Sorry this update is so overdue, i have had year 12 exams and so its been a rough few weeks,
hopefully this keeps up with your expectations, and thank you all for the follows and favourtires and reviews, they keep me going!
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amber.

I heard Elena screaming before I heard the incessant banging at the door.
"Ill get her, you get the door" Dimitri said, already up and out of bed, pulling on a pair of sweats over his briefs, went to soothe our daughter.
Throwing on my dressing gown I rushed to the door where the banging hadnt stopped, upon opening it I realised it would be bad.

"About time Rosemarie" My mother Janine chastised as she pushed her way into the apartment.
"Are you crazy, banging on the door like that at two am?" I scolded at her as she helped herself to making a coffee.
"It was necessary, anyway she seems to have not been awaken by it" Janine smiled as she sipped her Black coffee. Black... just like my mood, I thought.
Dimitri chose that moment to enter, " you mustn't of heard due to the banging on your part" Dimitri in nothing but a grey pair of sweats, came to my side. " long time no see Janine, I trust there is an important reason for you arrival.

I hadnt yet told my Mum Dimitri was back, but it was clear she was less than enthusiastic about it.
" Dimitri" she nodded. " In fact there is, two actually, firstly, our insights show a strigoi mob heading this way, so tomorrow morning there is a meeting to discuss action" of course this I already knew being the queens guardian.
"Secondly" she continued "is this" pointing her fingers to Dimitri and I, "you just come back after years of leaving her alone with a child, how dare you".
That was when I decided to step in.
"Dont think I didnt appreciate your help over the years Mum, but Dimitri and I have gone through all this and honestly its a long story I dont feel like rehashing at 2 in the morning."
before Janine could say another word Courts sirens went off.
Sirens that only meant one thing.
Strigoi!

"Dimitri get her, Mum I hope you have your stake on you. I ran to my room throwing on clothes as fast as I could, as well as grabbing Dimitri some clothes and our stakes."
Dimitri with Elena in his arms was in the lounge waiting, I ran up and the four of us heading out the door ran to Lissas Apartment which was next door.

"Rose thank god!" Lissa was pacing with Adrian, Jill and Christian.
"Everyone downstairs now, move" I ushered the Moroi to head to the safest place in court, the lockdown room. Essentially a bomb shelter, stocked with years worth of supplies just in case, the room was huge, it was a house, only underground and secured with reinforced steel and titanium then guarded magically.
Once everyone was in the room I Dimitri handed Elena over.
"we will be back soon" he said to elena kissing her forehead. I made eye contact with liss in a knowing agreement. " You watch her Liss" I kissed my daughter and ran out, punching in the electronic code on the wall so secure the room.

Janine separated from Dimitri and I rounding up other guardians, as soon as I made it outside I saw what the alarms were for, almost twice the amount of strigoi than the attack at St Vlads all those years ago.
With one look at Dimitri, we ran into the heart of the fights and began doing our worst.
I didnt count how many I killed, only that there were so many.
A strigoi leaped from me, only to have me dodge and land a kick into his chest, stumbling back, he regained his posture, his red eyes glaring at me, blood dripping from his mouth, he leaped again, getting in a few good hits to my stomach and face, I moved forward and in an instance punched my stake through his ribs to his heart.

It had been a good 4 hours of fighting until the shields were back up, and all those strigoi ready to retreat from the rising sun, attempted to make an escape, only failing due to running head first to the shields. They fell back and burned.
Hundreds of our men and women, guardians were dead, on the ground, but for our hundred there was at least 2 hundred strigoi bodies, blood and mayhem was the court grounds, I looked up from the carnage to see other guardians like myself surveying the situation, heavy breathing like my own from the adrenaline, I instantly spotted Eddie, walking from the main buildings, and my mother helping the injured, so many men and woman survivors I knew, not one Dimitri. I began looking around frantically, deja vu setting in, I would not let this be like last time, over my dead body.

Running around the grounds and still finding nothing, I stopped at the edge of the gate where I saw how our guards were ruined, a silver stake on the ground, a dead human body next to it.
I shook my head, when will humans learn.
" They never will" His voice came up from behind me. I spun around and shoved him back.
"Dammit comrade do you know how worried I got?!" Dimitri had a few minor cuts and grazes but overall was okay... and alive.
" Im sorry" he pulled me to him in an embrace and mumbled in Russian.
"its okay, im just not very fond of attacks like this and your sudden disappearing act."
Dimitri knew all to well what had me worried.
"that will never happen again" he kissed me.

We had a process, the court. So before any Morio could move from their safe zones, we had to make sure the entire court was cleared, searches were conducted everywhere, and an extra shield was put in place for precautions. Thats when Janine stood up, she spoke of The mob close by killing Moroi and how her belief that this was only half of it. Which meant there would be more.
"They are after something, we are just unsure of what exactly" she said.
The room erupted in arguments, for those who stayed anyway.
Dimitri and I left, discussing plan propositions and more importantly, Elena.

" I arranged the day I found out I was pregnant for Lissa to take her, if anything happened to me, now that your back, you get her, but god forbid anything happens to both of us, lissa will keep her safe" Dimitri nodded and squeezed my hand.
" I couldnt agree more, I want her to grow up strong, Lissa will do that, she needs to be just like you Rose, fighting wise anyway" he smirked " I think there is enough attitude with you, she doesnt need it too" he laughed.
"shut up" I scolded in a playful way.

We arrived at Lissas safe house and I unlocked the door, Elena ran out first and jumped into my arms, the rest gathered around Dimitri as he recalled the events.
"im going to put her to sleep" I spoke to everyone.
I left him to finish the story and made my way back upstairs to the quarters and headed to my apartment.
Walking in everything was as it should be, but as I approached Elenas room and went to place her down, there was a note on Elenas pillow, one that instantly horrified me.

'The child of two Dhampirs is the key we need, we will be back for her'.

I held elena tight, not putting her down, I ran to my room and pulled out the suitcases that were only unpacked a short time ago. Throwing mine and Dimitris things into one, and elenas into another, I packed fast.

"Roza?" Dimitri asked walking in the room. I nodded to the note but didnt make eye contact.
"where did you find this? " his tone cold.
"her pillow" I answered, finally looking up to see the fear in his eyes that mirrored my own.
"you cant hold her and pack, ill take her" he held elena close as I grabbed everything we needed.
" ill be back in a minute" he knew what I was doing.

" Rose, is everything okay? Lissa asked as she opened the door.
" no its not and I have to be fast, Janine is taking over for a while as your guardian, I cant stand to do this but I have to leave its for elena, ill explain when were safe!" Lissa knew well enough not to push things, so she hugged me and nodded.

Dimitri had filled Janine in on the phone, she was happy to help and protect her granddaughter.

"where can we even go?" I asked in the car when we were far from court.

"Home" Dimitri said, kissing my palm. " were going home"