THE WILD, WILD WEST Chapter 7 And so My Night Begins, a vampire academy fanfic

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Previously in The Wild, Wild West

"So Abe, you have a story to tell me?" I ask eagerly as we take our seats.

"Why yes Rose, I certainly do"

Chapter 7 And so My Night Begins

RPOV

"So come on Abe I have been waiting all damn day!" I said impatiently.

"As you know I traveled to Billings for business with the horses. I had done my business with some fella's that were a little seedy. I was a little nervous doing business with these boy's, but the transaction went without a hitch. I'd gotten my money and headed to dinner. After dinner I was on my way back to the hotel when I was jumped by a group of 5 men. I was drug off down an alleyway for a "conversation". I was still carrying the money, you see. They had gotten the horses but they wanted to get their money back. Obviously, I refused to hand over the money, so they proceeded to beat it out of me." Abe was grim as he recounted the facts.

"Oh my god, Abe, how did you get out of that!" I said shocked

"Well, that's where Mr. Belikov here comes in at."

I look to Dimitri with a puzzled expression. How does he have anything to do with that?

"I'm not sure why he was willing to step into that mess, but I'm damn grateful that he did. I would probably be dead if it wasn't for him!" He says excitedly pointing to Dimitri.

"Any how, I had fought back the best that I could, but they had gotten the better of me and I thought I was a goner. The next thing I know I am laying on the ground. And they had beaten me almost to unconsciousness." He waves his hand up and down his body.

I let my eyes roam over him looking at him more closely and see that the right side of his face has a black eye, with the bruise on his face extending down his cheekbone to his jaw line. It had now turned a purplish yellow color. His lip still seemed to be a little swollen and he still had a split lip. He has his arm held in a sling and he was moving awkwardly. His knuckles were bruised and cut and I had noticed his limp, too. I couldn't tell what else there may be but he definitely looked stiff.

He continued to recount his story, "I was fading fast. Suddenly, it had all stopped. I opened my eyes to see a tall figure standing in front of me and the men backing up. All I could see was his back, so I had no idea if he was friend or foe. I don't know what happened after that because the black took me." He said looking to Dimitri expectantly.

"So this is your part of the story I'm guessing." I look at Dimitri and he nodded.

"Well, I have to back up the story a little. Because I saw the men confront Abe, I was down the street behind Abe. I had left the restaurant a minute or so after Abe. I was far enough away that I couldn't hear what was going on but when they grab him by the arm and drug him off I knew it wasn't a friendly sort of conversation.

I continued walking in the direction until I got to the place they had taken him. When I looked down the alleyway I saw them beating him. I ran down the alley to help. As I ran towards them I could see Abe going down. They were beating him with their fist and kicking him. The men were focused on Abe so they didn't see me coming. I knocked the two that were standing back watching the fight in the head with the butt of my pistol. They dropped to the ground. Then I stepped in front of Abe's bloody and broken body.

I couldn't tell if he was dead or alive, but I wasn't going to let these men gang up on him. I had my pistol in hand and pointed it towards them. I told them I could drop all three of them where they stand in a matter of seconds so if they wanted to live they best take their leave. They picked up their buddies and carried them off with them. It didn't take much, just a little show of force and they ran. Cowards!" He said the last part bitterly.

"So that's it, the end of the story? What happened after that?" I asked incredulously.

"No, no, not the end." Dimitri says with a small smile at my exuberance. His brown eyes danced with amusement as he looked at me. I was caught up in his eyes for a moment. I couldn't help but to smile back.

"Ok, so get on with it then." I said impatiently and rolling my eyes.

Dimitri's smile widened. "Alright, so I picked Abe up off the ground and lucky for him my hotel room was just across the street. I took him up to my room and proceeded to clean him up. He was unconscious for most of it and when he did come to I had him drink some Russian Vodka. That kept him fairly sedated during the worst of it. I checked him over really well and bandaged him up the best I could. There wasn't much more I could do for him except watch over him." He explained while he leaned back in his chair. His face relaxed as he let his eyes roam over me. I felt the heat of my skin warm with his eyes on me.

"He slept for almost 2 days. I had slept in the chair waiting for him to rouse. I had to leave a few times for food, but for the most part I kept an eye on him." He said looking over to Abe.

