When Adrian seen me appear before him he enveloped me in a hug. "Little Dhampir, what happened to you?" I could tell he was worried but seeing me in this dream was a good sign. I choked on my words.

"Strigoi, but don't worry about me Dimitri took the worst of it." Adrian frowned as he touched my forehead and I felt him healing it. "Stop wasting that on me, it's not even going to work when I wake up." He arched an eyebrow.

"Maybe, maybe not, I've never tried, you can come back later and tell me if it does. I looked around and realized I didn't know where we were. Adrian seemed to read my thoughts. "Palm Springs, I've always wanted to go. I've seen this old house in some pictures while I was talking to your father." The house was gothic and everything a stereotypical vampire would live in. I laughed.

"You want to go to Palm Springs to visit a haunted house? Why would you even want to go there it so hot" I laughed a little more but he stopped me.

"I can only go off of memories, okay." He grabbed my hand and sat me down on the coach next to us. "So what happened?" I tried to quickly explain we stopped at a mall a few hours away from court to get me clothes and eat.

"On our way out Dimitri said he seen a guardian, so we had to go out the janitor's exit. And it was dark and" I stopped I didn't want to cry. That would make him worry about nothing. He held my chin and forced me to look at him.

"Rose what happened?" I collected myself and began again.

"There was two of them, and I couldn't do anything. And then she called me a blood whore, and said she was going to wait for my baby just to kill it." I almost said it perfectly but I choked on my last words. Adrian looked at me for a long time. He pulled me in for a hug and whispered in my ear.

"Little Dhampir, you have nothing to worry about. Dimitri won't let anything happen to you." I groaned.

"No! I want to make sure nothing happens to me. That's not his job! I couldn't do anything today, I couldn't protect myself. Yet I'm in charge of protecting Lissa, and now this." I gestured toward my stomach dramatically.

"This is different and you know it is Rose! Dimitri went specifically for this reason. That's why it wasn't me, or your father, or anyone. Your in no condition to be dealing with any of this. Being in jail would have just made your blood pressure go through the roof, and there was no way we were sending you off without wards to fend for yourself. You would've been killed! In a few more months you can be your own knight in shining armor, but for now let Dimitri do what he has to." I sighed, I didn't want to argue with him. There was no point.

"Fine." I felt my self being woken up. "See you later." He squeezed my hand before I woke up.

The car was parked and Dimitri was gone. I looked around completely panicked. A few moments later, he slid into the seat next to me and I immediately relaxed. He laughed at me and I crossed my arms. "I was only worried because I don't know how to drive a stick shift." We both knew that was a lie but he laughed anyways.

"I didn't want to wake you but we're at the motor home." I looked around and see a small RV behind the pick up truck. "Just finished putting our stuff in there so let's go." I hoped out of the car and followed him into the RV. It was definitely only big enough for 2 people. There was a small kitchenette next to a door that lead to the bathroom. On the other side was one full bed and a set of shelves. I seen all the stuff we bought and some other things I assumed were in the backpack Dimitri got placed around the room.

Dimitri locked the door behind him and lay on the bed. "Comrade, when was the last time you slept?" He shook his head. "No, two days? Dimitri get some rest I'll drive until tomorrow." Yes I could drive a stick shift but the thought of me driving an RV made me nervous , but not as nervous as and exhausted Dimitri behind the wheel would.

"Roza, we both know you don't want to do that. You can just sit and you can wake me up when the sun sets." After a moment, I nodded and sat in the passenger seat. I would let him sleep until he woke up himself. After a while I seen the sun starting to set so I got up and decided to explore the parts of the new place I was calling home. The front looked pretty similar to the truck we were just in, I didn't know enough about cars to point out major differences. The bathroom, was bigger than I thought it would be but was still small and plastic-y.

After a while I found myself growing tired again. The sun was still up so I decided it was safe to take a nap. I went over to the bed and lay next to Dimitri. I tried not to disturb him but he was a light sleeper and he woke up anyways. "What is it Roza?" I shushed him.

"Don't worry the sun is still up, I'm just gonna lie down for a second. He looked out the window before lying down again. I lay down next to him, I tensed as I felt him pull me into him. When I relaxed in his arms, I fell asleep feeling safer than I had ever felt before.

PLEASE REVIEW XOXO