Love fades, mine has. Those four damn words.
It has now been 17 years since "the betrayal of the century" as I like to call it and I have to say, my life has been pretty awesome. I got lucky with the greatest children in the world. And yes, before you ask, they are Dimitri's... yup I know it's not possible, but to be honest I don't really care. All that matters is that I'm the luckiest mother in the world with two sixteen year old girls who are my life (Yeah I never thought I would say that before). They are Viktoria Janine Hathaway and Alyssa Sonya Hathaway.
They are both bonded to each other and, as I recently found out, to me. But they get no darkness, which I am very thankful for. They also have control all of the moroi elements including spirit, but they know that they're not allowed to use their powers in public. It's strange feeling both of their feelings and Lissa's at the same time, but i've gotten used to it. It's not like I really have a choice anyway.
After I practically fled academy grounds, Dad flew his private jet over to me and met me at the airport. I sat there sobbing in his arms, but I never told him what happened. He knows that I won't tell him no matter how much he wants to know, so he just leaves it alone, which I am grateful for. We went to Dad's mansion, and I swear I fainted when I saw it. It was huge. And when I say huge I mean like five floors, a pool, a gym, like 16 bedrooms, your own personal chefs, over 20 guardians, and basically anything you could ever want.
We walked in the door and he introduced me to all the staff. When we got to where my bedroom would be he stopped, turned around and handed me a shiny new credit card with no limit. I tried to tell him no, but he refused. He said that this was his way of giving back from all those years of missing out on my life.
I spent the first week in Turkey trying to figure out how I was going to tell him that I was pregnant. Eventually when I got the courage to do it, it turns out that he already knew. Dr. Olendseki had given him the report. To my surprise, he didn't ask questions about the father and has turned out to be a pretty big softie with the kids. Who knew?
But anyway, now I need to go back to the academy because they're running low on guardians and there has been a lot of recent strigoi attacks in the area. But I am really excited to see Lissa again. We've kept in touch, but I haven't seen her in 17 years.
The one person I'm not excited to see however is Dimitri. I still haven't told him about his children. In fact, I hadn't even told Viki and Lyss who their father was. He is now an instructor and according to Lissa they're his favorite students. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm guessing a bad thing. They have been going to the academy ever since the were six, but they visit during Winter break and in the Summer, which is amazing.
Whenever they are at the academy, they go by the last name Ivashkov, pretending to be Adrian and Sydney's children. Luckily, no one has found out that they are mine and that they are bonded, or that they have moroi powers except for, obviously Lissa, Adrian, and Sydney who know about everything.
At first, when I told Lissa, she was really mad at me for not telling her sooner, but she understood why I had to leave and soon forgave me. Now, at the airport, I'm just hoping that I won't run into any trouble while I'm visiting. It was going to be a great surprise for the kids, since I hadn't told them that I was coming