After a full week, the doctor finally okayed me to go back to normal training and classes. Thank god. I thought to myself. I was going to go stir crazy this past week. When I walked into the gym for after school training I was met the sight of Dimitri laying flat on his back, holding a western novel up above his face. I smiled at the scene. Dimitri really did love his westerns. I set my bag down and walked over to him, all the while Dimitri continued to read his book. I layed down and rested my head against Dimitris chest and looked up at him. "Hey Comrade." He tilted his chin downward to look at me.

"Good day Roza." He gently pressed his lips against my forehead and pulled back, he was wearing one of his rare smiles.

"I missed you today."

"I missed you too." I sat part way up and turned over so I was now looking down at Dimitri. I kissed him. After a few moments, he pulled away.

"Umm, as much as I love this Roza we need to stop, we can't get caught." I pouted.

"Yeah, I know…sadly." I stood up at the same time as Dimitri. "So, running and sparing?"

"You got it." We walked outside together towards the track. As much as I wanted to reach over and hold his hand I knew I couldn't. Once at the track we stretched and then set off. After our run we made our way back to the gym, once inside Dimitri spoke up.

"Rose, I wanted to talk to you about Abe Mazur." I nodded my head slowly.

"Okay."

"It's just that, he's a very dangerous man, with a not so good reputation. I don't think you should be hanging around him."

"Well I'm not exactly hanging around him per say, it's just my mum told me that he's a friend and that we should go out to lunch. So, we did."

"Why did she want you to go out to lunch with him?" I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't like talking to Dimitri about this, he could tell when I was lying. Yet Abe warned me many times not to tell anyone who he really is to me. Which forced me to have to lie to Dimitri.

"I don't know. I guess she wants me to know her friends." I walked over to my water bottle on the benches and took a drink.

"Well you shouldn't do it again Rose. I mean it, he's no good." I shrugged my shoulders.

"Fine, I'll do my best to stay away from him." I knew Dimitri could tell something was off with me, but seeing as I agreed with him he decided not to put up a fight. We went to the middle of the floor. We spared three times before it was time for me to head out and get ready to relax back in my room. Just as I was putting my water bottle and gloves back in my bag Lissa spoke to me through the bond. She surprised me since it was so out of the blue, especially at this time. I gasped and dropped my things.

Rose, can you come to my room please? I need you now! Dimitri turned to look at me concerned.

"Are you okay Roza?"

"Yeah, sorry Comrade it's just Lissa surprised me that's all." I said as I pointed to my head. He nodded his head in understanding.

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah, she just wants me to come see her is all." He nodded his head.

"See you in the morning."

"See ya Dimitri." I decided to just make my way straight over to Lissa's room instead of stopping off at mine first. Once I reached the door I could hear banging from inside. Instead of knocking I just walked right in. "Lissa, are you okay?" I asked as I made my way inside. I didn't expect to see what I did next, especially since Lissa never gets mad, but there in front of me was Lissa, trashing her room in a fit of rage. "Lissa! Stop!" I ran the few steps across the room that it took to get to her and pulled her back from the mirror that she had now broken. Shattered pieces laying at her feet. I pushed her onto the bed into a sitting position and grabbed her arms to hold her back from trying to hit me.

"Let me go Rose!"

"Lissa stop! It's the darkness, fight it!"

"No! shut up! I want you to leave me alone!" She yelled as she struggled against my hold.

"Lissa stop! This isn't you! You're better than the darkness!"

"Bullshit! This is me! You just don't like it!" She yelled back. I was getting no where with her. I shook my head. I knew what I was going to have to do, I was going to have to pull the darkness from Lissa. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I could feel the darkness seeping into me, taking over me. Finally, it was over. But I was mad. Not as bad as Lissa, but hell I needed to hit someone right now. instead I stood all the way up and stormed out of Lissa's room, slamming the door on the way out. I knew if I stayed around that I could end up hurting her. I quickly made my way over to my room. This darkness, it wasn't as bad as the time with Jessie, but I still felt so angry. I turned around and punched my door. Feeling the relief for only a few moments I did it again. I then walked across the door and slammed my fist against the wall. Hitting the wall and door made me feel a bit better, but only for a few moments before the darkness would return. I kicked and wall and slammed my fist against the wall as I cried out. Just then I heard my door open. I spun around to look at Dimitri. I turned back around and punched the wall again.

"Leave."

"No, Roza it's the darkness."

"No, I just don't want you here Dimitri! Now leave!" I yelled out. I pulled my arm back to punch the wall again, but before I could I felt him grab my arm and spin me around. He pushed me up against the wall and held my arms in place beside my head.

"Fight it Roza, fight the darkness, I know you can!"

"No! Now let me go!" I yelled. I tried to kick out at him put he pressed his body up against mine making it impossible. He bent his head down low to whisper in my ear.

"Fight the darkness Roza. I know you can. Please, I need you back." Hearing him plead for me the fight went out of me. I let out a strangled cry and sunk to the floor. Dimitri coming down with me. I couldn't help but feel guilty, this past month all I've done is make Dimitri worry about me.

"That's it Roza." I leaned further into him, the smell of his aftershave surrounding me. I couldn't help but be reminded of when I was taken over by darkness in the cabin, and how Dimitri had helped me back then too.

"I'm sorry, I don't want you to worry about me Dimitri, but I keep putting myself in these bad situations."

"Shh, it's okay Roza, no matter what I will always worry about you, but that's because I love you. You can't help it when the darkness comes." I silently nodded my head.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Vasalisa came to my room after you left hers, she told me what happened." I looked up from his shoulder into his beautiful brown eyes.

"Thank you."

"Anything for you Roza." He leaned in and kissed me. One that showed me how much he really meant what he had just said. I pulled back.

"I hate this Dimitri. The darkness, it scares me, knowing I could hurt someone. Knowing that I could hurt you."

"I know Roza, it scares me too, I can't help but worry about what the darkness could do to you it the long run." I knew that as he was saying this that he was thinking about shadow kissed Anna, and how she had killed herself from the darkness. "But know, that I will always be here for you Roza, until the end, and after." I nodded my head and snuggled back closer to him. Right now, I just needed to be with him, for him to comfort me.

"Stay with me?" I asked. He looked down at me just as I looked up. I could see the wheels turning in his head.

"Okay, I'll have to leave early so I don't get caught. But I'll stay." I nodded. I felt him pick me up and lay me down in the bed, I felt him remove my shoes and then not long after I felt the bed dip from his weight. He pulled my closer to him, my face against his chest, one of his legs slung across mine. He kissed my forehead. "Get some sleep Roza." And I did, in the comfort of Dimitri's arms.

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