I do not on any of the characters. They belong to the mind of Richelle Mead.

Dimitri's POV

As I jumped towards Lissa I could see she was in fear. But if I had not Rose would have seen us. I did not want her to know that I was here.

"What the hell Dimitri? What was that about?" Lissa asked me as she got up off the ground.

"Rose came outside. I don't want her to know I am here. I can see that she has moved on and I don't want to cause her any more pain." I said as I hung my head down.

"What do you mean you can tell that she has moved on? That is so far from the truth that it is not funny. She still loves you and has not been with anyone else since you?" Lissa said.

"But I know she has been with someone else. She is with child; there is no way that I am the father." I told her.

Rose's POV

I could feel that Lissa was in fear. But she was blocking me from her head, what was happening that I was not able to get to her. I opened the cabin door and looked around. She was not there, I am sure that she was at the feeders by now. Maybe she saw something that scared her. I would ask her when she returned. I walked back over to the couch and sat back down. I could see the TV was playing a movie but I did not care what was on. Again Adrian tried to come and sit by me.

"Adrian, please, I just want to be left alone. I know that I made you a promise but I am not ready to talk about it. I am carrying Dimitri's children and he is still walking around." I told him. I really did not want to talk about this. I knew that I had made him a promise but I don't think that I could ever be with anyone else.

"Rose look, I don't not know what you are going through. I also understand that you are having his children. But how will you care for them alone?" He asked me. But before I could answer him he began to talk again. "I want you to know that I do love you. I always have. And I want you to know that I will love those children as if they were my own. This way you will not have to explain who the father is and stuff like that." I could not believe that he had just said that. He made it seem like he was saving me from something. But I did not need saving.

"Adrian, I know that you love me and you want to be with me. But I am not ready to be with anyone else. And if the question of who is the children's father ever comes up I will just say that he died before they were born and that will be the end of it. You, Lissa, Christian, and Eddie are the only ones who know that Dimitri is the father. And it will stay that way, because if anyone finds out that I am having another dhampir's child they will do test on them and me and I don't want that. Lissa and I have already talked about what we are going to do once Natalya and Dimi get here." I tried to get him to understand what I was saying. "I want you, Christian and Eddie to be the babies' godfathers. And Adrian I want you to understand that until Dimitri is fully dead I just see you as a friend." And with that I left their cabin and returned to my own. I opened the door and walked in, but the moment I looked up I felt faint.