Dimitri and I had been at the Belikov home for a week now. Meaning we had one more week left of our vacation. It had been going great so far. Dimitri was a much happier person when he was around his family. It brought a smile to my face every time I saw him joking around with his family.

It was the middle of the day. We had all just eaten lunch and Vika was home for the weekend from her academy. A knock on the front door rung out through the house. Olena went up to go grab the door, Vika looked out the window. "Oh my god!" She quietly shouted. "It's Zemy!" Her sisters gasped while I looked around in confusion.

"Is that good or bad?" I asked. I looked at Dimitri and he shrugged his shoulders. I never told his family that Zemy was my father.

"Bad. Zemy has a reputation here that screams danger. He's not a good man." She soon grew quite as we heard footsteps coming in to the living room. Olena and my father appeared from around the corner.

"Rose, Mr. Mazur says he's here for you." Abe just stood silent with a large smirk plastered on his face.

"Took you long enough to visit old man." I got up from my place on the couch and hugged him. Dimitri followed and the two men shook hands.

"Yes well, I told you I had business. How have the two of you been?" He asked looking between Dimitri and me. I could see Dimitri's family was very confused as to how Abe knew me and Dimitri.

"It's been great."

"Good to hear it. I also wanted to let you know that your mother finally called me back." He looked around the room then lightly toughed my arm to get me moving in another direction. "We should talk out back." I followed him to the backyard and sat on the bench with him.

"What did mum say?"

"She just asked how you were now and I told her you were all better. I just wanted to talk out here because I know I don't make the Belikov's very comfortable. I have quite the reputation in Russia."

"So I've heard." I paused. "Tell me something I don't know already about you. I've already filled in the blanks about my life."

"That's a dangerous statement, for there are many things you do not know, and there are even more things which should be kept secret."

"You're annoyingly cryptic, old man."

"I try." I rolled my eyes. My father and I really are a lot alike. "By the way, you can tell people I'm your father now. If you like."

"Good." I looked at him. "Thank you for finally coming into my life Baba."

"Thank you for letting me in it Kizm." He gave me a quick hug before we walked into the house. Everyone was sitting in the living room chatting away. "Well, I should get going. Thank you for letting me into your home Olena."

"Of course, Mr. Mazur."

"Guardian Belikov, take care of her while I'm not around, will you?" He said pointing in my direction. Dimitri looked at me with love in his eyes.

"Always." I glared at my father to make sure he knew I could easily take care of myself. He just winked and left the house.

"Well," Vika was the first to speak up. "Zemy sure likes you Rose."

"Well I hope so, after all, I am his daughter."

"What?" She screeched. Everyone else in the room other than Dimitri and Yeva had surprised looks on their face. Figures Yeva would already know, that crazy old woman knew just about everything.

"Yup."

"Well now it makes even more scenes then before as to why you're a total badass. Oh geeze I just totally insulted you dad earlier! I'm so sorry!" I laughed.

"It's fine." I looked at Dimitri. "Hey Comrade, we forgot to go on our run this morning."

"I figured since it was Sunday we take the day off. But if you want to go for a run we can." I shrugged my shoulders.

"Why not." We quickly got changed into workout clothes and left his home to run around the area nearby. We had been running for about ten minutes when suddenly I felt Lissa's emotions start to go crazy. "Dimitri!" I called out to him. But before I could say more I was sucked into Lissa's head.

She was in her bathroom, crying. She felt sad, no, she felt completely depressed. A depression that could only stem from one thing; darkness. She kept looking between the razor on the side of her tub and her pale arms. A silent debate going on inside of her head. I screamed from inside her head to stop and call for help, to not pick up the razor, but the bond was only one way. Hesitantly, she picked up the razor. Flipping it over in her hands. I knew I needed to get out of her head to call someone at the academy to go stop her, to help her. Her emotions were like tidal waves, every time I thought I was close to leaving her head I was sucked completely back in. I could faintly hear Dimitri's voice, feel his hands on my arms. I focused on that. Finally, I pulled myself out of Lissa's head. I looked up to meet Dimitri's eyes, his held panic and concern. I spoke before he could ask me what was wrong. He knew I was in Lissa's head. But he had no idea what I just witnessed. "Do you have your phone on you?" He felt his pockets.

"No." I turned around and sprinted as fast as I could back to the house. After only a few minutes I rushed inside. I could hear Olena ask what was wrong but I didn't pay her any attention. I quickly grabbed my phone from where I left it on the coffee table and dialed Christian's number. It felt like forever before I heard his voice on the other line.

"Hello?"

"Christian, go to Lissa's room now! She needs help!"

"Shit what's wrong?"

"Just go!" I growled back. He hung up and I slipped back into Lissa's head. She now had fresh cuts on her left arm. Blood dripping down, contrasting against her pale skin and the white tiled flooring. Christian quickly burst into her room and pulled the razor from her hand.

"Lissa, stop this!"

"No, I need a release. You don't understand."

"Stop, it's the darkness Lissa, please." He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her arm as she cried. She saw fighting the darkness inside her head as Christian pleaded for her to be normal again. For the darkness to go away. It took her a few minutes but finally she was back to her normal self.

"Oh Christian…"

"Shhh, it's going to be okay. I'm here, nothing bad can happen now." He held her tight to his body as she cried. I went back to my own body. I blinked and looked around me, the Belikov's were all looking at me in concern.

"Roza, is Vasalisa okay? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. We should talk outside though." He nodded his head and we walked to the front of the house, sitting on the front steps. "It was darkness. It made Lissa cut herself again. Christian got to her before it got too bad. But…" I trailed off.

"But what?" I looked at him, I often found peace with him when I needed it.

"That's the second-time the darkness has gotten this bad in only a couple weeks time. It's getting worse."

"Is it because she's increased using her magic?"

"Yes. It's obvious that she needs to go on the medication that she was on before, but she never lasts. I don't know what to do Dimitri." He pulled me close to his body. His arms wrapped securely around me.

"Shhh, it's okay Roza. We will figure something out. You can't stress about it. She has Christian and Adrian with her. I'm sure they will help her until we get back and can plan something out." I nodded, wanting to believe his words.

"We should visit Oksana and Mark tomorrow. They said we had more to talk about. Maybe they have some tips for dealing with the darkness.

"I agree. We will go see them tomorrow. But right now, lets go upstairs, shower and relax in bed. How does that sound?" He bent his head lower to rest his chin on the top on my head.

"That sounds great."

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