Chapter13

DPOV

When the line connected I heard a voice made my heart ache but at the same time filled me with such love and peace that I knew instantly I had made the right choice.

"Hello?" The warm sweet, honey, accented voice asks. I hesitated.

"Hello, who is this?" The voice asked again.

"Mama" I faltered as I whispered her name.

"Dimka..., Dimka is that you?". My heart could not stop from swelling up with immense joy.
"Yes Mama is it me!". I was just so relieved to hear my mamma's voice after all this time.
"Dimka my boy, how are you?" I could hear how happy she was though the phone but I could also sense the immense sadness behind her words.
"I'm fine Mama". Even I knew that I didn't sound very convincing.
"Dimka what is troubling you?. Mama could always tell when I was anxious and troubled.

"Mama I need your help." I asked desperately.
"Help, what do you mean, what is wrong?". Mama sounded confused which was to be expected seeing as how I was always the one helping her and the family! It is rare that she could offer me any assistance besides comforting words, a friendly ear to listen to or a shoulder to cry on. I was the rock in the family, so it was only fair that this news would really concern her.
"Mama this is difficult to explain I don't even think you will be able to grasp what it is I am about to tell you". I started to ramble as tried to deliberate my situation quickly.

"OK, my son just start from the beginning and we shall work it out together".

How am I going to start from the start?

So much time had passed since we had last spoken and there was so much to tell let alone in the last year of my life, but I would try.

"Mama I have met the love of my life and she is now in grave danger but I don't know how to help her of even if I can help her!".

"Oh Dimka what has happened". This is what I appreciated most for Mama, she didn't have to know the fine detail only that I had found my soul mate and Rose needed help.

"Mama, we were fighting against an army of Strigoi that had attacked the school while I was teaching at. St Vladimir's Academy. We fought most of them off but some got away and hid in the caves taking with some Moroi and Guardians with them. We sent out a retrieval party and secured the victims taken but towards the end Rose, my Roza was turned."

Olena gasps "Oh Dimka no!"
"Mama, Rose saved me from being turned myself and fought of the other Strigoi that had remained undetected in the caves. She has only fed on the blood of animals but I do not trust that this can last. Please Mama can you ask if babushka knows anything that might help me save her soul with out killing her?"
"Dimka the only way to set her free is to kill her, her soul is in peril and although I can't believe how strong her will power is at the moment I must agree that it will not take long before she turns on a human or even you for that matter."

"No Mama I have to believe there is a way I can save her!". I was desperate to make her understand.

"Dimka it is not safe for you pleas...". Mama was abruptly cut off and then I heard shuffling in the background.

"STOP!" I was shocked to hear another voice on the line. Was that just Babushka?

"Dimka, yes it is me and there is something I must tell you." I didn't know how to react to this comment, but her voice screamed authority.
"Babushka do you know...". I prayed that my Yeva could give me the answers I was so desperate for.
"Shut up and listen boy, you must set her free!", What did she mean set her free?, I just explained to Mama I was not going to kill Rose.

"Babushka I told you I will not ki..."
"Shut up boy and heed my words, you must talk to Oksana and Mark and they will lead on the right path to salvation". Know I was extremely confused.
"Mark and Oksana what have they got to do with..."
"I have given them your number, expect a call soon, remember the wheel is always turning and you will loose what you value most." I could not stand these damn riddles I just wanted my Roza back. I was starting to lose my patience.

"I have already lost that but I need to help her, please!", and then she gave the phone back to Mama

"Dimka?"
"Mama, what is going on, what did babushka mean? How has she already given my number to Oksana, I just got this phone today?
"Yeva has foreseen something..."
"What ? Does she know if I will be able to restore Roza"
"I'm sorry son she will not say any more, but I am certain you will receive a call very soon on this number so I shall let you go now."

"Ok Mama I will try and contact you soon. I love you!"

"Please stay safe and god bless you!", and with that I hung up the phone and waited for 5 minutes. To my complete and utter shock I did receive a call from an unknown number and was so stunned that I almost didn't take the call.