CHAPTER TWO
ROSE POV
Six Months Later
I remember nothing.
I only remember waking up in Dimitri's arms as he carried me to safety.
I don't remember my name, I don't remember how I came to be at the campgrounds on the night of the attack. I only remember Dimitri.
He told me he'd found me in a cabin weak but not injured, he didn't know if I had been there with family or if I'd been alone, but he brought me into his pack to keep me safe. Apparently the less I knew of the attack the better it would be for my safety. About a month after my arrival to Dimitri's pack I discovered I had strange unnatural abilities, I'd woken up in the middle of the night after a bad nightmare and discovered I'd set the room on fire, I'd immediately been dragged from the burning house and the fire snuffed out but ever since then I can control fire, I can create flames with a click of my fingers, control the heat and the intensity. They told me I was something special and that I must be protected from the dangers outside the pack at all costs. So I stayed with them.
But the longer I stayed with them, the more I could feel myself falling in love with their Alpha. Dimitri took me under his wing, protected me fiercely even from members of his own pack. I even lived in his guest bedroom ever since setting my house on fire. Due to my bright flame red hair, Dimitri named me Rose, but you see my hair seems to alternate between colours, some mornings I wake up with dark brown hair but the moment I used my fire abilities my hair changed to a bright red and almost glowed.
I didn't know what I was, nor who I was and I was determined to find out. There was only one problem.
"Roza!"
Dimitri.
I groaned and rolled away from his stern voice, pulling the pillow over my ears and tried to sneak in a few more precious minutes of sleep, "common Rose, wake up!" the blankets suddenly ripped off the bed and I let out a small shriek and instinctively covered myself. Dimitri chuckled. I rolled onto my back and raised my head off the pillow and looked at him.
Dimitri was an Adonis in werewolf form. His long dark brown hair and dark eyes gave him a real bad arse look, the hard muscles that covered his body showed off his raw power and the small scars that marred his beautiful tanned Russian body showed his years of being Alpha. Showing other interfering werewolves who's boss and just plain kicking arse. I looked away from him, worried I might start drooling, and faced the digital clock on my bedside table. "It's so early!" I groaned and rolled onto my belly. "Go away."
"It's six am, I've let you sleep in enough, common Roza,"
"No," I grumbled. Dimitri only had a few rules in his household.
No sleeping in. No inviting people over without permission. Never skip a meal. No girly sitcoms. No breaking the rules and No complaining about the rules. Oh and the number one rule that applied to every pack member. Never disobey the Alpha. But I often asked myself if that included me since technically I wasn't an official member of the pack since I wasn't a werewolf. Yet. Dimitri just simply refused to turn me, well not at the moment anyway.
I felt Dimitri flop down on my bed beside me and I was bounced around on my mattress, I narrowed my eyes at him, "what are you doing?" he laid flat on his back beside me staring up at the ceiling. I had to fight the urge to straddle him.
"I'm just going to annoy you until you get your arse out of bed," he grinned at me, flashing perfect rows of white teeth.
I groaned, "I hate you."
"Common, up!" I felt him smack my butt and I jerked in surprise.
"Hey!" I reached over and slapped his chest, he growled playfully and reached out to grab me but I quickly sprang off the bed laughing and ran to the bathroom, shutting the door behind me and locking it.
"Meet me in the kitchen when your done!" he called and I heard him leave the bedroom, I closed my eyes and pressed my forehead against the door. It was so hard to fight my feelings for him. Dimitri Belikov was an Alpha werewolf and it was his duty to one day choose a mate to rule along side him and produce an heir. I wasn't even a werewolf so my chances were slim for him choosing me. But I could only hope.
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Stepping out of Rose's bedroom was always difficult for Dimitri, he loved her from the moment he found her in that crater. He believed it was in her best interest if she knew nothing about what she really was, the less people that knew he was harbouring an Angel in his guest bedroom the better. Since the attack, Blood Hunter's had wondered onto their land in search of her but his pack were quick to respond and drove them away. He was prepared to protect her with his life. Being around her for the last six months and not being able to touch her sexual was slowly eating away at him, he would soon declare his love to her and he could only pray that she reciprocate.
Dimitri wondered into the kitchen and came to a halt when he saw Adrian with his head stuck in Dimitri's refrigerator, he cleared his throat and Adrian jerked, whacking his head against the top of the fridge in the process, he swore and stepped back, rubbing his sore head. "What the fuck are you doing here?" Dimitri snarled.
"Came to see how the little Angel was doing this morning," Adrian winked at his Alpha which only pissed him off more. Dimitri didn't like the intensity of Adrian's feelings towards Rose, he swore to him they were brotherly but he knew better. He knew Adrian.
But the Angel comment made him stiffen. "Get out before I throw you out, you want to see Rose, wait until she's out of the house or she invites you!" he pointed to the front door. "Go!"
"Dimitri?" they both looked around to see a wet and naked Rose, wrapped only in a towel, looking at the two males, "Oh, hey Adrian, what are you doing here?"
"To see you, Angel," Dimitri's eyes hardened. He wanted to strangle him then and there for his Angel remarks. Adrian walked around the counter and draped his arm over Rose's shoulders, Rose clutched her towel tighter around her body and flicked her eyes to meet Dimitri's before dropping them to the floor. Her cheeks flushed.
"Get out!" Dimitri snarled, his teeth snapping together.
Adrian sighed and dropped his arm, "fine, fine I'm going, see you later Angel." he kissed the top of her and then left, closing the door behind him.
Still embarrassed Rose returned to her bedroom.
Dimitri decided tonight he would tell her his feelings towards her, before anyone moved in on his property.
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At four thirty, I changed into a pair of baggy grey sweat pants and a pale blue tank top, I pulled my currently brown long hair into a floppy bun on top of my head, I slipped on some shoes and headed out of the front door. I grabbed my wooly coat from a hook by the door and was about to leave the house when Dimitri appeared behind me. "Roza?" his Russian nickname for me warmed my heart. I looked over my shoulder at him, "where are you doing?" he asked.
"Lissa invited me over to watch a movie with her and Christian," I smiled innocently at him. "Is that okay?"
He sighed, "well I was hoping that you would have dinner with me."
"Oh," I bit my bottom lip. "Well I'll come back for dinner, I won't pig out on popcorn I promise."
He nodded, "good, we have things to discuss tonight."
"What things?" I asked curious.
"Us," was all he said before he disappeared back into the living room.
My eyes widened in shock and for a long moment I just stared at the wall where he'd just stood, us? Was he going to tell me he wants to try a relationship? Or was he going to tell me he wasn't interested? so many situations entered my mind and I suddenly wanted to run for the hills. The thought of him rejected me would be too painful to even think about. The last six months I'd grown very close to him and the rest of the pack. I didn't think I could stay here if he told me to back off. I left the house shaking from nerves. I could already begin to feel my heart breaking.