'Черт!' I hear Dimitri swear in Russian. 'Stay here, we'll fight them' he said. 'Keep yourselves in safety' he added. He reached for his stake too and we ran out of the house. We saw 5 Strigoi. They ran towards us, and started to attack Dimitri. He was outside the house first, and the Strigoi always count him to be the most dangerous. I have to say, he still is, but we are almost equal and I don't like to always be referred as the weakest one when I fight with boys or men. Anyways, Dimitri was already fighting. I helped him because 3 were trying to kill him. These Strigoi must know me – or my reputation. I had to say, I had many Strigoi enemies, not only because I'm a Dhampir, but because I've killed so much Strigoi, even before graduating. I was lucky that one of the two Strigoi that were attacking me was young. I could see it would be easy to stake her. I avoided the stronger one and was able to stake the woman.

I saw Dimitri was in trouble. I fought, but moved to Dimitri. He had killed one of the 3 Strigoi that were fighting him, but the other 2 were strong. Very strong. It surprised 'my' Strigoi that I was trying to move. I fought harder, using the lead I earned and finally I was able to stake the Strigoi. I ran to Dimitri and staked one of the Strigoi left in the shoulder. She was in pain and Dimitri could stake her.

Unfortunately the last one could escape, but we were glad we were still alive. I called the Alchemists to clean the body's and to tell how many Dimitri had killed, and how many I had killed.

I could see Dimitri was wearing his mask again. I squeezed his hand to let him know I was there for him. We went back to the house, to let the others know we were safe.

I could see the fear on the faces of the Belikova's. They all had studied at an academy and they all had learn to fight, but they didn't need to fight. Besides that, Yeva was too old to fight, Sonya and Karolina had their children to protect and Viktoria still was studying. Fact was that they didn't train enough to be able to fight against the Strigoi.

Karolina kept Zoya and Paul close to her. 'We're safe' Dimitri said. After that I needed to call Lissa. She had to know about the attack, or if she already knew, she had to know that we were safe. 'Rose! Everything okay there?' she asked. 'Well… We're fine now. There was a Strigoi Attack, but Dimitri and I were able to kill most of them' I said. 'Is anyone injured?' she asked. 'No, Dimitri and I just have a few scratches, but we both have had worse. It's nothing to worry about, I just wanted you to know that we were safe and alive.' I said. 'I would feel better if you were back at Court…' Lissa said. I always knew she was protective about me too, but it has no use. 'Liss, we have holiday. There are just a few days left' I said. 'Besides that, I will always fight against Strigoi. That's my job. I have fought more than these and it doesn't matter if I'm here, of if I'm at Court.' I said. 'But still… You are like a sister to me, and I count Dimitri to my friends. You and Dimitri are the best guardians we have and I want you to be safe.' Lissa said. 'Liss, please. I won't return. I'm safe and I'll be safe. We can fight them, and we can have Nikolai to help us if there come more Strigoi.' I said. 'Okay, if you won't come back, Christian and I come to Russia. I hope we can sleep somewhere.' Lissa said. 'I'll ask Olena if you can stay. Only you, Christian and Eddie. Other guardians can bring you two here and we'll bring you back after our holiday. I'll ask the Belikova's if it's okay if you stay' I said.

I walked back to the living room. 'Uhmm… I called my friend Lissa. I thought she needed to know about the attack and that we all are okay. The point is… She is worried now and actually wanted Dimitri and I come back. She is like a sister to me and she is also very protective about me. Is it okay if she comes here, with her boyfriend and an extra guardian?' I asked. 'I can help more in the house and I can get them from the airport, I'll care about them so you won't have any more work.' I said. 'Of course Rose.' Olena said. The rest nodded. 'It's okay' I said to Lissa. 'You, Christian and Eddie can come here. If you can tell me when you'll land at the airport, I can get you here. Will you text me?' I asked. 'Yes, thanks' she said. 'I'll need to go, we have to pack our stuff now' she said. I heard the smile in her voice. 'See you soon, bye' I said and I hang up.

Lissa, Christian and Eddie would come the next afternoon. I asked Dimitri to go to the airport with me, so we could take the others with us and the other guardians, who flew with the others, could return or could have a day off.

We drove to the airport, talking about a lot of things. 'I love it to be here, with you' I said. 'Me too' he nodded. After a few hours we were at the airport. The others were already waiting for us. Dimitri and I went on the 'guardian mode, like Eddie already was. Eddie and I were the near guardians and Dimitri was far, but he was close enough. It was the same as always when we were with the group.

It was 4O'clock when we returned to Baia. 'Welcome your majesty' Olena said. 'And Lord Ozera and Guardian Castile' she continued. 'Please just call me Lissa. You're the mother in law of my best friend, you're almost family' Lissa said with a smile. I knew she hated the official terms, she refused others to call her 'Princess Dragomir' before. 'And please call me Christian, I don't like that Royal 'Lord' stuff' Christian added. 'And I'm just Eddie' Eddie said.

'Well, I'm Olena and this are my mother Yeva, my daughters Viktoria, Sonya and Karolina and my grand-children Paul and Zoya.' Olena said. 'Nice to meet you all' Lissa said and the others agreed.

'Shall we show you Baia?' I asked. 'If you want to?' Lissa said. And if I can't help you, Olena? We are with many and that will cause you a lot work' Lissa added. 'No, please enjoy your trip here' Olena said.

We were walking for a while when we met Mark and Oksana. I met them when I was in Siberia last time. Oksana is a Spirit user, and Mark is her shadow kissed guardian. 'Hey Mark and Oksana' Dimitri said. 'Hey Dimitri' Mark said. 'And nice to see you again Rose' he added. 'Mark, Oksana, this are my friends, Lissa Dragomir, Christian Ozera and Eddie Castile.' I said. 'Nice to meet you. Rose told us a lot about you. Especially about you, majesty. You must be the Spirit user with the bond with Rose.' Oksana said. 'Yes, I was. And please call me Lissa.' Lissa answered. 'But how…' Mark asked. 'I don't know what you've heard about the election?' Lissa started. 'We all heard that Rose was suspected that she had killed the last Queen. You all caught the real murderer and you became Queen.' Oksana said.

'Yes, the real murderer wanted me in jail because she had a crush on Dimitri. She was jealous and thought she had a chance by him if I was in jail. We caught her and she wanted to shot Lissa, because she knew Lissa wouldn't live her plans anymore. I jumped in front of Lissa and I got a bullet in my chest. Somehow did my body rescue me, because I shouldn't have survived. Again. Somehow my body healed itself. We think that's the reason why the bond disappeared.' I said. 'Hmm, interesting.' Mark said. 'How long will you stay here?' Oksana asked. 'We'll go back at the end of the week' Dimitri said.

'Why don't you have dinner with us later this week?' she asked. 'That sounds good, when?' Lissa asked and we all nodded in agreement. 'Does tomorrow fit with your plans?' Mark asked. 'Yes of course, that would be nice.' we said.

The next day we had dinner with Mark and Oksana. Lissa wanted to know more about Oksana's healing methods., Lissa knows a lot about her spirit powers; she, Adrian and Sonya work with it together, but they always want to know more. It was a nice evening.

Way to soon did we need to go back to Court. I would miss the Belikova's, but it also would be nice to be back home. I loved to have so many time with Dimitri, but honestly do I think it's good for him to go back to Court.

Thanx for the views, visits, follows and comments :) Please keep following and commenting, I really appreciate that.

I already wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year, if I won't be here during holiday :)