Chapter 5: Family

Rosalinda smiled as she was sitting next to Nick laughing out loud as we had tried out a new bar other than Sanctuary. We loved Sanctuary but we wanted to try out other places as while. She leaned her head back as Kyrian was in the crowd looking around like something was going to jump out and kill us. Nick and she laughed again looking at Kyrian as he stared at us with a glare. Geez, if looks could kill…

He rolled his eyes and walked out of the bar as Rose sighed shaking her head smiling. There was a loud bang suddenly in the bar like a bar table tipping over. Rose went on full hunter alert standing at attention as she grabbed her boot and looked at Nick who shook his head like he was telling her it would be ok. She sighed and nodded dropping her knife as she stood up cautiously and slowly started walking toward what was going on. She peered around the big group of people and gasped falling back into the crowd her hands covering her mouth. She began to walk forward as she reached one of her hands out towards the man in the fight with blonde hair and braids. Someone pulled her back and away from the crowd as she was about to smack the man daring trying to pull her away from her father as she turned around she saw it was Nick.

Nick sighed as he pulled her against him in a fierce hug holding her tightly around her waist laying his head on top of hers. "Rose, maybe it is him, but what if it's not, then you have trouble coming. You can't afford to have trouble."

She nodded as she burst into tears against his chest. Nick closed his eyes trying not to act surprised, very rarely did Rose cry, he could count on both hands the number of times she's cried in front of him since he met her. And do to the fact that they have known each other for six years now that was saying a lot. After, she was done crying she wiped her tears and shook her head. "Ok, now that my female cry session is over…" She looked over the bar where Tabitha was waiting for her. She shook her head laughing. "…I better get going, and you mister have errands to run, don't forget to talk to Bubba about my daggers."

He smiled and left nodding towards Tabitha as he left. Rose walked up to her as she had her hands on her hips. "Damnit Rose, when are you to going to go out. I swear to god, you're just as bad as Grace. I mean honestly, my sister goes through the trouble of summoning a cursed Greek love slave to be with her and she declines. I mean, if I got to summon Julian of Macedonia, I would do him every which way. But, you have Nick who is fucking sexy even in those Hawaiian shirts. But come on now, I know you love him…"

Rose put her hand over Tabitha's mouth as the first initial shock of what happened went through her. Julian of Macedonia, my father, he's here. "What did you say about my sister, she summoned a Greek love slave, and whose name is Julian?" She nodded, confused on how that was the only thing out of the conversation she had gotten. "I think, it's time to tell my sister, I'm back in town."

Tabitha pulled her mouth away from her hand and glared at her. "And, where exactly does Gracie think you are?"

Rose put her hand to the back of her head laughing nervously, "Um…. Greece."

Tabitha patted her shoulder and shook her head. "Man, I do not envy you in the least."

Rose shook her head and nodded as she looked at the door where the man and a woman left and she looked at Tabitha. "Let's go, they won't like it if we wait any longer. Besides, the sooner we get this done, the sooner I can start hunting." Tabitha nodded and smiled as they both walked over to Rose's motorcycle. Rosalinda laughed staring at it as she shook her head. She had sold her car against Kyrian's will the second she graduated high school, now she's in college where she doesn't have a dress code, and she can wear leather pants or a tight leather miniskirt with a black corset and a leather jacket every day.

Rose looked down at her outfit and then at Tabitha. "Maybe I should change?"

Tabitha nodded as they got on her motorcycle and zoomed off towards Kyrian's.

Three hours later Rosalinda was at Grace's house as she stared down at the beautiful black sundress that made her red hair stand out as she dress was a corset top and the bottom flowed out from her hips as she looked down wearing a pair of black heels she closed her eyes and walked up to the front door and knocked closing my eyes. When the door opened I saw a man, not Grace. I closed my eyes trying extremely hard not to look up but I cocked my head up and stared at him as tears flowed down my cheeks. "D-dad?"

He looked confused and then shook his head as he sighed. "Look, girl you got the wrong house. Any daughter of mine died a long time ago." He began to shut the door and she put her foot in the door and as she jumped up grabbing the top of the bed and smirks as she kicked her body over top of him getting through the door as she ran towards her bedroom at the top of the stairs, which was right next to Grace's and slammed the door shut.

Rose leaned against the door terrified of what might happen. She heard horror stories of what her father was like in Greece, and she was hoping that he wasn't still like that. She heard Grace come out of her room. "Julian, who was it?"

"Someone who ran into your sister's room. She had red hair that went down to her waist and she jumped on the door and kicked her body over me."

Grace started to burst out laughing as she opened Rosalinda's door and pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "Damnit girl, I have missed you so fucking much."

Rose smiled and hugged Grace smiling as she closed her eyes and stared at the man, who according to Tabitha, is my father. "Who is that?"

Grace smiled and pat her sister's head. "This, is my adopted sister, Rosalinda."

