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I was thinking of thoughts that could be going in Dimitri's mind from the time that he found about Rose's hiding place and to the time that kiss happened. And that's why I wrote this chapter in Dimitri's POV.

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Somehow phone ringing woke me up. I wasn't sleeping well lately. Everytime I fell asleep I had nightmares. I was dreaming of the day Rose left,the day in the hospital when we found out she's pregnant, I dreamt of Rose and Theo all over each other in the gym while all of us were working... So I spent everytime when I had time to sleep, watching movies or reading books. But even that reminded me of her.

I also keep dreaming of my mother seeing me and screaming to go away even though I'm not a strigoi anymore. I know I should tell my family that I'm back, but I don't know what their reaction will be. They don't know anything about spirit or a possibility of getting back from a strigoi form.

I couldn't stay in that apartment so I returned the keys to Christian. Lissa doesn't really talk to me anymore. We only talk about work or Rose. I don't want to talk about any of it, that's why I'm rather quiet.

I get up and answer my phone.

"Dimitri?" the voice asked before I even said "hello" or something. I recognized the voice. It was Alberta.

"Yes. Alberta. It's nice to hear from you."

"Nice to hear you too. Umm... I have something to tell you. There's somebody here in trouble."

"Yes? Tell me more."

"It's Rose."

"Rose? Rose is on Academy?" That was something I did not expect.

"Yes, your Rose. I don't know why she is here, and honestly I don't care right now. Some strigoi came and threatened her to get her and to kill her. She said not to tell anyone but...I'm worried."

Strigoi?

"Do you know the strigoi's name?"

"Eddie also saw that and said that it was Victor Dashov's brother." What? He's supposed to be in prison.

"Robert Doru is a strigoi?"

"Yeah, I guess. I don't know the name of Dashov's brother."

"Thank you for calling. I'll tell it to the Queen, you just keep Academy safe, okay?"

"Okay. Come here and fix this situation quickly. Bye."

"Goodbye." And I hanged up. What in the world did brought Rose to the Academy? I thought she was with Timberlake. Maybe she didn't tell him about the pregnancy. Or even she didn't know about it so she could not tell him... Why do I think about those things, when they hurt...

I went down the hallway. I'm going to the offices to ask if Lissa is even awake yet. I entered the room and walked to the only man that was not busy.

"Good morning, I have a question. Is the Queen awake yet?"

"Morning. Who's asking?" the man smiled. He was dressed messy and he had bags under his eyes. This job was to early for him.

"I'm sorry, Guardian Dimitri Belikov. Mr. Ozera's guardian."

"No the Queen is still in her bedroom." the man said. It looks like I will have to go there. I thanked him and wanted to leave but the man stopped me.

"A letter came for Guardian Hathaway." he said handing me the letter. It looked like he is one of the rare that don't know what happened between Rose and me.

First I didn't want to take it but then I thought... It could be from Robert. I took it and went to Lissa's room. I didn't know, if I should open the letter now and tell Lissa later or to read it first... I choose to tell Lissa first.

"We're going there." Lissa said. She just finished with talking to Rose's father.

"Abe and Jeanine are coming and all of us are going to Rose. We have to get her to a safe place. Now I'm waiting for an E-mail from the prison. They have to tell me what happened over there. I can't believe he escaped. In a strigoi form." She talked with her elbows on the desk and her face in her hands. She looked so tired. We all were.

"But it's great to know where Rose is." she said relieved.

"I don't think that it's a good idea for you two to come. We can send others to take over this and Rose's parents will be there so-" I talk but Lissa stopped me.

"Oh, no. You are not telling me what to do. And stop avoiding to see her. If you would just trust her, this wouldn't even happen." She said and stood up pointing at me. She was right. I was avoiding to see her. But how to trust her if it's not possible? Even the doctor said it can't be true.

God knows how much I wish that child would be mine. To have a family with Rose. To have a girl running around with her looks or a boy with her attitude. And I miss her so much it hurts. But it looks like she wanted a child harder than me. Hard enough to not care if it's mine or not.

