Chapter 2
"When I was at the thing that decided wether I went to Trial or not, Ambrose gave me a letter. And Lissa, You have a half brother. Your not the last dragimor. Do you remember in Vegas? Well your dad aperently had lots of ...mistresses. And As a result. You have you a brother. Problem is, The queen dint give me any helpful hints on where to find him, how old he is, or any other information. so..I know this is big new, and I couldn't think of anyother way to put it. Trust me, I had long enough to harsh...I'm sorry!" I was feeling Lissas Surprise, sadness, anger, And a series of other emothion through the bond. I stepped up to give her a hug, while she silently cried. "Yeah, well I'm upset about my Dad and all, but Im happy to have a live brother! And its a relief to not be the last Dragimor." And she waas telling the truth. Relief washed over bother of us, But then she started worrying. "rose, how will we find him? What if we never Find Him?What if Some one else knows?Would they Try to kill him?" She spoke, more to herself than me. "Lissa, I dont know! We will find him, But it might take a while! I mean I Found Dem-" I cut off, knowing it was the wrong thing to say with him here. I Shot a glance over at him and he was acting like he Hadn't heard that. Which reminded me I needed to talk to him. I wonder if he will end up breaking my heart even more...Do you need me to stay tonight I heard Liossa Tell me through the Bond. Aperently my face was giving me away, but i knew she was supossed to have dinner with Christain tonight. "No,You go ahead." I told her. "Your sure?" She asked. "Of course. Go play with your boyfriend." I smiled at her and She sent me 'And you Deal with your two...' I gave her a mean look and growled "One!" But she smiled and As she left I heard faint "Suuuure" Outside.
Speaking of, Adrain walked up and Hugged me. "you put up quite a fight. But,Er, i think I need to go. Tommorow, even if they find you...guilty...Then Abe will get you out of it. Atleast for a while..So I just need to talk to you then, Ok?" His words stung. But not bad enough for me to fight him. "i Missed you. See you when Im Free" I whispered. And there went the last person other than Demirti.
"So, Comrad. The other day when I was being arested.." I started but her stopped me. " Thats what I wanted to talk to you about. Listen, Rose, that was just...Instict. I acted on what I thought was right, but ofcourse it wasn't." Well thought up lie I thought, But I said,"Oh really? You Said 'I won't let you take her' or something like that. I say bull crap to your little insticnt thing. Why would you protect someone you didn't love from The good guys without reason?" Ha. Like to see him come up with something to say to that I smiled, Feeling a little smug. I thought of this conversation more than Lissas ordeal. But, aparently he had done alot of thinking too. "Thats why i protected you!" He said, with a look that said 'thats too ovbious'. "Because you love me?" I snapped back. "Ye...No. because The good guys were attacking without reason! Clearly they were up to no good." Since this was an alternitve to my conversation A, where he Gave up and admitted it, i worked on Conversation B. " No. You wouldn't have done that for just anybody who can protect themselves as good as you can." I said. "Well Of course I wouldn't have done that for just anybody!" He shouted. Victory is sweet. "See, so you love me." I said. "Roza..." He looked at me in a way that burned with passion and remorse while saying this," How can I love someone who I tourtured, Someone I tried to Kill, Someone who I caused pain, and live with myself? I cant, Roza, i just can't." So we were going to play this game, huh. Even though i felt my heart shattering yet again, I continued,"Ok. So you expect me to live with myself when I tried to kill you, When i provoked you to hurt me, and when you have my heart? Last time i checked, I need a heart. So quit fooling around and give me yours! i don't care what you did when you were strigoi! You couldn't help it! if you want to pay me back for it somehow, Give in! Admit you still love me!" I panted, and seen i was breaking him. "im just not capable of being loved..." The words were barely a whisper, but they were enough. "Yes, yes you are." I Matched his tone, and walked up and put my hand on his shoulder.
Everything started to happen so fast. Demitri whispered,"Oh Roza" Then He kissed me. And I mean kissed me. I kissed back. We moved toward the bed, and just like our first time, it was great.
Infact i was better. The first time was wondeful, but this time was something else. It had victory mixed with longing, and something I couldn't place. Was it because we haven't been together in so long? or was it because It was right, that things were perfect now. Either way, I loved it.
I rolled over to check the time. 7:32! Holy Crap! I looked over and, even though I knew He'd be there, was relieved to see Demitri Lying there . I shook him and said "Demirti...DEMITRI! My trial...COme on! " He shot out of bed and started getting dressed, too. While we dressed we talked. "I can't believe it. You Do love me!" I squealed, sounding like a little girl on christmas. "Of course I do. You seemed so sure before...How?" He replied. "Well, I was hoping I would Break you." i said, a little shyly. "Well, that you Did." He smiled, and then I said "I want to hear you say it." "I love you, Roza. More than you could ever realize." My Heart started up. "I love you, too. But, I still think I could take a wild guess about how much you love me. Just a little less then Me, Right?" I laughed and he said,"you can think that, But I know that my love for you can't be matched, muss less beaten." As we were walking out the door, I said "We'll just see about that." He laughed, and we walked together up to the courtroom.
We were sure to make it look like we weren't together, but something in the back of my head kept telling me not to feel guilty, that I was his first. I kept telling it to shut up, but when I saw adrain I knew what the voice wasa all about. He Smiled at me, And I smiled back, just a little. I would have to talk to him later, if possible. So, I kept walking. I walked in to face my Destiny.