When we went to Court, the first person we went to was Christian. Dimitri let me talk to him, but I'm pretty sure he would have done a lot better.

"Hey, Christian." I said, casually walking over to him."

"What are you doing here? Is Lissa here?" Christian asked, longingly.

" Ummmm..." I froze, but Dimitri came to my rescue.

" Christian, there was an accident a few days ago." Dimitri took a deep breath and continued. "Lissa is a Strigoi." There was silence.

"Christian?" I asked. He didn't respond. He just spun on his heals and walked away towards the apartments. I shrugged. It'll sink in soon enough.

"Now for the a easy part." I told Dimitri. He grimaced. Then, we made our way to Court.

Once we got there, Court was already assembled for us. Dimitri had sent a message telling them we had some very important information. We entered the large, circular room and stood by the podium. Dimitri let me talk again.

"So, there was an accident a few days ago, and your queen is now a Strigoi." I paused, letting the crowd react. People were shouting about how it was our fault for not protecting her, and I started to wonder, how did she become a Strigoi? Once the room quieted, I continued. " Therefore, Guardian Belikov and I have decided to refrain from guardian duties and get married." I finished, taking Dimitri's hand. This caused even more commotion, and we were swept out of the room and into a suite, where we were expected to stay for the night.

I sat down on the bed and sighed. "That was not what I expected."

"Roza, you know it was the right thing to do." Dimitri replied, sitting down and putting an arm around me, pulling me close. I leaned into him, my head resting on his shoulder.

" Is everything going to be normal, now?"

" Maybe." Dimitri whispered, moving his lips to my forehead. " First, we have to get married, and then we'll see."

Dimitri and I had decided on a small wedding in Russia, our audience consisting of Christian, Adrian, my mom and dad, Dimitri's family, Sydney, Mia, and Eddie. It wouldn't be large, but that was fine with us. We had plans to move to Russia, but not for a while. Dimitri thought we should take it slow, but I don't see the point.

"OMG, Rose! You have to try this dress on!" Mia squealed, holding up a strapless wedding dress. I shrugged.

"It looks okay."

"Oh, Rose! You just have to try it on!" I slipped into it perfectly. It molded to my body, emphasizing every curve, with little diamonds lining the waist of the floor-length skirt. "It's perfect!" Mia exclaimed. I agreed, silently swearing not to tell Dimitri what it looks like.

The wedding day came very quickly, and I was more nervous than ever. I had my hair cut from my lower back up to my upper back and layered it. With a quick swipe of the flat iron, I looked unbelievably sexy. I went light on the makeup and slipped on a pair of silver flats, just to be sure I didn't trip.

" Little Dhampir." Adrian said, walking in the room.

" Adrian! I am sooo freaking nervous!" I exclaimed, grabbing him. " What if I trip? What if Dimitri changes his mind?"

"Whoa there, Little Dhampir." He said, putting an arm around me. "Everything will be just fine."

It turned out that Adrian was right. Everything went smoothly and before I knew it, I was Mrs. Belikov and Dimitri was all mine.

At the reception, Dimitri and I were hand in hand. We never left each other's side. We talked to my parents and Eddie first, and then moved on to the rest. A toast was made to us and a meal of some of my favorite Russian dishes was served.

Everything was rushing by in a blur, unfocused. I couldn't see straight or hear much at all. I didn't drink, so it couldn't be that. I started seeing spots and in my head I was thinking like, what the heck? I couldn't stand and I was starting to stumble.

"Roza? My darling, are you okay? Let's sit for a while." Dimitri said, concerned. I shook it off.

"No. I'm fine, Dimitri. Just over excited. It's okay." My body told my otherwise and I sunk to the ground, darkness taking over. In the background I could hear Dimitri shouting and other voices, until I heard nothing at all.