Rose Curtsied extremely aware of what was going on. "Please to meet you Julian of Macedonia. Son of Aphrodite and one of the best Macedonian generals, best friend to Kyrian of Thrace, and my personal favorite, the father of the second best general of Macedonia, only second to her father."

He shook his head as he stared at her gaping his mouth as she looked at him she stood up. "Who are you?"

She smirked and put her hands on her hips and cocked her hip to the side like she knew everything, "I am Rosalinda Marie Alexander of Macedonia…" she stared at him with her eyes full of love and smiled, "… Your daughter."

He shook his head in denial as he walked up to his room and grabbed a sword from Grace's room and he held it out to me. "If you really are my daughter, pick up this sword." Grace screamed in denial as Rose held her hand out closing her eyes hoping it worked. She grabbed the hilt and smiled. He looked at her gaping his mouth wide. "You really are my daughter."

She smiled and nodded giving him a hug as the front door burst open. "Damnit, rose there are thirty downstairs, do you mind?"

She nodded blushing as she looked at Julian, "We need to talk, we will after this." She turned to Grace, "I have to tell you of my true whereabouts for the past six years as well, but right now I must go." She ran past Julian still holding the sword she turned around and smiled at them as she saluted them saying goodbye as she did a backflip off the steps and appeared on the front door. "Well this is fun."

Tabitha snarled and pulled Rose out of the house as they stood back to back. "Well, at least we won't have to worry about mess. They clean up after themselves." Rose laughed at that and lunged at the nearest stabbing her sword on the inkblot and smiled as she threw the corpse into the other one before they both turned to dust. Tabitha and Rose quickly took care of the daimons as they leaned back to back laughing. "Damn Rose, that was the best fight I have ever fought. I forgot how awesome you are to fight with."

She patted Tabitha on the back. "Hey at least this time, it was a better fight, normally its one on one. Which is no fun right?"

She laughed and nodded as she had told Rosalinda she had to go back to her house and let her dog out because she knew Amanda would have done it earlier but it needed to be done again. She laughed and shook her head as she walked back up the steps and handed Julian the sword back and smiled. "Thanks, dad, I appreciate it."

He smiled and took the sword smiling as he looked at her. "That was quite impressive. Where did you learn to do that?"

"Kyrian taught me how to do that. I guess the Romans taught me a little while I was being held captive by them when they killed Kyrian. Zarek of Moesia is a really good friend of mine."

He smiled and pulled her into a hug smiling as he kissed her head. She turned her head over to Grace, who looked like she was about to kill her. "Where have you been the past six years."

She shrugged. "Here."

She practically screamed at the top of her lungs. "You lied to me?!"

She looked away. "Sorry sis, but I had to live with the man I lived with or I wouldn't have remembered who I am or anything about me. Grace I had to know who I was."

She sighed and shook her head. "I guess you are 21 now, you can do whatever you want, just be careful ok? I still love you so very much and I would die if I lost you and our parents."

She smiled and hugged her sister nodding. "Of course sis, you're the best thing I could ever ask for, you treat me with the best respect."

Rose turned back to Julian hoping he would accept her as his daughter. She bit her lip as she looked away. "Damnit, Rose if you don't get over here I will get over there and that is something you don't want."

Rose laughed smiling and hugged him slowly as she closed her eyes. "I love you both so much." She laughed and stepped back. "Now have fun you two. I have a squire to train, daimons to kill, and a dark-hunter to make sure gets home on time." She walked towards her motorcycle, thanking the gods that Tabitha was smart enough to leave it for her. She shrugged not caring that she was on a dress and revved up the engine and tore off towards Kyrian's house. I looked at the garage and noticed that Kyrian's car wasn't around. "Hmm, must still be out, I hope he gets back soon, it's almost dawn."

She walked into the house to see Nick sitting at the window staring out it. Rose sighed staring at it as her heart broke into a thousand pieces again at the sight of him. Six years later and she still loved him. She shook her head thinking how ridiculous she sounded. She knew she couldn't have him. Even if she could she couldn't have him now. It's obvious he got over her. He slept with enough girls to prove that he did. She coughed suddenly to get his attention.

Nick turned around expecting Kyrian. What he wasn't expecting was to see Rosalinda standing in the middle of the kitchen wearing a dress and heels her hair down and wavy as always and her staring at him with a longing, he's never seen before. Did she still love him? His heart leaped at the thought. He smacked himself at the thought. Unable to handle it anymore. He couldn't stand here and love someone anymore and not hold her, touch her, think about her. He walked up to her and pulled her against his arms as she looked at him blushing deeply. He walked her to a walk and pushed her into it as he leaned his head down. He kept thinking about how good she tasted back in high school. He wondered if she still tasted the same. Suddenly the phone ringed and he cursed himself pushing himself away from her. "Perfect timing." He cursed and he went to answer the phone.

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Damn, 2,224. Do you guys want me to stop adding more? Or continue? Anyway the beautiful Sherrilyn made tthis series I didn't however I do own some of the characters. Oh and I know you met Abertio and Alyia last time. They both have lovers. But I am not to them yet

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