Dimitri, his mouth and eyes making 'O's, turned towards his mother.
"Well, Mama, it's kind of hard to explain," he began.
"No it's not," Adrian snapped.
"I don't want to-"
"Tell your precious mother how disgusting you are?"
"No, I was going to say-"
"That you believe that you're an idiot?"
"No! I was talking about-"
"How I hate you so, so much because you stole the girl of my dreams even after you were a frikkin' Strigoi and-"
"Oh for Christ's sake!" I yelled, standing in between them with my hand on Adrian's chest. "You: shut the hell up and pay attention to your girlfriend. You:" I pointed at Dimitri, "Tell your mother what happened. Without the gory details." He grimaced and turned back to her whilst Adrian shot Sydney an apologetic look. She raised an eyebrow at him and turned away. Adrian looked like someone had stolen his cookie jar.
"Well, after I turned Strigoi," Dimitri began telling the tale, "Roza came to save me, as you know."
"We know," Yeva moaned. "She never stopped eating."
"Hey!" I called and Lissa grinned.
"Well, she got the money to do this from Adrian, with a promise that, if he gave her the money, she would go out withhim," Dimitri almost choked over his words, "when she got back. And that's what she did. And, when I was restored, well...nothing happened." His family were wearing confused expressions. "But, when we escaped Court, we just, well, I..." I noticed that Adrian and Sydney were no longer in the room. "We just fell in love again."
"Oh, Dimka..." Olena sighed and pulled him into her arms.
"Mama, it's okay. But how are you feeling?
"So," she coughed, "much...better."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes...need...water."
"Oh." I hurried into the kitchen and filled three glasses; one for Olena, Mark and Oksana. I came back and handed one to each of them. Olena glugged it down gratefully.
"Thanks, Roza, dear," she murmured.
"What happened?" Lissa wondered. "Your auras were going wild!"
"Well," Olena explained. "I delved into Olena's head but the compulsion in there kind of drew me in. It's difficult to explain..."
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