Abe cleared his throat and started talking again, "I woke up to a strange place disoriented and in pain. I looked over to see this brute of a man in a small chair sleeping, looking mighty uncomfortable I might add. I laid there trying to get my bearings and take in the sights around me. I looked myself over and saw and felt how bad I was beat up. I also saw that I had been cleaned up fairly well and bandaged.

The last thing I remembered was a very tall man stepping out of the shadows standing there, all the sounds were muffled and everything looked pretty blurry. I heard a man's voice say "I could drop all three of you where you stand in a matter of seconds so if you want to live you best take your leave." Then the rest of the fight all came back to me. I remembered the 5 men confronting me on the street, then dragging me off with them, and fighting for dear life. After a moment of remembering I came back to myself trying to figure out where I was and how I had gotten here.

I looked around the little hotel room to take in the situation and noticed a basin next to the bed with a bloody towel and a bottle of Russian Vodka sitting on the night table. It dawned on me then that this man sitting in the chair had saved me and took care of me. I realized I would have been dead without this strangers help. I laid there trying to figure out how he managed against 5 men.

Then I took a good look at him. I saw him for what he is, big, tall, muscular, and strong. Intimidating for sure! I understood why those men took off when they saw him step forward from the shadows. I was quite thankful this stranger got involved when he did. I owe him a life debt. I was trying to figure out why this man was kind enough to step into that mess when I saw him begin to stir. I watched him as he was waking up but didn't say anything, I just waited. He finally looked over at me and realized I was awake."

"He asked how I was feeling and I said I was sore. He asked if I could move and I said a little. He got up, brought the bottle of vodka over to me and helped me take a swig. He told me it would take the edge off the pain. I wasn't going to argue, so I gladly took a drink and thanked him. I laid there for a minute. Then I asked him how I ended up there."

Dimitri spoke again, "I told him that he was beat pretty badly so I carried him to my room and took care of him. Also, that he had been asleep for the most part of 2 days now. He told me 'thank you' again and that he didn't think he would have lived through it if it hadn't been for my assistance. I agreed, he said he thought he had heard an accent and asked if it was Russian he was detecting. I put my hand out to him and told him my name is Dimitri Belikov. I shook his hand and he said it was nice to meet me and gave me his name in return."

Abe pipes back up and says "So, I spent the next 10 days trying to recover in my hotel room, so I could ride back. Dimitri kept an eye on me and brought me food, helped me change my bandages and checked my wounds. I think they cracked a couple of my ribs along with all the other injuries you can see. He spent a great deal of time with me for which I am quite grateful and took real good care of me. While we talked I got to know he wasn't settled anywhere at the moment and he was looking for work. That's when the idea came to me for him to be the Sheriff.

I talked to him about it and he said he would think it over. He told me he would ride back with me to make sure I made it safely and we would talk more on the way. I convinced him to give it a try the night we got here. And well, you know the rest of the story."

"Wow, that's one hell of a tale, Old man!" I said. He nodded and smiled at me.

"Would you like to hear what's been happening around here?" I asked.

"Sure do. I've been hearing some talk around town I am hoping you can tell me the whole story." He said with a look of concern crossing his face.

"I'd like to know all the trouble that's been going on too, if I'm going to be any kind of Sheriff." Dimitri said.

"From the sounds of it you'll make a fine Sheriff for our little town. Do you like it so far?" I asked

"Well Rose, meeting you has been the highlight of my stay so far," He said with a wink and a smile.

I laughed and said "Thanks" and couldn't resist my come back of "I know I'm pretty special, don't ya think" I said with a huge grin on my face. He laughed and agreed with me. "Yes Rose, I can see you are one of a kind."

We were laughing but then Abe chimed in and said he wanted to know if the roomers were true so I launched into my story of the last several weeks.

"Well let's start from the beginning, right after you left Abe, I don't remember if you were here when the news spread about the train robbery. We can't say for sure that it was the Dashkov brothers, but just 2 days later they rode into town with a lot of money and gifts to spread around. They were acting like they had money to burn.

Their first night in town they came into my saloon, of course, they started a fight with some of the locals. One of the Lazar boy's was directly involved. Well, a few days later their barn burned down. Again, no proof who caused the fire, but your guess is as good as mine.

Everyone of the local ranchers are complaining about cattle and horses disappearing and no one seems to be able to find them again or figure out who is doing it. Meanwhile, almost every night those Dashkov brothers are getting drunk and disorderly starting fights and on several occasions they have rode through the town shooting things up. Whooping and hollering in the middle of the night.

