Hey guys, sorry about the delay, i know you don't care about the excuses, but i just thought i should tell you because i might not be updating as frequently for the next week or so.
Yesterday, a friend of mine got into a car accident and died.
Our whole school is a mess right now, and everyone is really torn up about it.
There are alot of memorials and whatnot going on throughout the week so i will be gone alot.
I will try and update.
That is why this chapter might be a little off.
Anyway, jump on it!

DPOV

His daughter? Lissa is most definitely a Dragomir, no doubt about that, which means Abe must be Rose's father? Janine was watching me with scrutinizing eyes. She of all people must know how big of a deal this was. "Does Rose know?" I finally ask. She frowns.

"No, and I don't want her to find out" She growls at me.

"Then why did you tell me? No offense Janine, but you know I love Rose and I won't lie to her." I finish and wait for her to hit me again. I didn't try to piss the Hathaway women off intentionally, it just seemed that I had a gift for it.

Janine glared at me. "I told you because I want you to know that it will be safe, not that I would do anything that would be unsafe. She is my daughter, and I would not risk her like that. I know that it will be hard for to keep this to yourself, but I would appreciate it if you could use some of that self control you are supposed to have and keep your mouth shut for the time being. I don't see any reason not to tell her if it is not necessary"

"I will not lie to her. I love her to much for that." I tell her, steel in my voice.

"It's not lying, it's just not telling her everything you know. I won't ask you to lie to her, but I will ask you to not bring it up. If she asks you directly there is really no way to get around that, but I don't see why she would do that. I know you don't want to, but I would really like her to meet him before she makes all kinds of false assumptions about him" She says rapidly, as if she was afraid if she didn't get it all out she would never say it.

"I'll try, but I have a bad feeling about this"

RPOV

When I finally made it back to my room I collapsed onto my bed. I was so tired. Lissa and I had spent the last hour trying unsuccessfully to find Dimitri or my mother, and ended up just going to Alberta. We spent a half hour convincing her that it was crucial for Eddie to come with us. In the end she agreed that his coming would be beneficial, and all we had to do was get Kirova to agree to it. Kirova was the easy part, five minutes and a bit of compulsion later, we were set to go. By the time we got back to tell Eddie he was coming to Russia, I was ready for a good nights sleep. Needless to say, I was happy to make it back to my bed.

I lay in bed, thinking about the trip. I can't believe how lucky I am. I get to go to Russia with not only my best friends, but the man I love, and yeah even my mom. I was looking froward to this trip, more excited than I can remember being for anything before. I was truly a lucky girl.

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The next day went by in a flurry of packing, planning and excitement. Christian, Lissa, Eddie and I spent the day chatting excitedly about our upcoming trip, and everything we wanted to do in Russia. I really should have been packing, but I'm nothing if not a procrastinator! Midday I decided that it was probably time to pack, sense we were leaving early the next morning. We were all in a lounge in the Moroi dorm, watching a movie. I sighed heavily as the movie ended. "Well, I suppose I should go pack...." Christian laughed and Lissa looked shocked.

"You haven't packed yet?!" Lissa exclaimed. Seriously, this is not the most important news in the world.

"Nope" I say, popping my 'p' just to annoy her.

"Seriously, how could you put it off so long, you will have hardly enough time, you better go right now!" She gushes. I roll my eyes at her. "Do you want me to help?" she asks, probably hoping she could have some say as to what I was bringing with me. I figure I should take all the help I could get anyway. I frown but agree. We leave the boys playing video games in the lounge and head back to my dorm.

We were halfway to my dorm when I smelled the clove cigarettes. Adrian had been making himself scarce, but apparently he decided it was time to stop moping. I look at Lissa, and she just gives me an 'I don't know'. We slow so he could catch up.

"Hello, Little Dhampir" He purrs at me. What's with his sudden change of attitude? "Cousin" He greets Lissa.

"Adrian" I give him a small smile, I still felt kind of bad about not telling him about the trip. Lissa just smiles.

"I hoped I would find you, I needed to give you something." He says to me, making me look up and give him a glare.

"And what is it you want to give me Adrian?" I question, still glaring at him.

"Your birthday present, among other things" He tells me, a smile playing on his lips.

"It's not my birthday" I inform him.

"Yes but seeing as you are running off with that cradle robber to Russia, I won't see you on your birthday, now will I?" He asks, his voice hardening a bit.

"I'm sorry Adrian. We should have told you about our trip, it was just a last minute thing. We didn't even know spring break was changed until we got back from court!" I tried to defend myself. I mean it wasn't really any of his business what we were doing.

"Yeah, I know. It just sucks, you guys are all going, and I'm not going to have anyone to hang out with while you're gone." he gives us a sad face. "You know I get depressed easily with spirit and all, and now I'm going to be here all alone, while all my closest friends are off in Russia, having fun. I will have nothing to do but practice my spirit, and grow more and more depressed." He lets out a huge sigh. I give him a 'yeah right' look. Lissa on the other hand, looks as if she just saw someone spank a puppy. "I wish I had something to do during spring break" He ends on another huge sigh, giving Lissa the sad eyes. Oh no he didn't! That was so not going to work. I was about to tell him that too when Lissa interrupted.

