**Chapter 12**

Dimitri jumped up to take Junior from my full arms and lay him down in his crib. I said hello to my wonderful husband with a kiss and a welcoming hug. I was sitting in the hold of my husband's arms reading the minutes page for page to get what is going on. I looked up at the monitor then patrolled the house a couple of time before returning to the monitoring room and carried on reading the minutes. I was done reading the minutes around moroi midnight and gone through the agenda for today at new matters.

I made some rather extensive note I want to discuss with the count five. When I was done I turned to my husband, who got up to patrol around the house. I let him patrol calling the rest the royal guards in and gave them their rotation for the weeks letting the others to go get some rest. Like Eddie who is just always here now that we have I am back he is now filling in for Eddie. I adjourned the guardians and returned to my post, monitoring room. Filling Dimitri in on the rotation roster.

'I'm impressed.' He said pulling me into his lap.

'Impressed with what?'

'Of how quickly you picked up on the how you rotated the guardians all over. Word has it the guardians all over thought you were going to mess everything up and now just after two days you picked up on all the loosen reigns that was left behind since Hans were taken.'

'They thought a lone girl can't do it.'

'You are not a girl, Roza. You're 1000% woman I at least can testify to that and has done more to prove herself than any other male guardian I know.'

'Awe, you really think so?'

'Absolutely.'

'We will have to wait and see on how well the others feel about their guardian rotations that will go out tomorrow after the funeral service. 60 guardians gone that is a massive chunk of valuable guardians just ripped to pieces, gone.

'I've have send replacements to the moroi's how lost their guardians in the could have been prevented massacre.'

'Good thinking. Moroi usually have to request a new guardian.'

'I know but I remember what you said to think like I would think and so I did.'

'I'm so proud of you.' I smiled at him. He gave me a kiss on my forehead.

'What if my HQ job starts to get to much and I can't protect Lissa anymore. She is after all the one of many I want to keep safe.'

'Then we will cross that bridge when we get there.' I just nod my head then rest my head on his shoulder. Junior was having a bad dream again. Dimitri attend to him.

'Mommy.' Junior cried out holding his arms out to me.

'What is it my boy? Everything okay.' I asked taking him from Dimitri. He put his arms around my neck as he lay down on my shoulder, sucking his thumb.

'It's okay angel. Mommy and daddy is here.' I said rocking him back to sleep.

'I wonder what he dreams about when he is like this.' Dimitri said wondering then brushing back Juniors hair and gave him a kiss on his forehead. He fell asleep again and I tucked him in again. I went on patrol after I lay Junior to sleep. When I got back I told Dimitri to take a nap I will monitor everything. I check in with HQ security monitoring room. Everything is quite around court. I worked my patrol well for the night. I woke Dimitri as Junior and I head out the door. I dropped Junior off at day care then head over to HQ. We all ran around getting everything ready and done before the funeral service starts at 10PM. Veronique got my paperwork I left her last night and said the rotations are worked out perfectly all of them.

She was busy typing them all out. I got settled in my office and type out my own points to discussion later at the count five meeting later today. I was busy printing out my notes and then head out to the grave yard where the service will take place. We don't have such a large open space inside that can hold so many bodies. I checked that the lights are set up by the men that are hired to do it. The PA system and the hymens we will be singing. Funeral flyers are ready all the graves are dug and ready. Flowers are arranged. Quickly drove back to HQ.

Got my new uniform for head of guardian with my royal guardian jacket. I change in the rest room then went to pick Dimitri up. I drove us over to the grave yard and got out and got into my royal guard slash head of HQ jacket. Walking around the car to where Dimitri waited for me. The look on his face seeing me in my new uniform was a Kodak moment for me.

'Please forgive me, guardian Belikov but I have to say you look absolutely hot in your new uniform Roza and it is well completed with the royal guard jacket.'

'Thank you guardian Belikov you can show your wife later just how hot you think she is.' I smiled up at him. We greeted the people that came for the services. The service began and everyone sat listening and crying over our dear lost friends and fellow brothers and sisters. After the priest I gave my heartfelt speech from my heart on how our fellow guardians will be dearly missed and we honored them all today by giving them all a 21 gun salute for bravery. The men took aim and fire their riffles, the all dressed in their formal uniforms. After that all the coffins slowly sunk into the ground and the guardians folded the guardian flag for the family in grieving.

