A week had gone by and still no one knew where Victor was or what he had planned. I hadn't heard anything from him, which in some ways was good. But at the same time was unnerving. I know this whole ordeal was stressing Lissa out a lot. Christian and I were both doing what we could to ease her nerves, but until Victor was back in jail, there wasn't much that could be done. Dimitri was also on edge. To everyone who saw him and worked with him you would think that this whole thing wasn't affecting him, but it was. I could tell how badly he wanted to protect me, and even Lissa, but knew he couldn't do anything to help us.

I walked through the gym doors and saw him sitting down on the mats reading his western book. "Morning Comrade." I called out. He looked up and carefully set his book down.

"Morning Roza." I smiled and went to sit down beside him. He quickly leaned down and kissed me softly. "How are you holding up?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"I'm okay. I'm just kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop." He nodded.

"So am I." After a few moments of just peaceful silence he got up and held out his hand for me. I grabbed it and he helped me to my feet. "Time to get on with training. We'll start off with our usual laps." I nodded my head. At this point our laps was something I actually enjoyed. Once we finished our laps we went back into the gym to do some sparing. However, when we got inside Alberta was waiting for us. When she saw us she quickly held eye contact with me.

"Guardian Belikov, Rose." She said as way of greeting.

"Guardian Petrov." Dimitri answered back.

"Rose, we have a letter in the office for you. My eye brows raised in surprise.

"Do you know who it's from?" I asked.

"No, however we believe it may be from Victor." I could feel Dimitri stiffen from where he stood beside me.

"Well then, let's go see what it says." The three of us walked down to the office in a tense silence. Once we got to the office Alberta picked up an envelope from her desk and handed it to me. Both her and Dimitri stood in front of me and watched me while I opened the envelope and pulled out a letter. I opened it up and read it.

Dear Rosemarie

I know that you and Vasalisa have heard about me escaping prison. Honestly, that place was just to stuffy for me. I just wanted to check in with you, give you a little heads up. I'll be seeing you and Vasalisa soon, I do miss the two of you very much. You can tell your boyfriend that there isn't anything he can really do for you, I always get what I want. By the way, I do hope things are going well for the two of you. I would hate for people to find out about your relationship while you were still in school. Talk to you soon.

Much love;

Victor.

I looked up at Alberta and then Dimitri, silently handing them the letter. They both read in over. By the end of it Dimitri looked a cross between angry and worried, as did Alberta. I looked at Dimitri.

"Do you think he's going to expose us?" He pondered my question for a moment before answering.

"No, I think he's just trying to make you panic. Trying to drag others down with him isn't really his style." I nodded my head.

"I hope you're right." I looked over at Alberta and could tell she was deep in thought. "Are you thinking of a plan?" I ask her. Her vision focuses back on me.

"I'm trying to. I'll talk this over with the headmistress later, she what she thinks." I nodded my head and stayed silent, allowing her time to think. I walked over to where Dimitri now sat on the two-seater couch in Alberta's office. I plunked down beside him.

"There's nothing we can really do, is there?" Dimitri let out a sigh as he placed his hand on top of mine and held it.

"I hate to admit it, but I don't think there is." He turned and looked into my eyes. I could see his were filled with worry. "I'll do everything in my power to protect you and Vasalisa."

"I know you will. But I don't want you stressing over this." He raised an eye brow at me.

"Impossible." I shook my head. I heard Alberta sigh loudly from where she stood a few feet away from us. Dimitri and I both looked away from one another and towards her. She waved her hand towards the door.

"You two are dismissed. I'll let you know if a plan is made up or if we get any information on Victor." We both nodded our heads and silently left her office. Once we were away and alone I spoke up.

"Do you want to come to my room." Dimitri looked down at me and seemed to ponder my question for a moment. We both new he shouldn't, but I knew he wanted to be with me just as much as I did.

"Okay, I'll stay until my shift, which is in…" He trailed off as he looked down at his watch. "An hour and a half."

We soon made it back to my dorm room without running into anyone. Once inside we both lay together on my bed.

"I wish there was something we could do."

"So do I." I turned to the side silently and buried my head in the crook of his neck. All I could smell was his aftershave, it helped me relax. Suddenly Yeva's warning came back to me.

You need to remember to always be on guard, but in the end, what will happen will happen. Do not blame yourself.

I asked myself if Yeva's warning had anything to do with Victor's planes. Dimitri pulled away so he could look at me in the eyes. "What is it?" I shook my head.

"Nothing." His eyes narrowed.

"Rose, if this has anything to do with Victor, you need to tell me." I bit the bottom of my lip.

"Well, it doesn't have anything to do with Victor directly. It's just something that your grandmother told me before we left Russia." I could see his eyebrows knit together in confusion.

"What did she tell you?" I sighed in defeat and repeated her warning. He stayed silent.

"Do you have any idea as to what she meant by that?" He shook his head.

"No, but I don't doubt that it has something to do with whatever Victor has planned." I stayed silent. After a while of just laying in my bed with Dimitri his alarm on his phones started to go off. He reached down into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "I have to go. My shift starts soon. But afterwards I'll come by and see you. I don't like the idea of leaving you alone right now." I opened my mouth to argue that I would be fine by myself but with a single look he silenced me.

"Fine, I'll see you later." He leaned his head down and kissed me goodbye before getting up and walking out of my room. Once I was alone I allowed myself to fall asleep. The stress of this whole situation was getting to me, I just had to hold out hope that all would be alright soon.

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