Several days had gone by without any visits…from Dimitri. I was glad that he finally got the hint to stay away. My mind was still reaming from the conversation I had with Adrian. It truly amazed me at how threatened of Dimitri he was. I suppose it was understandable since Dimitri and I had once been intimate together. But on the other hand Adrian should know in his heart that I'm not going anywhere and that Dimitri is the last thing on my mind.

As I lay in bed thinking of Adrian's dilemma I heard the sound of the jail door open. I thought it would be my Adrian but…my thoughts spoke too soon. It was Dimitri. I immediately say up wanting to get the conversation over with before he ran into Adrian and they got into it. I didn't want either one doing anything stupid. And I knew that if Adrian got in Dimitri's face he could get hurt or do something he may regret. And if Dimitri felt jealous or whatever over me than he would do something along the same lines. And neither scenario in my head was good.

"Why hello Roza." Dimitri used my old nickname like it still meant something

"Do not call me that. And why is it that you keep coming to see me? Not to mention all the other times you came here…without permission!" I felt myself getting heated from the discussion that had barely just started, but I needed him to realize that I wasn't coming back to him.

"You always liked your nickname. Why is it all of a sudden you don't. And why do you have so much concern for why I keep showing up or why I snuck in to see you?" he took a breath then continued, "Is it because of Adrian? Does he feel threatened?"

"This has nothing to do with him!" I knew he could tell I was lying but I had to push forward, "You need to stop coming here. I told you the first time that I didn't want to see you but you kept coming here…in secrecy! You told no one that you were seeing me. This whole time I thought you might be telling Lissa about me or something but you did it all for your own personal reasons. And I want to know what those reasons are." I realized by that point I was practically yelling.

Dimitri stayed silent and calm the entire time. He didn't interrupt or make a gesture that he wanted to say something. He didn't speak for a few minutes. I figured he was processing what I said. Finally he spoke calmly, "You're lying about Adrian but I'll let that go. Why do you want me to stay away though?"

His question kind of taken me aback. I didn't really see that coming. Honestly I didn't mind him stopping by. He was nice to talk to…good company. I thought long and hard about how I could explain it to him. "I feel like you have ulterior motives for coming here. And I think that I deserve to know what they are. And if you answer me truthfully then I'll give you an answer."

I could see the wheels turning in his head thinking about what I said. He didn't think I'd give in an ultimatum. He knew that I didn't mind him coming but he wanted me to say it. "Fine I'll tell you why I keep coming here."

"And why you kept sneaking in here to see me before." I added

"Yes." he paused, "I will tell you everything. Let me first start by saying that I knew you would need someone to talk to and that is why I began sneaking in here."

"OK so that's why you started but why did you continue to?" I pushed for him to continue

"I continued to come here so that I could see you. It is as you guessed. For my own personal reasons. I had no intention of ever telling anyone that I was coming here. The only people who knew were those guards." he gestured toward the door.

"And what exactly are those personal reasons?" I insisted

"Well one of my personal reasons is that I needed to make sure that you were alright. I know how if feels to be down here and its not fun."

"True. But you obviously don't know me. I'm stronger than you think."

"I know you're strong Roza. But it still gets depressing and when you had no one to talk to I felt I was the only one who was able to get here. But I did help get Adrian down here for you."

"You did. But I think you did that because you thought it'd get you on my good graces."

"Did it?" he wondered with a smile

"Maybe. Apparently it didn't matter cause you kept coming anyways."

"I did. Well I guess the overall reason why I kept sneaking in here was because…I lied." his answer confused me. It didn't make any sense.

"I don't understand what you mean. what did you lie about? Why you came here?"

"Yes…no. I lied before. When I told you that I couldn't love anyone anymore. That's what I lied about. You had to have known that I still cared about you. Even when I came back from strigoi. When you came to visit me…I didn't want to look at you because I knew that all those feelings would spring to the surface. And they did the moment I turned to yell at you. You saw how I lost my train of thought. You knew right?" I didn't answer. I just stared at him waiting for him to finish. "You must know that you are all I think of. Day and night…you run through my mind. I think about the cabin and how amazing it felt to hold you and to make love to you for the first time." his eyes bore into me, "I'm yours Roza. I'm yours heart and soul. And thanks to you…and Lissa I have a soul now."

What happened next truly defined my relationship with Dimitri. It was honestly a surprise to both of us. I couldn't stop the words that escaped my lips. By the time I finished it was too late. "Dimitri I don't feel that way. Not anymore. I'm sorry, but there is nothing like that with us. It was destroyed a while ago and youknow that."

"But is that truly what you feel? Or is this all because of Ivashkov?"

"Both. If you would have come to me sooner it might have changed things but I love Adrian…very much. And nothing you can say will change that." I informed

"I see. Well then…I'm sorry for all your time I've taken. I'll no longer come by." and he set off to leave

"Wait!" I yelled without realizing it

I seen his body freeze and couldn't form the words that I wanted to say. But he turned to me, "Yes?"

"I don't want you to stop coming by. I just want less visits. That's all. It would also be great if you could keep away from Adrian. I don't want this whole mess to make either of you do something stupid." he didn't even give that last part an answer. Dimitri turned and walked out. I had a really bad feeling about all of this. I really wish I could have gotten into Adrian's mind to see what was going on. But I knew I could go to Lissa. She was usually always with Adrian. So if he did 'run' into Dimitri than I would be able to see it.

I had been in Lissa's head for hours and nothing happened. I was so happy but I still had an eerie feeling that something was bound to happen. So I continued to watch. It happened about twenty minutes after I took a sigh of relief that nothing was going to happen. Adrian, Lissa, Christian, Mia and oddly enough Jill were all leaving a Café when Dimitri approached them. I think I stopped breathing while I listened and watched intently.

"Lissa. Mia. Christian. And Jill how are you? Good I hope. I would like a word with Adrian…alone, please." he announced

"Why?" Lissa questioned

"It really is of no concern to you Lissa. I merely just need a few words." he explained

Christian chimed in with, "Is it about Rose?" I was stunned to see him be so concerned for me. I knew we had grown as friends but it appeared that we now had a more protective brother-sister relationship.

Before anyone else could say anything Adrian spoke up, "Whatever you have to say you can say it in front of them." He seemed so brave but I could see that he was terrified at the same time.