"All of us are coming. Because only all of us can make her go and all of us know what a rebel she is. But I'm not going anywhere from that Academy until she's on her way to a safe place. Now it's time to protect her. I owe her that." She was talking like a true Queen. Like a true leader.

Now Lissa was busy with Christian and I had time for opening the letter. I walked in a corner and opened it. It wasn't written by Robert. It said:

Dear Rose,

I didn't send you a postcard, I though pictures of my family would be better. You are quite known all over Ohio, everybody from my village says, hi. It's funny because some of them know you as a badass rebel. You are known as a teen getting molnija marks before even graduating, and as the Queen's guardian.

The weather here is cloudy. Which is good for me. I think I'll be home in a week or so. If I'll stay any longer, don't worry I'll make sure that you'll be informed.

How are you doing? How is your work? How is Dimitri doing? Is he OK?

Don't worry you can send me an E-mail. I just wanted to do it old fashioned way. I didn't send any letter for a long time.

See you soon and take care,

Theo

How does he even dare to ask for me?! It looks like I was right. Or Theo doesn't know about it or he isn't the father. The letter had a few pictures of his family and the village.

Lissa called us, and told us she got an E-mail from the prison.

"They told me that Robert managed to kill his guards and hide the evidences, so he would have time to be as far as he could from them. When others investigated his cell, they found letters with other strigoi. They have no idea how were they sending each other letters." Lissa said.

"Robert probably wants revenge for the death of Victor. Rose not willingly killed him. Now he won't stop until we find him and kill him." Lissa was explaining the story again but now to Rose's parents. We were about to leave. The sun was shining outside. It was for protection.

"And Robert is probably not alone." Jeanine pointed out.

"I know a lot of people from Russia. We can get help from there." Abe said.

"We will do as much as we can. Rose will be safe. And all of us too. I promise you that." Lissa said confidently.

We arrived to St. Vladimir's Academy a little before the sunset. It's good to be here again. I missed this place. We all went to teachers chambers and waited for Rose to come. Lissa couldn't wait so she went to her class.

We were waiting over there in silence. I settled myself in a dark corner of the room and wanted this to end quickly.

After a while we see Rose coming in.

She walked in, dressed in a school uniform. She had a ponytail. She was walking down the room, looking at the floor, but I saw her eyes were red. From crying. She talked to Lissa. Where is Lissa?

Rose stopped in the middle of the room. She saw that the room wasn't empty. When she looked up, I looked away. I don't know... probably because I didn't want to face her. I didn't want to see how hurt she is. I didn't want her to see how hurt I am.

I don't know what reaction I was expecting, but I sure wasn't expecting her to laugh. And she did.

"Alberta, I wasn't informed about any Court visits." Rose said. Lissa just walked in the room and ran to Christian. She was crying. "I mean, I already got through a pretty surprise with the Queen visiting my class."

"You're coming with us. We're going to hide you until we find Robert Doru and execute him." Abe said. All I'm thinking of right now is that he doesn't know his daughter well enough. She won't say yes to this so easily...

"No need, thank you. I'm safe over here." Rose said.

"Doru killed guardians in the prison and managed to hide them well enough for others not to notice he's gone. This school cannot afford another attack of strigoi. And if that happens not only you are in danger but also the whole Academy." Jeanine said. Maybe this will change her mind.

"And now when you're going to have a child-" Jeanine kept trying.

"Would you stop talking about my child and the things I have to do?!" Rose stopped her. "Do you maybe know why did I even come here? Does anybody have any idea?" I had no idea. She could go anywhere. And Abe said he already called the school and they said that she wasn't here.

"Because I want to raise him, be with him, and still do my job." Her look was on her parents. She was blaming her parents for not being there for her.

