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Chapter 1

Rose's POV

I walked into my bedroom with a bottle of warm milk and saw the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Raiden was sitting on the couch with Dimitri's baby girl in his arms. The baby had her hand pressed against his cheek, never looking away from his eyes. He was slowly rocking her back and forth.

I smiled gently and sat down next to him on the couch.

"She's gorgeous," he whispered. I looked up at him. To say something like that really surprised me. He still hated Dimitri and wanted nothing to do with him, yet seeing Dimitri's little baby brought out his gentle side. The non-Strigoi 'I'm gonna suck your blood' side.

I nodded. "She is," I said, bringing the bottle to her mouth. She let go of his cheek and clutched the bottle with both hands and drank the milk.

"We should name her," Raiden said. I looked down at her and mused about a perfect name to name her.

I faintly heard the Hannah Montana Theme song playing downstairs.

I shuddered. "She's definitely not a Hannah," I joked.

Raiden laughed.

I tapped a finger on my mouth, thinking.

What about-

"What about Wendy?" Marco exclaimed from down stairs.

"Marc, what are you on?" I laughed.

"A couch."

I banged my hand on my forehead while Raiden laughed.

"Where'd you get the name from?" Raiden asked.

"Well, considering I'm sitting in the living room watching Peter Pan, Wendy was the first thing that came to me," Marco said sweetly.

Raiden rolled his eyes. "Friggen Disney-aholic."

"Hey! I was forced to watch it."

"By Maggie?" I asked.

"Nah, by Levina," he whined.

Raiden and I looked at each other then burst out laughing.

We all knew that the last thing that Levina would like to watch would be a Disney movie.

"She loves to torment Marco by putting on his all time favorite movie," Raiden teased.

"Dude, this is the fifth Disney movie I watched today," Marco complained.

I snickered. I looked over at the little baby and saw she demolished the milk.

"You must be hungry," I said, grabbing the bottle off her.

"Should I go fill her up another bottle?" I asked.

"Half a bottle," Raiden said. I nodded and walked down stairs to the kitchen. Sitting on a stool watching a mini-TV in the kitchen was Sonya. She had her face in her hands as if she was sobbing.

"What's wrong?" I exclaimed, rushing to her side.

Her hands left her face and I gasped. She had gone so pale. I mean, I know Strigoi are pale, but this was scary.

"There's been attacks in Montana," Sonya croaked. I patted her on the back soothingly.

"And?" I asked gently.

"They caught it on camera. You know the hotel you stayed with Raiden at? In Montana?"

"Yes," I said, getting worried by the second.

"This is all that's left," she said, pointing to the TV.

I looked at it and gasped.

The hotel was bombed. Paper, wood, parts of the building lay all over the road the hotel was situated on. The only thing left was a wall on the left hand side, and even that looked as if it would collapse any minute.

"Tourist attack?" I asked.

She shook her head. "No. I highly doubt it."

By now Raiden came down with the little girl in his arms.

"What's the hold up, babe?" he asked me.

"Can I hold her?" Jade asked, coming around the corner with her arms open infront of her. Raiden gave her the baby.

"Rose?" he asked, then saw my face. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

I shook my head, unable to say anything.

"Sonya, what's wrong with her?" he begged, putting one of his hands to my forehead to check my temperature. I rolled my eyes. He's such a worrier.

I explained to him what happened with the hotel. He thought it was a tourist attack as well but Sonya was certain it wasn't.

"Then who would do this?" I asked.

"Why attack an unpopular hotel if it was a tourist attack?" she said. "Isn't it a coincidence that this was a hotel that you two stayed at and that we are now being forced to be cautious of everywhere we go because of a certain group of Strigoi?"

"You think Dimitri and Tasha could have done it?" Raiden asked, arms around my waist. I held onto him and leaned my head back on his chest.

"Not them. The Strigoi that work for them," Sonya said seriously.

"So not only are they looking for us, but now they're going to track down every building we went to and destroy it?" I asked, frustratedly. Raiden squeezed me gently and tried to soothe me. It didn't work.

"We are assuming too much," Jade said, still cradling the baby.

"And if the assumption is proven correct?" Marco challenged, joining our conversation. Jade gave him a dark look.

"Then we are in a great deal of trouble then, aren't we?"

"We need to leave," Raiden said.

All eyes turned to him.

He looked at us incredulously. "Don't you remember how Tatiana dropped off the baby? What if there were spies ordered to follow them? Dimitri and Tasha by now must have a coven of deadly Strigoi. They will want Spain and Montana under close watch. If they know we are here then they'll come for us," he said.

His explanation made sense, but I was in no mood moving.

"Where then? Where'd we go? Keep in mind that we have a human baby with us," I said, looking up at him.

"That's the tricky part. Finding out which country to live in," he mused.

"Alaska," Sonya said.

I looked at her with outrage.

"Do you have any idea how cold it is there? We won't feel it but the baby will," I exclaimed.

"Exactly," she responded with mischief glinting in her eyes.

I narrowed my eye at her. "Huh?"

"Why would we go to Alaska? That's exactly what they'd think. Alaska is a best shot."

Raiden nodded. "I agree. It's risky but I think it's our best shot too."

"And it's summer there now so it shouldn't be too bad," Jade added.

"We could go skiing!" Marco said excitedly.

Raiden laughed. "And tubing!"

"Now you're talking," Marco said, smashing fists with Raiden.

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Once everyone agreed Alaska was the only safe place, everyone rushed to pack their belongings. I held the baby while I looked out of my window in my room. She had her hand around my pointing finger and smiled angelically at me. I couldn't help but grin back.

That grin turned into a grimace.

We were up against Dimitri and Tasha, two people that I never wanted to fight against. Although I did not love Dimitri as much as I loved my Raiden, I still cared for him. I didn't want him to get hurt but under these circumstances I feared he would. Perhaps this is the final fight we'll have. The question is; which one would fall. Dimitri or me?

I sighed, staring into the girl's brown eyes. Dimitri's eyes.

"All we need is hope," I said to her.

Then an idea sparked in me.

"Hope…that's what I'll name you. Hope," I said.

"Well, I guess your name suits her but I still reckon she should be Wendy!" Marco teased.

I laughed and rolled my eyes at my brother.

I kissed Hope on her forehead and held her tight against me.

A/N: Hello everybuddi

What did you think about Hope? I know, the name is original but I had NO idea what to call her :S

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