Chapter 9

RPOV

"Oh Roza!" I loved the way Dimitri spoke my name. We were both exhausted and in the most serene way.

"Dimitri, I love you!" My heart was leaping from my chest. This was the first time I told him I loved him since I was turned and I was not sure what his response would be.

"I love you, Milaya". Milaya! I loved it when he used that term it made me feel like I was home and that everything would be ok.

"Hmmmm", I couldn't hide the smile that played on my lips as waves of our love came slowly crashing down around us. When we could not be attached any longer he rolled over to my side and en-captured me in his arms holding me close to his body, with his head resting above my own.

"I don't want to ever leave you Roza, I want to stay here with you like this forever." That declaration of devotion made me feel like my heart was going to burst out of my chest and I knew from that proclamation, Dimitri and I would always and forever be as one.

"'I will be with you forever Dimitri, I promise".

I answered him with the same determination in my voice and with a smile on my face that beamed as bright as the sun that could turn me to dust within a heartbeat. As I looked up at him my heart swelled deep inside me for I could see the truth in his eyes. In my gaze I held a promise to love him eternally no matter what the cost. I was never going to give Dimitri up now or ever, he was mine and mine alone and no one would ever come between, it was a promise I was willing to kill for. Yes I would kill for my love and I didn't care who got in my way. Now that Dimitri had professed his love for me even after I had been awakened I knew that our love was eternal and had no bounds. Only now I truly realised that I needed to secure this bond officially in order to make it everlasting and I knew exactly what I was going to do.

I would have to turn Dimitri.

I knew that he would not take to the idea straight away or maybe ever seeing as how he was brainwashed his entire life to believe that Strigoi were cruel and heartless, but hadn't I just proved to him that the tales told to us since we were mere children were exactly that tales, lies to put the fear of god in us. No this task would not be easy, it would require a gentle approach, with a little compulsion and seductive manipulation I knew I would be able to convince my love that the only way for us to set our love in stone would be for Dimitri to be awakened as well. Yes I meant my promise to always love and protect Dimitri and not no one or nothing would keep us apart because or love was unique and it needed to last eternity.

Immortality was never better suited for any other couple. Our love was unrivalled, unparalleled, and infinite so why not insure its survival with the only way true love can last forever?

Dimitri and I lay side my side on the floor until I noticed Dimitri fidgeting to retain the warmth between us. I could not feel the temperature but I knew that he must have been feeling the cold so I made a move for us to grab our clothes - the ones that made it in the fight for lust – and got dressed whispering sweet nothings to each other while waiting for the sun to disappear in the night.

We did not have a destination in mind. A place where could we be safe from all of those who stood in our way. We needed to find a safe haven, that the Guardians would not seek to investigate which would be difficult. Seeing as the Academy was infiltrated was extremely distressful as it was once deemed one of the safest places for Moroi and novices to grow up. They were extremely warded and was the only reason parents justified sending their children away for most of the year, as they were supposed to be protected and safe. Now that the Academy had been compromised I would not have been surprised if the Queen decided to send groups of Guardians out to the local towns to hunt down the Strigoi who threatened their very existence.

"Things are going to change now that the Academy has been targeted, won't it!" I could hear the concern in Rose's voice, she was still scared for the Moroi and the Dhampir. This touched my heart even more knowing that she still felt lover towards my kind. Our kind?
"Yes Roza I fear that we might need to be extra precautions". No matter what was happening in the world around us I needed to focus on Roza and myself if there was a way that maybe just maybe I could find a way to get my Roza back.