to get the ring close enough to him." She nodded and let me proceed. Viktoria had tripped over the fallen bookshelf. Dimitri was going to bite her neck when I jumped at him, causing us both to topple to the ground.

We struggled together. We had each other's hands pinned and could only struggle. I was on top but Dimitri used his strength to roll us over so he was on top. Our hands were pressed together but the ring wasn't working. I had to get his attention. "Dimitri! Snap out of it! This isn't you!" He just kept fighting and I managed to roll us over again. I put my full weight into keeping him down while I lowered my head and kissed him hard. That seemed to work. His struggles died down and his eyes turned from that horrible red back in to his deep brown.

I pulled back from the kiss and rolled myself of him so we were still gripping one of each other's hands but we both were lying, staring at the ceiling. We were both breathing hard from the fight. I looked over to Viktoria to check if she was okay. She only had a few bruises while Paul on the other hand, had a broken leg since he was on Dimitri's lap when he had turned Strigoi, and Dimitri had thrown him off. At least he didn't bit him. I lifted myself up and pulled him along with me, but still kept a firm hold on Dimitri's hand, just in case. I checked if everyone else was okay and they all nodded that they were. We needed someone to heal Vik and Paul and we needed another spirit ring, as well. I thought about it, and stated what we need to do out loud.

"What we need, is to get to Oksana's house, fast."

So that was it, and I know that I have update like 6 time in the past 24 hours but I just can't seem to stop writing this! So now, I am just going to update once or twice a day. Most likely twice. I am in home school so you don't have to worry about me getting busy… my life is boring *tear tear* whatev's. At least I have you wonderful readers.