I've heard that there is a group of riders that hang out in the forest areas between here and Missoula trying to catch unsuspecting travelers by surprise so they can rob them. But no one seems to be able to identify who the riders are or how to stop them. Even a stage coach was robbed last week.

To top it off they seem to be having fun at mine and Lissa's expense. They have been going out to the Dragomir Ranch and harassing Lissa. Sometimes they try to play nice and other times she is shaken to the core. For me they come in here and trash my Saloon on a regular basis. They start card games and cheat until they get caught by someone and the fight begins. I'm surprised no one has gotten killed.

My saloon girls, Meredith, Mia, and Jill are not safe those boy's are a crude and nasty bunch. They can't seem to keep their grimy paws to themselves. But Tasha seems to be right at home with them hanging all over Victor and Robert. It's down right disgusting." I finished my story with a shutter, just recalling all of the stuff that has gone wrong in the last few weeks makes me sick.

I looked over to Abe and Dimitri; they both had hard expressions on their faces. They really didn't say anything, but they didn't need to. We all know we have to get the Dashkov's out of town somehow and soon. There was a few minutes of silence while I let all that I said sink in. Abe finally shook his head.

"I'm sorry, little girl, that I wasn't around to help you and Lissa and the rest of the fine people around here deal with the likes of them. I will do my best to get them out of here once and for all." He said sadly.

"I know Abe, that's why I was going to come to you as soon as you got back. I needed your help. I know you will do your best." I reached out and patted his hand that was on the table. He gave me a small smile.

"So on a brighter note are you two aware that the Rodeo is coming to town. Its only about a week from now that they will be rolling into town with the Carnival, the big Horse Race and the Rodeo, then the Annual Summer Festival dance." I said in a happier tone trying to change the subject.

I saw some things go across Dimitri's face, but I wasn't sure what it was, I just don't know him well enough to read him, but it looked like he suddenly got an idea.

"I haven't forgotten about the Horse Race, are you and Jezebel going to be racing this year?" Abe asked with curiosity in his eyes.

"You race?" Dimitri asked looking intrigued.

"Yep, I think we will be running the race, but I'm not completely sure." I said with some hesitation.

"Well, why the hell not, Jezebel is the wining horse, she's the one to beat!" he said getting excited.

"I know I'll make my decision next week. Jez is ready if I decide to run her." I said and Abe nodded, Dimitri was just listening I'm not to sure what he was thinking about all this. He just kept his mouth shut most of the time.

"Well, Kiz I hate to do this, but I need to be on my way. I have to go out of town for business first thing in the morning. So I need to hit the hay. But don't you worry I will be back the next day." Abe said as he stood up and pushed his chair in.

"By the way you look quite lovely in that dress you have on. And Thank You so much for dinner it was wonderful." Abe said with a smile and a wink. I knew he didn't mean anything by it. So I just smiled and said "Why thank you Old man." He laughed at my nickname for him and gave me a hug and said he would see me soon. He turned and shook Dimitri's hand; he said have a good night and with that said he was gone.

It took me a few seconds to realize I was completely alone with Dimitri. I slowly turned and looked at him. I gave him a little smile and mumbled that I needed to get the table cleared. I started to pick things up to take them to the back, to my surprise he started picking things up, too, and carried them to the back room with me. We set them down on a small counter where the wash tubs were sitting.

"Dimitri, you are my guest you don't have to clean up". I said shyly

"I know, but I want to help you Rose." He said my name rolling off his tongue was music to my ears. I looked up at his face into those beautiful brown eyes. I couldn't help my self.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have beautiful eyes?" I said quietly and blushed a little. He smiled warmly to me and stepped closer to me. "Not that I can recall." His accent was a little thicker and his voice was low and quiet, he stepped one step closer and we were almost touching.

"But my eyes do not compare to yours. Your eyes are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen." His accent was thick and sexy. When he said that, I felt a crimson red blush on my cheeks and looked down. He reached his hand up slowly to my chin and tilted it up for me to look at him once again. I felt warmth spread over my body the moment he touched me.

"Rose, you are so beautiful. So beautiful it hurts." He said in the sexiest voice I think I have ever heard. Then he leaned in to my lips and placed a soft sweet kiss on them. I closed my eyes as I felt like a bolt of lightning had just run through my whole body. I gasped at the feeling that had hit me. The warmth of his breath was blowing over my skin. Our breathing had picked up. It was so intense.