"Oh Adrian, why don't you come with us?" Lissa asks, tears in her eyes. Seriously, she did not buy that story? I was going to seriously do some harm to Adrian Ivashkov. He must have seen my murderous look, because he put on his sad face again and continued.

"Oh no, I couldn't encroach on your vacation. Besides I know when I'm not wanted" He looks in my direction. Lissa must have seen because she quickly responds with "Oh Rose doesn't mind, do you?" and gives me a 'you better say you don't mind' look.

"Yes I sure as hell do mind" I cry, no way did I want Adrian to come. He would just make everything just that much more difficult. Lissa gives me a glare.

"She doesn't mean it." She promises. 'tell him you don't mean it Rose. You of all people should know how difficult it is to deal with the effects of Spirit on your own.' She had me there. I really did, and it was not fun. So with her nagging me in my head, I said the words I was sure I was going to regret later.

"Ugh. Fine, I didn't mean it. You are welcome to come with us to Russia" Fake smile plastered on my face the whole time. I'm sure it was not very convincing but Adrian's face still lit up.

"Really? Awh you guys are just too nice to me. Of course I would love to come with you, only because you asked so nicely Rose" He smiles at me, " So I guess I can save this" he waves a small wrapped package in front of my face "until your birthday" He finishes.

"what?" I exclaim "I agree to you coming and I don't even get my present early?"

"Now now Rose, don't be impatient. You will have it soon enough." He smiles. "Now I need to go pack!" He cries excitedly before turning and hurrying back towards guest housing.

"I can not believe you just convinced me to let him come" I growl at Lissa.

"Rose, be nice. I was serious, you know how hard it is to deal with Spirit on your own. I know you think he was just joking, and using it to get you to invite him, but I really think he was sad at the thought of being alone. His aura was already getting darker, and I really think he wanted to come, more than he was letting on. Plus, we really are his only friends, he would have nothing to do while we were gone!" Lissa giggles. I let out a big sigh.

"But what am I going to tell Dimitri!"

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Finally! I am totally done packing. It only took Lissa and I a few hours, and a few more arguments, and I am ready to meet my Russian God's family. Speaking of my Russian God, I still hadn't seen Dimitri, so he didn't know that Adrian was coming with us. That was one conversation I wasn't really looking forward too.

I sighed and headed out to the commons. It was almost time for me to meet back up with Lissa and the boys for dinner. I walked towards the commons, playing out different ways of telling Dimitri in my head when I feel someone snake an arm around me and pull me through a doorway. I look up to find Dimitri smiling down at me. I smile back without even thinking about it.

"I can't wait to leave tomorrow, then there is no reason to sneak around anymore. I won't have to drag you into the shadows or an abandoned classroom to spend alone time with you." He whispers in his sinfully sexy accent.

"That sounds perfect." and I mean it. I hate having to sneak around. I reach up and kiss him passionately. It has been to long sense I have been close to him. I sigh and snuggle into his chest. "I've missed you" I tell him.

"As I have missed you Roza" He says with conviction.

"Have you talked to my mom and Alberta yet?" I ask him, realizing I haven't seen him sense my mom told me we were staying at a mobsters house! Dimitri frowned.

"Yes, I have spoken to your mother. She told me of the arrangements she has made. That was very nice of her" He sounded innocent enough, but something about the way he was talking about my mom was off. I frown, wondering what she did to him now. I was going to ask but he continued talking "and I saw Guardian Petrov last night, she told me we picked up another straggler on our trip" he chuckled. Dimitri, I knew, liked Eddie. He said he was a good, hardworking Novice. I decided I should break the news to him lightly.

"Uh, well we kind of made that two stragglers, Adrian Ivashkov is coming now too." But well tact was never really my thing. Dimitri's smile turned into a frown pretty quickly. "I know you don't like him, and hey he isn't my favorite person in the world either but he wormed his way in..." I told him what happened with Adrian, Lissa and I. His frown became more prominent the more I spoke so I tried to think of something good. "But at least the house is supposed to be huge, apparently this guy is some kind of famous mobster, and maybe we wont even have to see Adrian!" I tried to sound excited. I wanted so desperately for him to be happy. He smiles at me.

"Hopefully" He murmurs before kissing me softly again. I can tell by the stiff set of his shoulders that he is still upset about this, but he isn't upset with me. "I love you" he tells me when he pulls away.

"Not as much as I love you" I inform him. He frowns.

"How come I doubt that one?" he asks teasingly. I just smack him lightly on the arm and pull him down for another heart stopping kiss. How did I get so lucky? I ask myself. To have him, I must have been a saint in another life. He sighs and removes his glorious lips from mine "I have to get back, I'm on guard duty" he tells me reluctantly. Now why doesn't that surprise me?

"Okay, but I'll miss you" I let him go grudgingly. He chuckles.

"Not as much as I will miss you" he teases. I just shake my head at him. He smiles and brushes his lips against mine briefly."I will see you bright and early tomorrow morning, my love, I'll be waiting" He whispers before exiting the room. I sigh. This was going to be a awesome spring break!

Who else thinks Adrian should have atleast given her the gift!!
Anywhoo, next chapter will be up as soon as humanly possible.
Thanks for your patience!