The triangle folded flags have all the fallen guardians full names were embroidered on the all the flags. Dimitri thought my funeral feminine touch was a great idea and will be set a standard for all future fallen guardians. In the past they will just have a small service put you in the ground that is it. They don't even notified the families when they died in the past. I changed it somewhat, as I remember Olean's reaction when I went to Siberia and told her about Dimitri. That is why I changed it so much. After the service the graves were closed and I drop Dimitri back off at Lissa's. Where court was about to go into session. I told Dimitri I will join him as soon as my meeting is done. I drove back to HQ and was saluted by everyone as I walk in. I returned all their salutes. The count five already waited for me and now that we are five we can start.

'Sorry I'm late, the funeral took longer then I though.'

'No apologies' needed we heard about the changes you made to our guardian funerals. It is high time we do something to honor our fallen brothers.' Vivian said.

'Yes we agree.'

'Thank you I'm glad my small changes are noticed.' I said then getting my stuff ready. Veronique sat in a corner ready to take note of our meeting. They all nod in agreement, we all leap into the meeting.

'I'm glad you are all here and I have a couple of ideas I want to run pass you all in new matters at point six. I've read most of the previous minutes up until your last one. So we can move forward.' I let them all know. Vivian went first on the updated elementary novice guardian education and it is almost done and ready for editing. She explained that she is already half way with the high school curriculum.

William has up the HQ guardians training to that of the navy seals but without the diving part. I was impressed and gave them the go ahead to form new training programs for our guardian to stay fit and battle ready. Although I seriously think we, as dhampir can kick any navy seals butts with our eyes closed. Next up was Sky he and William have been talking and they have came up with a yearlong training program for all the grades in our schools I looked it over and only one or two look a little extreme for a couple of elementary school kids but the rest are all great.

'You know how the kids would moan when they see this.' I half smile at Sky.

'Yes they will but will thank us later for it.' I nod my head. Then lastly Eric of School security of around the world gave updates of school security and extra wards have been ordered for all schools to keep the kids safe no usual activities so far. Then my turn came I lay my extreme plan out for them and had all their attention from the word go.

'So you suggest a almost guardian novice go on a strigoi field trip with all experienced guardians to prepare them for their future?' William asked.

'Yes, I take it you all know my history.' I asked them and they all nodded. 'I was only 17 when I killed my first two strigoi and because of that intense experience my whole life change and took my duties of being guardian much more serious and it ripped fear clean out of me.'

'So what your saying is to send kids on this field trip will help them to become better guardians.'

'Exactly.' Everyone around the table went quite as heads nod.

'We will have to change a few thing in education and training if we are going to fit this field trip in.' Vivian said making notes and sky agreed also making notes.

'This will be good it will help the senior class to be better for their final trails.' Eric spoke rubbing his goatee beard. William nod his head at what Eric said.

'What do you guys think of this idea in general?' I asked them after a while.

'I think this will change the face of our future novice around the world.' Vivian said smiling at me then looked around the table.

'Yes, it will and in my opinion be a bold move but in the long run it will make for more focused driven guardians.' William said.

'I think it's a bit drastic for a bunch of young novice but like William has said in the long haul it will get them over their fears and some with a more cocky attitudes. So yes, I approve this new field trip.'

'Thank you, Sky.'

'I think it's a great idea and something that is long overdue in my books in that field trip, we will have back-up guardians at the schools to stand in for those who are going with the group of novice on the field trip.' Vivian said and the men followed.

'Any other matters any of you want to discussed?' I asked then. Head shakes around the table.

'I hereby concluded our meeting. Thank you all for coming.' Afterward we stood around talking, Vivian and Sky talked to me asking me questions and I answered as truthful as I could. I saw William and Eric speaking pointing to me and nod their head looking impressed over at me. Vivian and Sky left together when William and Eric came over to me.

'We are very impressed Rose by how you handle everything around here. When we heard Hans was taken by strigoi and they appointed you as head of HQ we thought all hope is lost, but in four day you got everything back in order and is doing a better job than your predecessor.' William spoke for the whole group.

'Wow. I was starting to wonder if I'm right for this position. I'm still the queens guardian and between that and my duties at HQ I was starting to wonder.'

'You still look after the queen between you duties here?' Eric asked me half astonished.

'Yes, shouldn't I be?' I asked looking between them who's mouths hung open.

'That's amazing and you're a mother.' William spoke first. I nod my head.

'Do you ever sleep?' Eric asked me.

'Well I have this new diet I follow for months on end. It's called coffee. Who needs sleep, when you have coffee.' They both laughed with me.

'You're kidding right?'

'No, not at all. I went five months without sleep only living only on coffee. You can asked guardian Castile and guardian Mendez about it.'

'Astonishing.' Eric said, then they finally left and I jogged off to my office. Veronique told me everything is send out and done. New guardian request came in and I worked them through good and going over the guardian in question files. I approved of two but the other three I assigned better guardians.