Lissa rolled on her side and stared at Rose. "I'm so sorry, Rose. Please wake up soon." She kissed Rose's forehead and got up. She threw on a light blue sweater and dark blue jean shorts. Lissa walked upstairs and saw Christian drinking coffee. He looked up and saw Lissa's scared look. "Hey, what's the matter? Did something happen last night?"

Lissa whimpered, "I-I hadn't had any blood for a few days. She was worried about me and wanted me to eat while we were at the apartment, but I wouldn't. I was going to add to her experience last night. But I took too much."

"Is she dead?" Christian asked. Lissa shook her head. "Then Rose will be ok. She just needs to sleep it off and then get some food into her."

Lissa sighed, "But I have that council meeting today. What if she wakes up alone?"

"I could watch her," Christian offered. "We both know she really can't cook and she'd have more energy if all she had to do was eat. I could keep her entertained while you were stuck in that meeting."

Lissa thought about Christian's offer. "You won't pick on her, will you?" Christian shook his head. "Then I supposed it would be ok. Just keep her in the basement so nobody knows."

Christian nodded. "I will."

Lissa glanced at her watch and stood. "I guess I have to head out." Since the building where the council met was too far away to walk, Lissa got into her car and drove. She arrived 10 minutes early and settled down in her seat. She sat through the boring council meeting until the speaker asked if any other issues needed to be brought up. Lissa stood. "I have something. It's personal, but when word gets out, people will feel alarmed." She sighed. "I, Queen Vasilisa Dragomir, am a lesbian." Gasps echoed throughout the courtroom. "How would you have it so that I can be public with my relationship?"

After 20 minutes of arguing, the speaker said, "You have to have children. At least two."

Lissa groaned. "Who?" The doors flew open and Rose stumbled in. "Rose?! How did you get here?"

Rose collapsed on the ground and the doors slammed shut on their own. Two pale figures appeared. One crouched down beside Rose and the other looked around. "She's ok, right Mason?" The crouched figure nodded. "Good." The two figures solidified. The crouched figure became Mason Ashford, Rose's friend who had died as a novice. The standing figure became Andre Dragomir, Lissa's older brother who had died in a car crash. "You can produce full Dragomir children using my sperm."

"But you're dead?" Lissa stuttered.

Andre laughed. "Yes. But Dad knew the preservation of our family was important, so we both hid some of our sperm with a trusted person. Unfortunately for all these nosy, busybody bigots, I'm going to tell you in the privacy of your own home through Rose." He looked around. "And now, since I'm sure nobody wants to be here anymore, these two need to get home." Lissa picked Rose up as the ghosts disappeared.

Andre appeared in the backseat of Lissa's car. "Happy to see me, Sis?"

"What the hell, Andre?" Lissa yelled. "Why'd you wake Rose up?"

"She's not awake," Andre answered. "She's having an out of body experience. She's been in the spirit world while Mason and I have been using her body as a way to cross over the veil. She'll wake up after we leave the wards."

Lissa asked, "Can you just tell me where to go since you're here now?"

Andre smiled. "That was a lie. The way we're going to get you a baby is through magic. Specifically, Rose's magic. but don't worry. It won't harm either of you and you two get to have sex."

Lissa's face flushed. "I can't believe we're having this conversation."

The car crossed outside the wards and Andre flickered in and out. Then, Rose's eyes flew open and she gasped for breath. "Lissa? How did I get here?"

Andre solidified again. "We used your body as a way to cross over the veil. Does anything hurt?" Rose shook her head. "Good. Mason and I were afraid that we'd brought you too far. Anyways, ready to hear how you and Lissa are going to make completely Moroi, completely Dragomir babies?" Rose blinked. "You have another form, Rose. Once you become shadow-kissed, you become very special. You can turn into a Moroi, and when you drink the blood of the person you have sex with, you can take their genetic code. Sounds like it shouldn't work, but it does. The Dragomirs have been extinct before, and this brought them back." Andre disappeared and Lissa sighed softly.

"What's the matter?" Rose asked.

"It just amazes me that there are ways that I can have children without having to mess around with a man," Lissa answered. "Never in a million years did I think I'd get to make children with you."

Rose smiled. "Me neither." Her stomach growled angrily and she cringed. "Sorry."

Lissa giggled. "I'm sure Christian will cook a feast for you when we get home."