"Because I want to be there for every Christmas, for every Thanksgiving and I don't want to miss any birthday or any new experiences." She hit them hard with that.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?!" Kirova yelled when coming in the room. It's weird how she choose to be principal again. "You are pregnant?" She asked Rose. Looks like Rose wanted to keep this a secret, or something. "And there's a strigoi that wants to get inside the Academy?" Kirova looked at Alberta, now. This happened two days ago. Why didn't they do something about this. I know Alberta called us but she is supposed to call for backup. Academy is in danger now.

"Wait a minute." Rose's mother said. "You hired her and you don't know she's pregnant?" Jeanine looked pissed off. "And you are so responsible that you had no idea about strigoi threatening my daughter? WHAT IS THIS?!" I hope Alberta won't lose her job now... She was just trying to get everyone safe.

The whole room turned into chaos. People were fighting, yelling, crying... I looked up and saw Rose staring at me. As much as I wanted to look away, I didn't. I missed her so much. I missed her eyes, that were red from crying now, I missed her next to me in our bed when I had to get up. I missed her saying "Comrade" to me. I missed saying "I love you" to her and her saying the same to me.

"EVERYBODY QUIET!" Kirova yelled. She had the voice of a principal, that's for sure. Kirova turned to Rose. "Rose. You need to leave the Academy. For school's safety I want you gone. Far away from here. Pack your things and leave as soon as you can. I don't want to see you or your family here when the twilight starts. You, your majesty are mostly welcome, of course." So much for being nice. Rose was left speechless. She will have to accept our offer now. She said nothing. She ran out of the room. Now we need to make a plan for her to even accept it.

"Run after her." Lissa said pointing with one hand on the door.

"What are you waiting for? GO! You're the only one who can convince her to come with us." Now I realized she was talking to me. First I didn't want to but then some force pushed me after her.

I don't know what am I going to say to her. How to convince her. That slap she gave me the day she was going to leave made me sure that she doesn't want to hear anything from me. As much as I wanted to hate her for cheating, I couldn't. I love her. I love her and I will never stop loving her. I knew that from the moment we had a first kiss. And for the rest of my life I will have to live with all of that.

I knocked the door of her room. I started to breathe harder and harder.

"I'm busy right now!" she said. If I say that it's me, she will never open the door. I try to open it and it's unlocked. I get in. I get closer to her and I can see her packing her stuff into bags. She heard me coming.

"I should have known. Last time I was packing, you also came..." she was laughing and crying at the same time.

"Get out." Rose said. I don't know what to say but I also don't listen to her and I stay there.

"Are you deaf?" Instead of getting away I came closer. I was standing close enough to smell her scent. It made me nervous.

"We made a plan." I started.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." She said quickly back.

"Yes, you are." I say. I have no idea what am I trying to say. I'm too nervous to tell her any more. She turned around and looked at me.

"You are not telling me what to do." she shakes her head. Her face was wet with tears. I hate seeing her like that. I wish I could make her tears go away, hug her and never let her go.

"Yes I am." I say. I'm so not good at this.

"Leave me alone." She was trying to get rid of me. Not working, Rose.

"No." My hands start to shake.

Rose looks directly into my eyes and says, "Why?"

Why? Because I want you to be safe. Because I won't stand it if something happens to you. God, Rose why did you have to do this to us?

In the next moment she grabs my shoulder and my duster and pulls me closer.

She kissed me.

It was a surprise but I didn't want to stop. I kissed her back. I wanted more. I forgot about anything happening around us, I forget about the past, right now I was living for that kiss. I pulled her closer and kissed her harder. I felt my heartbeat all over my body. Her hand brushed through my hair and somehow I remembered everything again. What am I doing?

"No." I push back but I stay close enough so we could have our foreheads together. With having her closer to me, made me feel myself again.

"Come with us. You have a child, you have to protect." I say. She pushed away from me and stepped one step away.

"Let me finish packing." she said. I nodded and walked out the room.

I was still shaking and breathing hard walking down the hallway. My lips were burning thinking about that kiss. I felt lonely, miserable and stupid. It's going to be hard being around her...

But at least I'll know that she's safe.