Chapter 18: You're my Everything
DPOV
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Academy! Ha! But neither do you! Everything is the property of Richelle Mead.
So don't hate me for doing this chapter in two POV I really felt that Dimitri had to be heard here. Also, I just love chapters in his POV=)
Dinner was interesting. Roza sat between Lissa and I. She didn't talk much she just listened. I was only focused on one thing making her feel safe and loved. There were so many things I wanted to ask her. Things didn't add up and I was confused. How had she managed to escape from the Strigoi. She was a good fighter and a strong runner, but she had been held for days, she'd lost what looked to be most of her blood, she had no food or water. It just didn't make sense. Adrian said they wanted to turn her. Why hadn't they? I was so thankful that they hadn't and that she was safe and here with me now, but I couldn't fathom as to why they'd allow her to live.
And then there was the mystery that was Abe Mazur. He was a mobster by nature. He wasn't the type to go out of his way for anyone yet he'd rescued a perfect stranger off the side of the road. I knew he didn't have his guardian's do it because he himself was covered in her blood. When I'd first walked in he was holding her hand and speaking to her in Turkish which I did not speak. The sleeves of his expensive shirt were rolled up. There had been blood all down the front of it and he looked as if he hadn't slept or fed recently. If I could pinpoint his exact facial expression I'd say it was worry.
Then there was Janine's reaction to Abe. One minute they were friendly the next they were angry. Right before dinner Abe had risen from the table to greet Roza and kissed her on the cheek. She seemed to be okay with the gesture and the look of admiration on Janine's face as a known mobster kissed her daughter was bothering me greatly. When Rose called him old man I thought he'd be livid and poised myself for an outburst, but then he'd cracked a smile and laughed at her comment. That threw me for a loop. All through dinner the princess kept staring at Rose and then at Abe and then back at Rose not saying anything just studying them like she knew something I didn't.
After dinner as I helped mama clean up I saw Janine and Abe pull Rose aside. They were having some sort of conversation. Jeanine looked scared, Rose looked angry and Abe just looked sad. Then Rose embraced him tightly.
"Looks like a little family reunion going on over there doesn't it?" I nearly jumped out of my skin at my grandmother's voice. I hadn't seen her approach. Since I'd been here she'd kept herself scarce.
"Babuska." I greeted her. "You scared me."
"What do you mean family reunion?" I asked curiously.
"Dimka, open your eyes you silly boy." She said chastisingly.
"The man cares deeply for both mother and child."
Realization hit me like a hammer. Abe Mazur was Rose's father? What the fuck? Janine Hathaway and Abe Mazur. This explains everything. This explains Rose. I thought. She was a badass guardian which she got from Janine, but her attitude that was definitely Abe. She was the daughter of one of the most feared and respected non-royal Moroi men on earth. Oh my God I am dating Abe Mazur's daughter. That was one man you did not want to have mad at you and I was sleeping with his underage daughter. That girl will be the death of me.
Everyone made their way to their sleeping arrangements. I was more excited than I let on that Abe and Janine would not be staying with us. That way I could share a room with Rose without fear for my life. I couldn't decide which of her parents I feared more Janine or Abe?
Janine could probably take me in a fight, but Abe could hire as many hit men as he wanted to kill me on sight. Hmm!!!
When Rose and I were alone she decided she wanted to take a shower. I laughed at her reaction to me showering with her. Hey I was a 24 year old straight man. Of course I wanted to be naked with her in the shower among other places. It was rare I got to show my true self to her and I think she was a little perturbed when I offered to draw her a bath. Her face flushed crimson and she barely managed to get out a response.
I laughed as I closed the door. I made my way downstairs to make her some hot chocolate. It was something I always enjoyed doing for her. There weren't many ways at the Academy that I could show her I cared and this was one of them.
While I was downstairs I ran into my sister Viktoria.
"Why are you up so late?" I asked her.
"You're not my keeper Dimka. We are on break from school and I didn't want to go to bed yet, besides Sonya has taken up snoring lately due to her pregnancy." She said with a grimace.
"Sonya is pregnant?" I asked surprised that no one had told me.
"I thought you knew." She said looking anywhere but in my eyes.
"Sonya? Oh Sonya, she was always the one I'd figured on getting out of here and doing something with her life. I didn't want her to be a blood whore.
I sighed and sat down next to Viktoria on the couch. "Vik. I know that I have been gone for a long time, but I just want to let you know that this isn't the way you have to live. You can do other things with your life besides raise babies." I told her sincerely.
"I know Dimka. This isn't what I want to do." She replied. "That is why I've been at St. Basils."
"You've been at St. Basils?" I asked incredulously.
"I want to be a badass guardian like my big brother." She said smiling.
I hugged her tightly to my chest. "You don't know how good it is to hear that Vik." I said stroking her hair. "I've always known you would do great things with your life."
