Author note – Thank you all, so much for all the positive feedback. I will try to get the chapters up as fast as I can but I work full-time and it's really busy right now. I hope you like this next chapter. I am going to use italics for some of the talking (I hope there will be no confusion). Anyway please review and let me know what you all think.
-Crazy Damphir xxx
Chapter 9 –
I heard the sound of snow crunching underfoot as someone outside drew nearer to the cabin door. Then I heard someone whisper from outside. It was a deep masculine voice. I looked over at Dimitri –he too had heard the voice.
" We move on the count of three," whispered the guy.
Dimitri swiftly and cautiously pulled his silver stake out of his leather booth. He placed a finger to his lips and motioned for me to remain quite. My heart hammer against my chest as I watched and waited. I gripped the only weapon I could find which was part of a chair. We had used the rest as firewood.
The door flung open and two men barged there way through the doorway. I could only see the back of them from where I was. But then I heard a familiar voice. It was two of the guardians from the academy.
"Guardian Belikov?" Hans said and then turned to where I was standing " Rosemarie Hathaway!"
"You guys are lucky to be alive," Guardian Belinsky said looking at both of us. "Lucky you found this place before the storm got any worse."
Guardian Belinsky was tall about 6ft 2 and had dark curly hair. His eyes where jet black in colour and he looked like he worked out a lot as I could see his muscles through the tight shirt he was wearing.
"Breaker 1-9, kkkrrrsssh…."
"Breaker 1-9, kkkrrrsssh…."Guardian Petrova repeated, " Do you copy?"
A crackling sound of a long-range walkie-talkie interrupted Dimitri and the other guardian's conversation. I had seen the guardians at St Vladimir's academy with them before. But I never took much notice of them. I watched as Guardian Belinsky picked up his walkie-talkie and spoke into it.
"10-4, Copy that." Guardian Belinsky spoke through the walkie-talkie.
"Have you located Belikov and Hathaway?"
"Affirmative,"
"Come back,"
"Big 10-4, both have injuries due to fender bender on high way,"
"10-4 bring them home safe,"
"Roger that"
"What's your 20?" Guardian Petrov replied.
"20…kkkrrrsssh is south east"
"Belinsky? Take it easy on..kkkrrrsssh… return"
"Roger that."
"Over and Out,"
Shortly after that Dimitri and the other guardians decided that it would be better if we left as soon as possible so that we would make it safely back to the academy before dark. It seemed that after the attack on St Vladmir's that the school had remained on lock down.
I took one last look around the cabin. I looked at the bed, rumbled from our love making only hours ago. It made me sad to have to leave. I wondered if Dimitri felt that way too. With a sigh I slowly stood up and I winched in pain as I put my full weight on my leg.
I heard Dimitri mutter some Russian words under his breath as he lifted me into his arms and carried me outside to the SUV.
Part of me wanted to stay forever in that cabin with Dimitri. But I knew that, that could never happen. I knew what had happened between us had been wonderful, amazing –the most beautiful experience I had ever had. I was glad that it had been Dimitri that had been the one to share that with me.
I loved him more than anything. But somewhere deep inside I had a bad feeling that we may never get to experience that again. I pressed my face against his muscular chest.
He managed to open the door and hold me at the same time. He gently lowered me into the back seat of the SUV. I sat there watching him talk to Guardian Belinsky in Russian.
I might not have been able to speak their native tongue but by the way he was talking to Grant (Guardian Belinsky) I figured they where talking briefly about the attack on the academy.
Dimitri nodded at Grant and joined me in the back seat of the SUV. The other guardians where up front with Hans driving and Grant as his is co pilot. I stared out the window as we drove. I noticed that the snow had started to melt.
"What where you talk to Guardian Belinsky about?" I asked.
"About the attack on the academy,"
"What about it?"
"I asked them where the wards were broken," he whispered.
"You're hiding something from me, just like my mom and Alberta where hiding something from Lissa! You don't think I can handle it. Do you? I'm not a kid Dimitri."
"I know that Rose."
"Then why won't you tell me?"
He gave me one of those looks that said we would talk about this later kind of look. I hated when he did that. I crossed my arms and leaned back against the car seat.
It was quiet and the only sound was the crackle of the walkie-talkies every so often Alberta would check in with Guardian Belinsky. Both Dimitri and I didn't speak again and I soon felt my eyelids begin to droop heavily and I yawned. I drifted off to sleep next to him. My dreams disturbed by what I had seen through the bond I shared with Lissa. Those piercing red eyes, those sharp fangs ripped through my throat.
"Nooo," I moaned.
"Shhh Roza," Dimitri said, softly.
"Nooo," I whimpered.
"Shhh my Roza, its just a dream," He whispered.
I woke to find Dimitri's leather duster covering me like a blanket and my head was resting against his chest. I looked up at my mentor who looked like he was lost in his own thoughts. I wondered if he too was thinking about our time in the cabin.
Dimitri looked down at me with those deep brown eyes of his. We didn't speak but then we didn't have to we had a deeper connection like we somehow knew what the other was thinking.
"Where almost there" I whispered.
"I know."
"You should sleep."
"I'm not…tired," I replied, through a loud yawn.
I yawned again and pulled Dimitri's leather duster up around me. The scent of his aftershave still lingered there. I leaned my head against his chest and felt his slow and steady breathing.
I sighed wishing my life could be different. I wished for once that I could be free to love the one person that meant the world to me. Sometimes I felt jealous of Lissa, she was free to love whom she wanted.
Silence soon took over the SUV and for the remainder of the journey I drifted into a deep sleep. I didn't wake up until I felt someone shaking me slightly and call out my name.
"Rose?"
My eyes flickered open and I found myself looking up into a pair of Jade green eyes that belonged to my best friend Lissa.
"Lis..Lissa?"
"Oh Rose! I thought you where dead!" she said through tears.
"Aww Lis, its ok look I'm still here"
"How did I get here?" I asked.
"Guardian Belikov carried you,"
"Oh,"
I wondered where he was and why he hadn't come to visit me. He had only suffered minor cuts and bruises, which Lissa had healed. Both her and Adrian had been working non-stop to heal as many of the wounded that had fought against the Strigoi.
I felt guilty that I hadn't been there to fight with them. Many of my classmates had been injured and one or two had actually been killed or taken by the Strigoi. I shivered at the though of being turned into a Strigoi and it made me think back to the conversation I had had with Dimitri.
Classes had been cancelled for the week and there was going to be a service for those that had been killed in battle. I also learnt that there had been a lot more Moroi other than Christian and Tasha that had helped fight.
"Rose?"
"Hmm?"
I looked up at my best friend. She looked very tired. I worried that she had over worked herself and that she would start to self-harm again. I reached out and touched the bond. I could feel how tired she was but strange as it was there was no darkness or maybe she was getting better at concealing it from me.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Guardian Belinsky is my own character. This chapter hasn't been proofread -my Beta is doing exams at the moment -sorry. Should we see Tasha in the next chapter? If you have any ideas let me know and please review.