I wasn't satisfied with that soft sweet kiss and he hadn't backed away from me. Before I even knew what I was doing my hand was behind his head pulling his lips to mine. The kiss was passionate and hungry, as I ran the tip of my tongue across his soft sensuous lips asking for entrance which he gladly gave to me. His taste was the sweetest thing I think I have ever had the pleasure to touch my tongue. Our tongues danced together like they had just found their perfect partner. I was melting into him. I have never wanted any thing more. My body felt like it was burning with a fire raging through my veins, the air crackled like lightning.

The kiss deepened, I felt his arm slide around my back pulling me closer to him. I slid my hand into his silky brown hair and grabbed it forcefully. A low moan escaped from his chest. I felt goose bumps rise on my body at the sweet sound of his moan. My other hand slid around his back closing any distance between our bodies. His large hands caressed my body drawing me in tightly against him. It felt so right, so wonderful, like I have known this touch forever and I was finally home.

We kissed for a long time only backing away enough to take a slight breath. I could feel my lips were getting swollen, but it didn't matter. This was a feeling I never wanted to end. Our kisses became softer more loving. Neither one of us wanted to stop. But I knew Eddie and Mason would be here soon to open the Saloon for service tonight.

"Dimitri" I whispered between kisses. "I …kiss…..would love to…..kiss….. continue this…kiss… but people are going to be here…..kiss….soon." I said breathlessly. I felt him smile against my lips. "Ok" he whispered …..kiss …. I leaned into him for one more long deep kiss and this time it was me that moaned into the kiss. He growled as I pulled away. It was so sexy. I reached up with my hand to cup his face and stroked the tip of my thumb across his beautiful mouth. I smiled and looked into his bottomless eyes.

"I have wanted to do that since the moment I met you. I feel so drawn to you. It's indescribable; I can't quite figure it out." I said softly. He smiled the most beautiful heartwarming smile.

"I'm glad you feel that way, Roza, I feel the same way, I feel this undeniable pull towards you and when I touch you I get this amazing warm tingle feeling run through me." He said sweetly.

"ROZA?" I said a little confused.

"I'm sorry; Roza is your Russian name. Do you like it?" He asked, he said it like a prayer, how could I not like it.

"It's beautiful the way you say it" I said my heart doing back flips in my chest.

"May I call you Roza?" He asked so sweetly. I smiled. "If you want too." I said calmly, but in my head I am screaming YES! PLEEEAAASEEE!

"Ok Roza, would you like me to help you now?" I looked at him a little confused again "with the dishes" he said with a smile.

"Oh, I had completely forgotten what we were supposed to be doing." I said with a laugh.

"I love your laugh." He said to me with a sweet smile.

"Well, that's good because I think your laugh is one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard." I replied with a bigger smile. "Besides that little moan you made a few minutes ago." I laugh again. He actually blushed a little.

"I seem to recall you made your own little moan, so it's good to know we feel the same way then." He said with a wink. Now I'm the one blushing.

"Yes, I'm very happy to hear you feel the same." I smiled again. I couldn't seem to keep the smile off my face at the moment. It felt so right being with him like this, wrapped up in his arms. I was so content. We didn't have to be kissing like love sick fools. Just standing here in his arms was perfect.

But too soon we had to break apart to do the dishes and put the food away. He helped me with it all. We talked a little while we did the dishes. Nothing important. I did tell him I was going to be out of town tomorrow, just for the day. I told him that Lissa wanted to go shopping and get dresses for the dance next weekend. It was a light conversation and it felt nice to just be there with him. I felt so comfortable with him like we belonged together.

When I dried my hands off on the towel I felt his arm slide around me from behind. With his other hand he stroked my hair once and then slid it to one side. "You have beautiful hair" he said with his warm breath blowing on my neck. I felt his wonderfully soft lips on my neck and it sent tingles and goose bumps all through me. He placed soft sweet kisses along my neck and collar bone. I leaned back into him and closed my eyes and tilted my head so he had better access, enjoying the sensation. I sighed in content. I was about to turn myself around to face him and kiss him when I heard a familiar sound and my name being called.

"Rosie!" Eddie shouted, "I'm here, you back there?"

