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Chapter Ten

My POV

Rose lay lifeless in the hospital room, her chest barley moving. She hadn't changed since her father brought her in. Every few hours someone would come in, talk to her for a while but nothing changed. One young man remained at her side night and day, waking every few hours to see if she was still alive, making sure his world was still beside him, that the other half of his soul was still in this world and not in the next. This young man is a god among the guardians Dimitri Belikov, not known for his ability to show emotion but somehow the young girl now a woman Rose Hathaway cracked the hard shell he'd built and perfected and it all slowly crumbled down the very first time he saw her. Looking at her now hurt him in ways no strigoi could he knew he was the main reason for it. He turned this compassionate, loving person into a killing machine. Dimitri let the images he loved of Rose back at the academy go round his head, a sad smile played on his lips the whole time. There was a gentle knock on the door and Rose's father entered the room, instantly Dimitri stood up.

"Sir nothing has changed, she just won't wake up" Dimitri kept his eyes on the floor

Abe Mazur looked at the broken young man that stood in front of him and he could see what Rose saw in him, he was a good man, devoted to those he loves and as Abe has seen will rip everything apart till they are safe, he loves Rose with everything he has and most importantly Abe knew Dimitri would give Rose the world if she asked for it. The look on Dimitri's face when he handed Rose over when they rescued them was enough to confirm that and it was enough to break the old man's heart.

"Sit down boy, I was only bringing you some coffee and something to eat" Abe answered

Dimitri took what Abe offered and put on the little bedside table

"Thank you, could you stay with Rose while I quickly clean myself up?"

Abe nodded and took the seat close to Rose's bed; he put his hand over hers and watched.

Abe Mazur stroked the back of his daughter's hand the whole time thinking that if he was allowed in her life she'd be different somehow but not too different, then again he loved the way his daughter is, she could do no wrong in his eyes yet all everyone has ever heard of Rose is the bad stuff and none of it mattered. She is his daughter after all so it should have been expected. Rose's hand tightened around her fathers. Abe's heart rate accelerated, he tried to hide the tear that was leaking from his eye but failed. Rose's hand tightened again the she screamed and it was a soul shattering sound

"Comrade" she screamed there was so much pain in her voice and Abe knew that the only person who could help her was Dimitri and she didn't want his help.

Rose still unconscious thrashed about the bed screaming and calling for her comrade, Abe tried to calm her down but he got a very good slap around the face and Rose dug her nails into his hands drawing blood. The nurse came in to see what all the fuss was about; she had one look at Rose and ran off to find Dimitri.

Dimitri just got out the shower to hear someone pounding their fist on his door. He quickly got dressed into clean clothes and opened the door to find the nurse looking distraught

"Rose" was all she said as Dimitri ran down the hall to where he left Rose

His mind was racing but the only thought that was clear was

"Please don't be dead please"

As if the fates demanded she stay alive Dimitri heard her scream out for him

Her pet name for him rang out along the corridors, this made his run faster. Dimitri flew through the doors to find Abe trying to very hard to calm down his daughter, as the door banged against the wall Abe looked up with relieve in his eyes

"Sorry sir I got here as fast as I could" Dimitri panted

Dimitri made his way over to Rose's side and gently sat on the bed. He pulled her in to his arms in Russian he whispered in her ear

"It's ok my love I'm here they can't hurt you, I'm here to chase the demons away"

It worked like a charm the instant Dimitri spoke Rose relaxed in his arms. Abe sat by and watched as Rose snuggled deeper into Dimitri's arms. A little anger crept up in Abe, this was because he was never there when Rose was like this, ne was never there when she'd returned from a battle broken and bruised and needed comfort, the thought was chased away by the gut feeling that Abe had would he really want to wait about and see if his daughter would return with scraps or dead the answer was no.

Dimitri gently lay Rose back down, as he went to pull away her hand whipped out and grabbed his coat in a vice like grip, gently peeling her fingers away and placing them on her stomach, Dimitri noticed Abe had an odd look on his face

"Sir would you like me to leave?" Dimitri asked

Abe shook his head and stood up

"No Dimitri, she needs you here now more than ever" Abe answered

He silently left the room and Dimitri took his normal position, he sat waiting for Rose to wake up. Hours went by and nothing changed. It was Moroi morning and Lissa came in to see him.

"Hey how are you?" she asked

Dimitri couldn't put into words how he felt so he was silent.

Lissa sat with Rose and spoke

"hey Rose, I know I've been a right bitch to you, I'm sorry for all the things I've said and done" Lissa choked out over the tears, she gently laid a kiss on Rose's head and left the room, as she went by Dimitri she handed him some coffee he smiled in thanks and was shortly left in the silence of the room.

No one came in after Lissa so Dimitri laid his head near Rose's hands and drifted off to a dreamless sleep. Around 1 am moroi time Dimitri woke up with someone stroking his hair; sleepily he looked up to see Rose.

Ok guys hope you liked this chapter sorry it took so long for me to get it posted been a little bit busy but enjoy none the less :)