I stood up so quickly I fell back into my chair and seen my vision dim. I got back up slower but just as angry and walked up to my mom. "YOU KNEW WHERE HE WAS THIS WHOLE TIME AND YOU STILLS DIDN'T TELL ME WHO HE WAS!" I was so furious I didn't care about anyone else but my mother. I barely noticed Lissa running into the room. I pinned my mother against the wall but she didn't fight back. I didn't know what to say to her. There was too much going through my head. Her face was calm but slightly worried.

At first it thought it was she was pinned but then I realized I was swaying side to side. My mother spoke in a strained voice. "Rose, you need to calm down, Rose…" I fell back. I heard Lissa scream and right before I hit the floor I heard a groan.

I was fine, well as close to fine as I could be right now. I was awkwardly lying on top of Dimitri. I felt him shift under me and saw him sit up. He looked down at me very concerned. "Roza, let your mother explain."

"I don't have to, you can't tell me what to do anymore, NONE of you can." I stood up and situated myself. I took one step toward my mother and then stopped. I tuned and picked up my key. I went to the front door and quickly slipped on my shoes. I left before anyone came to get me. Right before I closed the door I heard Lissa call my name. I tried to block her from my thoughts but I couldn't she was hurt too. I spent what seemed like an eternity clearing her from my head. When my mind felt empty and numb I sat on the closest bench and began to cry. I buried my head into my knees and sobbed. It's too much, all of this, why me.

"Rose, Rose, Ro" I jolted up. "Ow" Adrian was sitting on the bench rubbing his cheek. A little amused and worried. He exhaled dramatically a gestured for me to sit next to him. "Now, now, why is my little dhampir sleeping on a bench at the edge of court I her PJs." I came up with the lamest excuse ever.

"I-I just needed some fresh air." Adrian shook his head.

"Rose your cheeks are streaked with tears. Now don't lie to me." I sat there quietly, I didn't want to talk to anyone. I could easily get up no way Adrian could keep up with me if I ran. I want it all to go away. Tasha's stupid trial, my parents, this baby. I stopped myself. No not true.

Instead I just sat there. Adrian pulled me into his chest. I began to cry again. Adrian must be burning right now. I had to be around noon. I'm surprised it took ten hours for anyone to find me. I pulled self together.

"You need to get out of the sun."

"I'm not going to just leave you here, what kind of friend would that make me."

"I'm going to go home now.

"You're a horrible liar Rose. How about you come to my house until you decide you want to go back." He pulled me up before I could agree. Maybe I couldn't out run him. My knees felt like jelly. I walked to his house silently. I didn't keep track of time but Adrian's house must have been close which means so was mine. Did anyone actually come looking for me?

"I wasn't even that far away. Did anyone even bother looking for me?" Adrian looked confused

"Rose, we've been walking for almost an hour, you were at the very edge of the ward." Now I'm confused. Adrian a stopped walking. "Little Dhampir, I want help you but I don't think I can. You need to go home.

"NO! I don't want to see him." Adrian looked sad now.

"I doesn't matter what Dimitri did yo-"

"NO, It's It," I took in a deep breath. "My father is here." Adrian pulled me into a hug.

"Please Rose go home, this isn't good for you. If you really can't do it call me, but please just go home." I pulled away from him I stuck my hand into my pockets and nodded grimly at Adrian.

"Okay, see you later I guess." Adrian nodded and turned toward his house.

I walked down the street and unlocked the door. I barely got in the door before I was ambushed with hugs. Lissa and my mother were both squeezing me.

"Oh thank god Rose didn't you hear me I was trying to talk to you." My mother wasn't as happy.

"Where the hell have you been? There are more than a dozen guardians looking for you right now!" I didn't really know what to say to either of them. Then the tin man I'm supposed to be calling Dad walked into the entry. I push Lissa and my mother away from me and ran upstairs.

I lay on my bed and starred at the ceiling. I placed my hand on my stomach. "I'm sorry, I promise to be the coolest, most awesomely talented mom ever and I love you very much." I heard the door open and I didn't bother looking to see who it was I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone yet.

"I love you too." I heard my mother's voice and felt my blood begin to boil. "I'm sorry I never told you, but it was bet-"

"STOP, get out of here. I don't want you here. What kind of mother lies to their kid their whole life? You knew who my father was and you just didn't tell me!"

"Rose Listen!" I sat up but didn't look her in the eye. "Your father has always been there, but we both knew that you would be safer if you stayed away from him. He works in a dangerous business and-"

"What on earth could be more dangerous than being a guardian?"

"Rose you of all people should know that strigoi are not always to biggest threat in world."

A let out a breath of exasperation. "So what you're saying is that my father is some blood whore pimp that I should stay away from."

"I prefer the term mob boss. I am a little more professional than a dhampir trafficking low life." My father walked in wearing some weird yellow set of PJs

"Get lost old man!"

"Fine, fine, I'm only here because your mother said I might actually be helpful for once." Without saying another word the man left me alone again with my mother.

"You too, I don't want to talk to either of you." My mother sighed and left the room. A while later I heard my door open again. "I said bet it, I don't want to talk to you."

"Shouldn't you look up to see who I am before you try to get rid of me?"

"I don't want to talk to you. What kind of guardian can't find an eighteen year old girl sleeping on a bench?"

"Oh Roza, you were at the edge of the ward. I didn't even know there would be a bench over there." I didn't say anything.

"Please don't do that again. Please." He seemed a little run down. "It not good for you or the baby. You can't just run off like that. I you want be any better than your mother than don't put your rose logic on auto pilot." I tensed when he mentioned my mother.

"Why is he here?" I didn't need to say anything more.

"Tasha's trial and because your mom told him about the baby." I stood up all my anger coming back.

"WHY WOULD SHE TELL HIM THAT? I don't even know who he is but he knows I got knocked up." I stood up about to go after my mother but Dimitri pinned me to my bed.

"ROSE STOP" I tried to push him off but I didn't have anything in me. "Why are you so angry?" I was sucked out of my reality and looking at a title floor that had blood dripping on it. I head Lissa's sobs rattling my brain. Then I felt the world shaking. "Rose answer me." Dimitri was shaking me. I caught him off guard and shoved him off of me. I ran out of my room and down the stairs as fast as I could.

"LISSA, STOP, PLEASE, STOP IM COMING!" I heard Dimitri thundering after me a slammed the bathroom door open and felt my heart break into a million pieces.