Rose's Point of View

"You little Bitch!" He snarled.

I looked around the plane shocked, trying to make sense of what was happening. One minute I was dream walking with Adrian and Dimitri and the next I was being lifted off the ground by my throat.

The look on Victors face was crazed and out of control; two things I'd never seen on Victor before.

I wanted to ask him what the hell was going on but all I could do was gasp. The lack of air was pretty disorientating and if he didn't loosen his grip soon I was going to pass out before I got a chance to find out what this was all about.

As if somehow reading my mind, he released his hold on my neck tossing me carelessly to the ground.

"Did you think I wouldn't find out about this? He sneered, coming to tower over me.

I was still trying to catch my breath when he yanked me vertical again by the hair. I let out an involuntary cry which only seemed to fuel his rage further.

"This baby won't save you!" He snarled. "I'm just going to kill it and replace it with me own!"

Baby? What baby? What the hell was he talking about?

I think my confusion must have shown on my face because he suddenly stopped screaming and cocked his head to the side curiously.

"You didn't know did you?" He laughed darkly.

God his mood swings were giving me a headache.

I thought about trying to come up with something smart to say but honestly I didn't have the energy. Instead I just shook my head and tried not to visibly cringe when he laughed again humorlessly.

"You let that filthy Dhamphir get you pregnant!"

What?

"I'm pregnant?" I asked dumbly.

The words were out of my mouth before I had a chance to stop them.

"Not for long." He spat back, taking a deep breath to regain his composure.

I watched in utter shock as he worked to regain control over his emotions.

I was pregnant, with Dimitri's baby and now Victor knew about it.

I was still reeling from the shock of that news when one his damn minions appeared at my side. I barely had a chance to protest before I felt the unpleasant sting of a sharp needle in my neck and everything faded back to black.

Adrian's Point of View

"Just keep trying." Belikov insisted.

I wondered if he knew how pathetic he sounded.

We were sitting on the cold hard ground outside of Clarence manor, waiting for Victor to show up with Rose.

After figuring out where they were headed, Abe didn't waste a minute putting a plan into action. By the time the plane landed back in Pittsburgh, there was an entire team of privately hired guardians in place.

I had to hand it to the man, he worked quickly.

Once all the pieces were in motion Dimitri had started insisting I try reaching back out to Rose. I highly doubted that she'd be asleep again so soon after our last dream walk, but the man was nothing if not persistent and eventually I got pretty tired of the sound of his voice.

With everyone in their positions I figured it couldn't hurt to try while we waited. With a deep breath I concentrated on Rose and was more than a little surprised when I felt a spirit dream starting to form. I knew how desperately Belikov wished I could pull him in, but we were staked outside a bush keeping watch on the property so at least one of us needed to stay on our guard.

I watched warily while I waited for Rose to appear, silently praying that no harm had come to her since our last visit. But when she finally materialized before me, I became instantly aware that something had happened. Physically she was still unharmed, but there was a frantic sort of desperation in her eyes.

"Adrian!" she cried, throwing herself into my arms.

Whatever it was that was upsetting her, it was bad enough that she was willing to settle for my comfort instead Belikov's. Tears were streaming down her beautiful face and I could tell from the way she was quivering that she was terrified.

"What's wrong Rose, what happened?"

I'd never seen her so scared in all my life and it was a little unnerving to say the least.

This was serious.

Rose opened her mouth to start explaining, but just before she did, a somewhat guilty expression came over her and I could tell she was hesitant to talk to me.

"Rose, whatever it is you can tell me; I promise." I encouraged.

I needed her to talk to me, the anticipation was killing me!

She searched my face for a few moments before finally letting out a heavy sigh.

"Adrian…I'm pregnant."

Her gaze shifted down to her feet and her earlier look of guilt and shame reappeared.

Holy shit…Belikov is going to lose it.

How did Victor manage that so quickly and how could Rose be so sure. I mean I'm no expert on pregnancy but the last time I checked these things didn't always take on the first try.

Hey, I would know. I'd been lucky enough to figure that one out first hand once or twice…

I looked back at Rose and realized she was still waiting for me to say something, although I didn't have the first clue as to what to say.

But her eyes were about to overflow with tears and I knew I needed to say something.

"Hey…it's okay." I told her taking a tentative step closer.

"I know you're scared right now, but Dimitri loves you; this won't change anything. Once we get you back safely, you two can decide what to do about this together. Maybe it won't be so bad; I mean Frankie turned out pretty okay…"

I watched as several different emotions played out across her face before she finally settled back on guilt. She took a small step backwards and out of my reach before she spoke again.

"Adrian you don't understand. I'm not pregnant with Victor's baby; I'm pregnant with Dimitri's…"

Did she just say what I think she said?

I was just about to ask her when the dream suddenly dissolved and I was slammed back into the present.

"Did you find her?" Belikov asked staring at my face expectantly.

For half a second all I could think about was punching the guy.

My perfect Rose; my beautiful perfect Rose was carrying that asshole's baby and now she would never be mine. The realization hit my like a sack of bricks and I suddenly felt like all the wind had been knocked out of me. I mean, sure I knew I'd lost Rose the moment they got engaged, but this just made the whole thing official.

Rose was completely lost to me now.

"Adrian!" Dimitri shook me, and I realized he was still waiting for me to answer.

"Rose is pregnant." I told him numbly, not even realizing at first that he'd probably come to the same conclusion I had.

"No." He whispered, shaking his head as he buried his face in his hands.

The merciful side of me wanted to put him out of his misery while the vindictive side of me said it was only fair I let him suffer a bit. I mean when you think about it, after all this is said and done, Dimitri gets the girl and the baby and what will I be left with?

Nothing.

Of course that pesky better half won out in the end.

"It's not Victors baby…it's yours."

Dimitri's Point of View

I could feel Adrian's eyes on me as he watched me process the news.

Rose was pregnant….with my baby…and all I could think about was how?

We'd always been so careful.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like I wasn't thrilled by the idea, but that didn't mean it didn't come as a total shock. I'd always wanted a family with Rose and in this moment I desperately wished I could know what she was thinking.

"Is she okay?" I asked when I finally regained the ability to form a complete thought.

Adrian gave me a strange look before he answered.

"As okay as a person being held captive by a psychotic Strigoi who wants to kill her unborn baby can be." He rolled his eyes.

Kill her unborn baby…?

My whole body stiffened at the mere mention of him harming my child.

"No one is going to harm that baby!" I hissed and I watched as Adrian visibly flinched away from my anger.

"Hey don't look at me like that, I don't have a problem it." He lied smoothly holding up his hands in a show of surrender.

I could tell from his previous reaction that he was lying. This was definitely going to be a hard pill for him to swallow.

"I need to warn Abe and the others." I announced pulling my cellphone out of my left front pocket.

Victor and Rose would be arriving any minute and the rest of the guardians needed to be apprised of the situation.

I had meant what I'd said to Adrian. No harm was going to come to our baby…not if I had anything to say about it.

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