Hello again! :P

Because the last chapter was a little short, I will publish chapter 13 too in the same day! :)

This chapter is in Rose's POV.

Apologies for any misspellings, I hope you understand it all. :)

Thanks, enjoy and please review.

xoxo, J.J.

Right after I finished packing, they told me the plan. We were going to leave when sun started shining. We were lucky, because the weather was really sunny. I got myself a hoodie so my hair and my face will be hidden.

Lissa and Christian will stay here for the day so I will take Royal car and it would look like Lissa would be in it.

Me and 10 more guardians were driving to airport. Dimitri is in a car in front of mine. With me there is Mikhail Tanner. Then Mikhail, Dimitri and 2 more guardians are taking a plane with me to... somewhere.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask Mikhail.

"To Russia." he said.

"What? To Russia? Are you guys crazy?" They can't take me to Russia.

"Why?" he asked and made a confused face.

"I was killing strigoi in Russia... Probably every strigoi there wants me dead. Not a good idea."

"We'll get you on a safe place. Just trust us." he says and blinks at me. Yeah, that's very calming...

We take Lissa's royal private plane. I'm starving but at the same time the flight makes me want to throw up.

I'm eating a sandwich and looking at some magazines. I'm feeling nervous because I get the thought of them taking me to Baia at Belikov home.

I'm nervous of seeing them. The last time they saw me was when I was going to sleep. Except for Victoria. And Yeva. They saw me and knew that I was leaving. They will have the same thought of me being pregnant as Dimitri so... They will say that I'm a cheating piece of...

But no. They're not going to bring me there. It's too crowded and the whole family would be in danger.

Dimitri was sitting on the other side of the plane and he was facing me. He didn't look at me the whole flight. He was talking with guardians, talking on his phone with some other people in russian, reading his book but he never looked at me. He better not. Because my look on him wasn't friendly either.

I got sleepy and took a nap.

"Rose. We're here." Mikhail said poking me on my shoulder. I took my bag and stepped of the airplane. Other guardians had my bags. We took two cars and I was obviously not in the one where Dimitri was. We were driving a long way. Soon the city vanished and we came into forest. Obviously, because they have to hide me... We were driving through a short path for cars, the sun was hot on my skin even though it was cold outside. A house was appearing in front of us. I have been here before. The small, well hidden house in the woods was Oksana's and Mark's.

A married dhampir and moroi couple that are also connected with a spirit bond. Dimitri's grandmother Yeva brought me here after Dimitri's "funeral". I though I will never see them again.

We parked cars as close as we could because the path to the house was very narrow and steep. When Mikhail stopped the car I put on the hoody and stepped out with my bag. Dimitri and other guardians were in front of us so I hurried up to catch them. Now I was walking next to Dimitri. I felt awkward. That kiss couldn't get out of my head. And I bet he liked it too.

We came to the door and Dimitri knocked. The door was opened by Oksana. When she saw me she smiled.

"Welcome. Come in." she said, looked at all of us and stepped behind the door to give us some space. I came in and put my backpack on the floor. I got my hoody off my head and looked around. Everything was as I remembered.

"Kid-o!" Mark called when he came closer and hugged me.

"Hi!" I laughed.

"You know each other?" Dimitri asked. He looked confused. It looks like he wasn't informed about that.

"Sure." I said looking back at Dimitri. "Your grandma Yeva brought me here." He flinched when I mentioned Yeva. "I had to carry some dishes from your funeral and boxes of bricks." I said, turned around and walked away. Mark couldn't hide the smile on his face when I said that.

After a moment of silence they started to talk in Russian so I had no idea what they were talking about. I didn't even care so I walked to the bathroom. I had to refresh myself from the trip.

I quickly looked out of the window because it looked like someone was standing in front of it. But no one was there. Will I start seeing things now? I think of Robert actually attacking this house with his army of strigoi...

Just before I even held the door handle the door opened. I panicked thinking of Robert. I punched a man in the nose and pulled him against the wall. I grabbed his neck and pressed hard.

"Rose stop! He is a guardian! He's our friend!" Oksana said trying to calm me down.

I looked from Oksana to the man and saw his bloody nose. I released his neck and started to apologize,

"Oh... sorry. I... thought..." I didn't know what to say. "I'm so sorry. I panicked."

"Ha! Ivan did you wet your pants, maybe?" Another man laughed when he walked in from a bedroom, I think.

"Rose these are Ivan and Yulian Konnikov. They are going to help us to protect you." Orlena said putting her hand on my shoulder. Now I really felt bad. Mark and Mikhail were smiling, other guardians were staring and poor Ivan was looking terrified at me with blood running down his face.

"I'm so sorry. Nice to meet you?" I said giving him my hand hoping that he will accept my apology and shook it. And he did.

"Nice to meet you too." he said shaking one hand with me and holding his nose with the other. "And no. I did not wet my pants, Yulian. I was in the bathroom. And what do you think people do in a bathroom?" he was being sarcastic. The whole room started to laugh. I even saw a smile on Dimitri's face.

After I ate some lunch outside on the sun, the others were inside talking, in Russian again. Some royal guardian was sitting next to me. But I didn't really want to talk to anybody. The nature out here was beautiful. All the colors of the autumn were shining in the bright sun. Even if the cold wind was slightly blowing I insisted on eating outside.

"Rose, come inside. We have to talk." Mark called me inside. I entered the living room. It was a small room and it was funny to see all the guardians clutched together.

"We need to go over some rules. You will have to get used to sleep at night now, so you won't be inside hiding when you'll be awake. Me and Oksana will be guarding during the day, because we're used to it, and Ivan and Yulian will be checking the ground at night." Mark was saying. "We will pretend that you are my niece and nobody will call you by your name from now on. Yulian and Ivan are your cousins. Okay?" I nod.

"If you will have to or want to go somewhere, you will have to tell us first so we can organize it." Oksana started. "Nobody will open the doors, answer the telephones or even send text messages. We need to be careful. Any mistake could be a deadly one." Oksana said. I can't say how grateful I am for them taking me here and trying to protect me.

"Thank you." is all I could say. And as the look on their faces, it was good enough. Just a simple "thank you".

After all of guardians left, me, Mark and Oksana were sitting at the table. They were having the weird looks again, like they had when I came here with Yeva and Paul. They were talking to each other. I miss that bond between me and Lissa. I wish I could see what she is doing right now. Or thinking. Or feeling.

"How are you?" Oksana asked. I can't lie now when she knows everything about me.

"Feeling like a prisoner again." I smiled. Oksana came closer and put her hand on mine to comfort me. "I don't want to talk about it today. I'm tired." I shake my head. Oksana takes me to a small room with a bed. I take a quick shower and go to sleep.