Chapter 47: You Know Why

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RPOV

Things had quieted down and Dimitri and his mother were talking quietly in Russian in the kitchen area. His sisters and Paul had gone to bed some time ago.

"We need to talk." Said Yeva softly coming up behind me. I nearly jumped as she was stealthy in her approach.

She pulled me aside and the look on her face was grim.

"I have seen what is to come. There will be a battle and some will be lost. Those which you least expect will commit the ultimate betrayal and treason to finish the job they started when they took you." Her voice was eerily calm as she spoke.

"I'm sorry can you be more specific?" I asked glancing over at Dimitri. Thankfully he had his back turned to me.

"Hush child. I have not seen the outcome of battle only felt the grief."

"Why tell me and not Dimitri?" I asked curiously.

" Dimka must not know the plan until the last possible minute. He will never agree to what needs to be done. There will be hard choices ahead and you will need to make them alone. The rest of them and their love cloud your judgment. You are strongest. You and you alone will lead them into the final battle. The one who sacrifices everything will succeed."

With that said she quickly left the room leaving me dumbfounded.

That woman infuriates me to no end. Always with the riddles that made my brain want to explode. I was too tired to remain awake any longer.

"You are tired Roza let's go back to your room."

"You might have to carry me Comrade. I'm too tired to walk." I said trying to keep the mood light even with the gloom and doom of Yeva's words hanging over me like a storm cloud.

"I might just take you up on that." He said and I gasped as he swept me clean off my feet and carried me all the way back to my room. I quickly changed into one of his T-shirts and pulled my hair back before snuggling up next to my Russian god and falling fast asleep.

DPOV

I woke early as we were leaving for the Royal Court at ten. It was around six right now. Most students had cleared out of the Academy with their parents last night after Graduation. I slipped out of bed and kissed Roza's cheek before dressing and leaving the room.

I wanted to find Ivashkov this morning before we left and give him a good warning. I was still not happy with the idea of him with Viktoria, but Rose and my mother had convinced me to give him a chance. I had to admit that my sudden change of heart could have been Rose using compulsion on me.

That was still something I couldn't explain. One minute I was raving mad and the next I felt completely calm. Maybe Ivashkov would know. Great now I was looking at him as a source of information instead of a constant pain in my side.

I knocked on his door loudly and he answered a few minutes later groggily.

His eyes widened in surprise when he saw it was me at the door. He actually looked a little frightened. Rose must have given him a heads up last night. I should have figured. Those two were thick as thieves.

"Can I come in?" I asked politely.

He glanced around nervously. There was no one in the hallway and Guest Housing was nearly emptied out for the summer.

"Uh sure." He said opening the door.

He was still in his night clothes. I could have easily given him a good smackdown if I wanted, but I didn't want to anger the women in my life. Rose would be angry and Viktoria would probably never speak to me again for interfering in her affairs of the heart as she put it to me once.

"So you know about us." He asked cautiously.

"I do." I replied.

He flinched and put his arms up in surrender. "Have at it then." He said closing his eyes.

He really thought I was here to hit him. I'll give him snaps for not running away like a coward.

"Relax Ivashkov. I'm not going to hit you." I told him.

"You're not?"

"No."

"Can I ask why?"

"You know why."

"Rose?"

"Partially, but also Viktoria."

He relaxed a little as if he believed that I wasn't going to hurt him.

I sat down in an oversized arm chair. He sat across from me.

"I just came here to warn you that if you hurt my sister not even Rose will be able to keep me from killing you." I threatened. He had the decency to appear frightened.

"I won't hurt her. I care for her. I would never hurt a woman on purpose especially someone so important to my best friend." He replied.

"Best friend?" I asked.

"Yes, Rose is my best friend." He said wincing. I think he thought I would sock him for that as well.

"I see."

"Also, Viktoria is very special to me and I wouldn't dream of doing anything to cause her pain." He continued in a serious tone.

"You bet she's special and you better not forget it." I told him.

"I didn't just come here for that. I have a question about Spirit as well and I didn't want to ask when Rose was around." I admitted.

"Oh, well ask away." He replied.

"Last night when I found out about you and Viktoria I was very angry and I wanted to hurt you." I told him.

He didn't seem surprised.

"What changed that?" he asked.

"That is what is bothering me. Are there any instances in which a Dhampir has been known to use compulsion?" I asked.

He looked at me with a strange look on his face.

"Not that I've ever heard of, but that doesn't mean that it isn't possible. Why do you ask?"

"Do you remember when the Princess used compulsion on me to force out my feelings for Rose?"

"Yes."

"Well last night when I was angry Rose looked me right in the eyes and told me to calm down. I felt strange just like that other time and then I was calm. I felt dazed." I explained.

" That is puzzling. And you're sure that you just didn't see reason because she asked you to calm down and you love her and want to please her?" he asked.

"I am not that whipped!" I said defiantly. "She did something to me. I'm sure of it."

He started to laugh. The nerve of him. Here I was trying to be all civil with him and it was hard seeing as that he was first in love with my Roza and now he was dating my sister and this Ass was sitting here laughing at me to my face.

I glared at him. "You find this comical?" I asked menacingly

He backed away from me slightly.

"Of course I do." He guffawed slapping his knee. He was really pushing his luck.

"You think you are not whipped. That's hysterical. Rose has had you wrapped around her finger since day one and you know it. I don't blame you. I'd do anything for her. She's just the kind of genuine good soul that makes a guy want to do anything to make her happy." He said composing himself.

He had me there. I was her Bitch and I knew it, but I didn't have to admit that I'd given her my man card out loud.

"Whatever back to the question at hand. Do you think she could have done it?" I demanded.

He looked thoughtful.

"No." he replied.

"Not even with her abilities?"

"Not likely. Her Aura still resembles that of a Dhampir. If she was able to use Spirit it would mean that she was crossing the line to being Moroi and so far her Aura is normal."

"Normal?"

"Well normal for Rose." He said.

"Then how?"

"I have a theory. Tell me was Rose worked up at the time?"

"Yes. Why would that matter?"

"Well if she was upset then it's possible that Lissa was pulled into her head and that somehow Rose's want for you to be calm was relayed to Lissa and Rose channeled the compulsion through her making it seem as though she was the one who compelled you only she wasn't alone Get my drift?"

It made perfect sense. And Rose had been communicating with Lissa right after. Damn I hated when he wasn't drunk. He actually was quite insightful.

"It's a possibility to consider allright." I said as I headed for the door.

"Does she know she did it?" he called after me.

"Probably."

Just one more thing she hid from me. I was beginning to wonder how we could be together if she continued to keep things from me.

I headed back towards the Dhampir dorms probably for the last time. I'd arranged for all of Rose's things and mine to be taken to the private jet that the Queen had sent to transport all of us to the Royal Court so I just wanted to make sure that everything had been taken.

Okay so don't shoot me. They really are going to the Royal Court. I just needed to get these things in first. So what do you think of Yeva's warning. Do you think Rose should hide it from Dimitri? If she does will he forgive her?