"Yep, I'll be out in a minute!" I shout back. I take a deep breath and turn around. I look into his deep brown eyes and kiss him one more time on his soft lips. "And so my night begins." I say sadly. "I don't want you to go, but I am sure you don't want to be hanging out with all the crazy drunks in town."

"I do need to get some sleep I have been working all day since early this morning setting up the Sheriff's office and cleaning. So I'm pretty tired. I have another full day of it tomorrow. But I am just across the street if you need me. Ok." He said with one more chased kiss. "Ok, let's go" I kissed him one more time and we turned to walk out to the saloon.

"Hey Edster, have you met Dimitri Belikov our new Sheriff?"

"Not officially, No." he said a little surprised that Dimitri was in back with me.

"Dimitri Belikov meet Eddie Castile" "Best barman in Montana, best friend a girl could have, best non related brother in the world" I say grinning at Eddie. Eddie laughs at my description. Dimitri smiles too and puts his hand out to shake his.

"Hey, what about me!" Mason yells from the doorway. "Yes, I'm sorry Mason, my description fits you too.

"Mason Ashford meet Dimitri Belikov, our new Sheriff." I say and add pointing to Mason "Best black smith, piano man, muscle man, friend and non related brother a girl could have." I grin at him too. He smiles at me and gives me a big hug. I feel Dimitri tense a little. But he plays the gentleman and puts his hand out to shake Mason's hand.

They say their nice to meet you's and all the other pleasantries. And then Dimitri says he has to go. He locks eyes with me for a moment. I can see he wants to kiss me again, but he just winks at me with a smile and says "see you later" I smile back and say "good night" I watch him walk away wishing I could go with him. God I just want him to come back. Just to be in his arms one more time tonight. But I have a busy night ahead. Oh and a busy day tomorrow because Lissa and I are going to Missoula shopping. I sigh heavily and turn to my boy's.

"Mason, Eddie we need to try and keep control over the saloon tonight. Let's try to keep the fighting to a minimum, shall we." They both look at me seriously and nod. As I was about to say more the door swung open and Jill, Mia and Meredith strolled in.

"Hey boss" they all chime together and laugh because it sounded as if they were singing in unison. They all smiled at me.

"Hello my girls. Are we having a good day today?" I ask smiling at their happy moods.

"Yes!" they all sing together again, and crack up laughing. I laugh, too, it's sort of contagious.

Mia looks over to Eddie and smiles "Hey Eddie" she says sweet and sexy like with a wink. She strolls with a swing of her hips side to side toward him and slides her fingertips up his arm and across his shoulders as she keeps strolling by on her way to the back. It's so cute his reaction he blushes, but is grinning from ear to ear as he says "Hey Mia" in a low sexy voice. They have had a thing for each other for a while, but they haven't acted on it that I know of. Just a lot of flirting.

We all sort of split up to do our usual thing before we start serving. I go change and put some shoes on my feet. A smile on my face the whole time as I think about Dimitri. I grab my guitar and take it over to the organ where Mason is sitting. "You look like you're having a good night too." He says. I just smile and nod. People start arriving right away. I watch as the girls take orders. Mason on the organ and Eddie tending to drinks. Things are going smooth until a stranger comes in.

He's very attractive. He is fairly tall 6'4 I would guess, very unkempt sandy brown hair, and stunning emerald green eyes. I pegged him to be a few years older then me. He is dressed like city folks, sort of, but he is wearing a long black cape and a tall hat and gloves. I'm not sure what to make of him so I watch from a distance. He seems a little cocky, and is flirting with all the ladies. I see him light a clove cigarette and he orders Vodka straight. He seems friendly enough he's not being overly obnoxious so I let things go.

Each night after opening I do a little song to liven things up. The locals know this and expect it, but anyone new in town wouldn't. I walked over to Mason by the organ and told him what song I would do tonight. We were talking when I noticed Dimitri came in, I was surprised to see him back, but it was still fairly early. He spotted me and smiled. I smiled back and made a gesture to take a seat so he did. I picked up my guitar and walked up on the stage.

"Welcome to Rosie's Saloon Ladies and Gentlemen." I said with a smile. The locals all clapped, whopped, hollered and whistled. For those of you who are new here in town I'm Rose, each night I come up here and do a song for ya'll to liven things up a little. For tonight I'm doing a song called The Climb." I take a seat on the stool up on stage and hook my guitar strap around my neck, I look at Mason and give a little nod and he starts to play I come in with the guitar and begin to sing.