I was so happy that at least one of my sisters had felt the calling to be a guardian. It was a great honor and we desperately needed female Dhampirs to be guardians. There were so few these days.
The tea kettle whistled and I poured 3 cups of hot chocolate. I gave one to Viktoria telling her to get some sleep and took the other two upstairs.
I opened the door to find Rose sitting in my chair much to my surprise she was wearing my clothes and reading one of my western novels. And I had to say that was extremely arousing.
"Rose?" I questioned her. She was staring out into space with a strange expression on her face. She hadn't even noticed me enter the room. I'd have to do a little training with her on being aware of her surroundings.
"Hey Comrade." She said "I thought you'd gone to bed."
"Why would you say that?" I asked. If she thought I was sleeping anywhere else, but with her in my arms she was crazy.
She shrugged. "I just went to make you some hot chocolate." I said holding one of the cups out for her.
"Were you reading one of my novels?" I asked with a smirk. She always chastised me for reading my western novels and had obnoxiously nicknamed me Comrade much to my dislike and protest. Although in the past few days I'd never been so happy to hear it come from her lips.
She took the mug from my hands. "Don't get your panties in a bunch Comrade. I didn't enjoy it." she said with a snicker.
"Panties?" I asked. She always knew exactly what to say that was completely inappropriate, but that's what I loved about her.
I sat on the edge of the bed. We drank in silence. There were so many questions I had for her, but they could wait until tomorrow. Tonight would be our only night alone together for I don't know how long. After a while she broke the silence.
"Dimitri what does kindred mean?" she asked.
She always surprised me with her randomness, but this was odd even for her.
"It means having a natural connection, sharing the same beliefs and attitudes towards something." I said. "Why do you ask me that?"
"No reason." she lied looking down. I always knew when she was lying. She never looked at me when she lied.
"Roza." I said. I didn't want anymore secrets between us. It was bad enough that she'd hidden the ghosts from me for nearly a month. Sometimes she could be so thickheaded.
"Okay someone told me that you and I were kindred spirits." She relented.
Damn Babuska had been talking to her. I knew it would happen eventually.
"Babuska." I said.
"When was she here. What did she say to you?" I asked.
"Nothing just that she thought we were kindred spirits and some other crap about how we were going to change the world or something." She mumbled.
I don't think she was telling me the whole truth, but I didn't push.
"Don't mind her she's a little eccentric. She didn't frighten you did she?" I asked.
"She's definitely eccentric I'll give her that." She said.
"Do you believe what she said?" she asked.
"About us being kindred spirits I mean."
"Of course." I replied. I'd never met anyone who got me like she did. She and I were so in tune with each other it was almost scary.
I closed the space between us and scooped her up into my arms and brought her over to the bed. I lay her down.
"Don't you?" I asked hoping she felt the same way about me.
She nodded.
I slowly pulled her closer to me and touched my lips to hers. I could feel her heart beating in rhythm with mine. It was a sound I had thought earlier in the week that I might never hear again. I kissed her with all the love and passion I could summon. I wanted her to know without words that she belonged to me and I would never let her go. I caressed her gently wanting so much more, but she had been through so much physically and emotionally I didn't think she'd want me to go any further. I fought hard to keep from ripping off her clothing and ravaging her like an animal. I wanted our time together to be tender and sweet. She deserved to be worshiped like the goddess she was.
"It's okay to lose control Comrade." She whispered seductively in my ear. Her eyes met mine briefly and then I couldn't hold myself back any longer. I attacked her mouth hungrily and allowed my hands to wander all over her naked flesh.
"God Roza you look so sexy in my clothes."
"I look even sexier with them off." She teased. That only drove me insane with desire. I held her against my body and nearly tore off her clothes.
I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She was incredibly beautiful and sexy. I couldn't believe that I'd been so lucky to have a woman like her care for me the way she did.
"Touch me." She all but begged. My body felt like it was on fire as my hands explored her nubile body.
"You're my everything Roza." I told her.
"And you're mine." she replied.
"Are you sure your okay to do this?" I asked. "We don't have to." I wanted her so badly it hurt, but I also didn't want to cause her any pain.
"I'm more than okay." She said.
I didn't need anymore of an invitation and I took her.
I could feel her tense as we became one. I flashed back to our night together in our cabin. She was so tight and the way she had tensed that night told me what I had been hoping to find out. That she was untouched. That she had never let another man be with her intimately. It gave me great joy that she was only for me. That she chose me to be the one and if I had any say it in her only.
I took it slow and gentle so that I wouldn't cause her any discomfort. Our souls connected just as they had the first time. It was never like this with anyone else, not that I had a lot of experience. I knew that it would never be like this with anyone else. The love and passion that consumed me when we touched was unparalleled.
When we were spent I pulled her as close to me as possible and inhaled the scent of her freshly washed hair that cascaded beautifully across the pillow. I kissed the back of her neck softly and was asleep in an instant.
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