True to his word Dimitri came by later in the evening. A couple hours after we had our afternoon training. Once we were both comfortable in my bed I started to talk to him about my day. "I told Lissa about Victor's letter today." I felt his hold on me tighten slightly as he pulled me closer to his warm body. "I just wanted to keep her in the loop, let her know what was going on so she could stay aware, but I think I just stressed her out even more." He turned his head slightly and looked at me with concern.

"Is the darkness building up in her from all the stress?"

"Yes, I've been taking a bit of it, but there's so much that I can't do it without having some break down and going on a rampage." I looked up into his deep brown eyes and told him my worries. "I'm scared Dimitri, I know I need to take it from her, but I'm scared of what I'll do when that darkness is in me." He stayed silent for a few moments as he just gazed into my eyes. Finally, he spoke up.

"We could go to the cabin. I'll be there for you, no one else will be there. You could take it from her then. I'll make sure nothing bad happens to you or anyone else Roza." I thought about it. My next words came out softer than I had wanted.

"What if I hurt you?" He leaned down and kissed me softly.

"It will be okay Roza. I'll help you." I took a deep breath before nodding my head. He got up off my bed and put his coat and shoes back on. I slipped on some sneakers before I followed him out of my room. I was worried and nervous the whole way to the cabin, I could tell Dimitri was too. Neither of us was looking forward to what was to come. Luckily for Dimitri and I, we didn't run into anyone on the way there. Once inside he locked the door before I sat on the couch in the very small living room. He kneeled in front on me. "I'm right here Roza, everything will be okay. Just do you best to fight it and come back to me." He put his hands on either side of my face and kissed me. I eagerly kissed him back. When he pulled away he bent his head forward so our foreheads were touching. "Please come back to me Roza."

"Dimitri, before I do this, I want you to know that I don't mean anything I might say or do to you."

"I know." I took a deep breath.

"Here goes nothing than Comrade. I love you." I barley heard him whisper an I love you too back before I focussed on Lissa's mind, more importantly her darkness. I could feel it swirling around inside her head. Adding to her stress and fears at the moment. I slowly started to pull in out of her and into myself. After a while all the darkness was inside of me. I could feel it eating at me. Begging me to just do something to get it out. Either by hurting someone or trashing the cabin I was currently in. I opened my eyes and was met with Dimitri's dark brown ones. But instead of feeling love towards him I just wanted him away from me. He reached out his arm to hold me but before he cold I pushed him back. He stumbled a bit but quickly came back to me.

"Rose….fight it."

"Shut up!" I barked out. I was trying to fight it, but it was so hard. I went to stand up, so I could get away from Dimitri before I did something to him, but he was quick to push me back down on the couch and straddle me, using his full weight so I couldn't escape him. "Let me go Dimitri!" I yelled out.

"No, Rose, fight it!"

"Screw you!" He leaned down so his head was at the crook of my neck. I tried to move away from him, but he was relentless. The next words he spoke were much more soft and caring. "I need you Roza. I love you and I need you. Come back. Fight this." As I heard his words I could feel some of the darkness go away, I was able to fight, but some of it was still there.

"Dimitri." I choked out. "Please…help me." He pulled away so we could look into each other's eyes.

"You can do it Roza, you're already fighting it. Just keep it up, please." I choked back a sob. He kept up with his encouraging words. I could feel a couple tears slide down my cheek. Slowly I felt the darkness leave my body. I slumped against the couch and leaned my head all the way back as I closed my eyes. Suddenly I felt tired and weak. "Roza?" I could hear Dimitri say my name like a question. His grip on my arms loosened and I felt as he shifted so his full weight was no longer on me. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"Thank you." He kissed me. We stayed in each other's embraces, in silence for awhile before he spoke up.

"I hate seeing you like that." I nodded my head.

"I hate being like that. But I couldn't have come back without you. So, thank you." He shook his head.

"I will always be here for you Roza. Always."

We ended up both going back to my room later on in the night. Luckily for me Dimitri agreed to stay the night with me. But honestly, I think even if I hadn't asked him then he would have asked me if he could. I knew Dimitri didn't want to leave my side after what had happened in the cabin.

When I woke up the next morning I felt completely back to normal. Well, normal for me that is. I was deeply concerned as to when Victor planned on making his move, and was wondering as to what exactly his move would be? Would he try to charm Dimitri and I again? Kidnap Lissa again? Or try something completely new? I didn't have any of the answers, but I wished I had all of them. I groaned at the thought of him and sifted slightly in bed. I felt something in my bed move, a few moments later a large arm wrapped itself around my torso. I opened my eyes and looked over to my right. Dimitri was still lying in my bed, half asleep. Seeing him like that instantly brought a smile to my face. I leaned closer to him and kissed his cheek. "Morning Comrade." I whispered. He opened one of his eyes to look at me. Giving me one of his rare smiles when we made eye contact.

"Good morning Roza." He mumbled. After a few more minutes of peaceful silence and half-awake cuddling he stretched out and opened both of his eyes. "How are you feeling?"

"Back to normal."

"That's good." He looked over at my clock then back at me. "It's Sunday and it's later in the day than normal. But would you want to train?" I eagerly nodded my head. Any excuse to spend more time with Dimitri was fine by me. It only took us a few minutes to get ready. I left my room and headed to the gym and Dimitri went to put on some training clothes in his room. Before we split up I winked at him and he rolled his eyes.

"See you soon, Comrade!" I called out as I watched him walk towards his room.

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