THE CLIMB

I can almost see it.
That dream I'm dreaming, but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it
Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make
Feels lost with no direction,
My faith is shakin'
But I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, but

Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep faith baby
It's all about, it's all about
The climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, woah

When I am done I look up to see the room explode in applause. I look directly at Dimitri and he is smiling a wonderful full smile that lights up his face. He is on his feet clapping. I give everyone a big smile and say "thank you" and walk off the stage. I stand my guitar up by Mason and give him a smile and he begins to play a random song.

I am walking towards Dimitri when I am cut off from my path by the stranger with the emerald green eyes. Trying to be polite I smile and say 'excuse me', but he doesn't move. He starts talking instead.

"Well, hello little lady." He says seductively. "Your voice is like an angle from the heavens." His eyes swept over my body. I am used to getting a lot of attention from men, but it usually wasn't so obvious.

"Thank you, please excuse me" I say again trying to slip past.

"I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Adrian Ivashkov." He extended a hand to me that I hesitantly took.

"Rose Hathaway" I say warily

"I've heard great things about you, Rose Hathaway." He said with a cocky smile.

"Well you don't know me and I don't know you." I say as I shook my head

"Want to?" he asked with a bigger smile. Boy he is arrogant.

"Sorry I'm not interested." I say. This time I push my way past him.

I see that I am not the only one being bothered tonight. I look up to see Tasha has noticed Dimitri and she is all over him. Flirting, hanging on him, smiling and batting her long eyelashes. He seems to be trying to get past her too. I walk towards them and I notice that Adrian has decided to follow me. I weave through the crowd and finally reach Dimitri. He smiles at me, Tasha looks over and says in a sickly sweet voice "Hello Rose, have you met our new Sheriff." As she leans toward him almost on him and he steps away closer to me.

"Why yes Tasha, Dimitri and I have met thank you, have you met Mr. Ivashkov?" I say as politely as possible. Her eyes light up as she looks at Adrian. "I haven't, the pleasures all mine I'm sure" she says flirtatiously.

"Good you two can get to know each other I need to have a word with Dimitri. Please excuse us." I smile at Dimitri and take his arm he looks so relieved that I came up with a way to get away for them. I pull him through the crowd to the back room.

As soon as we were out of sight I was spun around and the next thing I know I am being kissed. I responded immediately because I wanted to do this from the moment he came back tonight. We continued to kiss more and more passionately he ran his tongue over my lip and I gladly opened my mouth wider as his tongue danced with mine once again. My thoughts were only of him.

His arms wrapped around me and pulled me as close as we could get. His hands caressed my back. His lips left mine and trailed down my neck with light little bites and sucking his mouth was warm and felt so good. I moaned as he found a sensitive spot below my ear. He whispered "Roza, I couldn't stop thinking about you I had to kiss you one more time. I had to feel you in my arms one more time tonight." I smile my thoughts exactly "I'm so glad you came back then." I wrap my arms around is neck and he brings his lips to mine once again. It is absolutely heaven.

I didn't hear the footsteps approaching, but I did hear a small gasp. I reluctantly pull away from his soft warm lips. I see Jill standing there will a small smile blushing. She says "Sorry Rose, I didn't know you were….um… busy." She ducks her head turns on her heals and rushes out.

"Opps" I say. Dimitri laughs, a warm intoxicating sound. "I guess I should get back to work." He pulls me closer and I revel in the warmth of his arms. "Please…don't go yet." He says in a whisper. His mouth is on mine a second later. We kissed a few more minutes, but sadly I pulled away "I need to get back out there." "Ok" he said hugging me to him. "Roza your song was incredible. You have a beautiful voice." "Thanks" I blushed. "Come on let's go." I take his hand in mine and lead him back into the Saloon.

As soon as I step into the open room I notice the atmosphere seems tense. Mason has stopped playing the organ.

Everyone in the room is silent and staring in the same direction. I look at Dimitri he sees it and looked at me with anger in his eyes. He sees what's going on. He's so tall he can see right over the top of everyone. I let go of his hand and weave my way through the crowd. There's an opening ahead. As I step through I find Victor Dashkov and Abe Mazur face to face.

Ooooh! Abe & Victor, trouble's a brewin'. Hope you all enjoyed this ch. Please Review!