Chapter 12 Found

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Me: Can I please have Adrian? Just for a little while?

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DPOV

We searched everywhere. There was no sign of Rose anywhere and Adrian had been trying to get into her dreams for the past twelve hours without luck. Either she was awake, Strigoi or she was dead. Either way we were no better off than when we first started.

We had checked into a motel in Novosibirsk for the night. We would head out again early in the morning. Five people in one hotel room was not comfortable, but it was the only way to ensure the safety of the Moroi. No one had gotten much sleep in the last few days and at the moment Lissa, Christian and Adrian were fast asleep. Lissa was tossing and turning though. I felt for her. I knew it must be hurting her to be away from Rose for so long. They'd never been apart this long in their entire lives.

I had nearly dozed off in the chair while Janine was patrolling when my cell phone rang.
The number was definitely not coming from America. I wondered who it could be.

"Belikov." I answered bruskly I wasn't in the mood to speak with anyone right now.

"Comrade?"

My heart leapt into my throat. There was only one person in the world that could get away with calling me that.

"Roza?" I questioned. She was sobbing.

"Roza where are you? Roza answer me." There was noise in the background and she started coughing and wheezing uncontrollably. "Roza where are you?" I repeated. "Tell me Roza I need to find you." I pleaded. My heart was breaking she sounded like she was suffocating.

"Dimka?" another voice came on the line. It was familiar and they called me by my Russian nickname.

"Dimka are you there?"

"Who is this?"

"It's me your little sister you dumbhead." She said in Russian.

"Viktoria?"

"Of course silly. Now come home we found someone who belongs to you." She said.

"Rose is Rose okay?" I asked. "How did she end up with you?"

"Abe Mazur found her on the side of the road and brought her here last night. She's in really bad shape Dimka. You better come quick."

"Two hours." I said. "And take care of her."

I set my phone down, went into the bathroom and closed the door behind me. I let myself break down for a minute as emotion overtook me. Rose was alive. She was not Strigoi and even though she was injured severely she was in the safety and care of the people I loved. If I had been a religious man I would have gotten on my knees and thanked the Lord for answering my prayers.

I pulled myself together, washed my face and then went out to wake the Moroi. It would have been better if we could wait until daylight to travel, but her injuries were too severe and we needed to leave immediately.

I flipped on the lights in the room and started gathering our stuff together.

"Dimitri what's going on?" asked Lissa rubbing her eyes.

"Get everyone up princess Rose has been found."

"Alive?" she gulped.

"Yes, alive." I said. "Now let's go."

I saw the relief in her eyes as she got up and woke the other two.

Five minutes later all three Moroi and Janine were ready to go.

"How did she end up with your family?" asked Janine. I was driving and she was in the passenger seat.

"Apparently a local Moroi found her and brought her to my family to take care of her."

"She's very lucky someone found her and took the time to do that."

"I agree especially when they told me who it was that found her." I replied.

"Who?" she asked curiously.

"A well known mobster in these parts Abe Mazur." I said running a hand through my uncombed hair.

She gasped.

"Ibrahim found her?"

As if on cue her cell phone rang.

"Abe? You found her?" she cried.

The man on the other line said something and then Janine broke down into sobs.
"Thank you Abe you don't know how much this means to me." She said softly.

"We'll be there soon. Take care of her for me."

She hung up and we all looked at her with concern.

"How do you know Abe?" I asked.

"It's a long story for another time." She replied. I didn't push it because all I could think about was getting to Rose.

APOV

"Adrian wake up!" a very shrill voice interrupted the first real sleep I'd had in days. Not being able to medicate myself with alcohol has been taking a toll on my body. Dream walking took a lot out of me and usually upon waking I'd have a strong shot of Russian vodka to take the edge off. It had been days since I'd touched the stuff. I literally felt like I was going mad.

"What is it Lissa?" I groaned rolling over and cracking an eye open to look at her. She was ecstatic.

"They found Rose." She screamed at me. "Get up we have to go."

She said they'd found Rose not they found Rose's body so I was hoping upon hope that she had been found alive and would be able to stay that way until Lissa and I could heal her.

I'd been working on my healing and had been getting better at it lately. Not as good as Lissa, but better than before.

I jumped out of bed pulled on my overcoat ran my fingers through my disheveled hair and grabbed my bag.

The car ride was unbearably long. It would take around two hours to get to Baia. Belikov had explained that Abe Mazur had found Rose on the side of the road and she'd been mumbling Belikov's name so he'd brought her to the Belikov's home in Baia. Abe Mazur had quite a reputation among the Moroi. He was not a royal, but he commanded a lot of respect and was quite wealthy. His business dealings were shady and I suspected illegal, but he'd never been convicted of anything.

Janine Hathaway seemed to know him. She had cried while speaking to him on the phone. I wondered how such a straight laced Guardian had anything to do with someone like Mazur. I'd never met the man, but my father had told me to be careful if I ever did. He had found Rose and taken care of her so I think maybe he wasn't such a bad guy.

My mind wandered to a few days ago when I'd last been able to contact Rose in her dreams. She had been so sick and weak. I wondered how she was now. It brought a tear to my eyes just thinking about it. At the shack when we found her blood I was nearly ill at the sight. I thought for sure that the hand prints had been cause by her being dragged up those stairs instead of her crawling away. I hadn't of course shared that with the others. None of them knew how severely she was injured. Belikov would probably kick my ass when he saw her.

If Rose comes out of this alive I was going to make her a promise. I would not stop loving her or stop wanting to be with her, but I would stop the illicit comments, I would dress her appropriately when I went into her dreams and I would try to get along with the Russian. I realize that not having her in my life would not be acceptable for me. I wanted more than anything to be with her, but if I couldn't have that then I would most definitely try to be the best friend to her I possibly could.

Sorry this was short, but I wanted to give you their side of it before we hear from Rose.

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