After two weeks of nearly nothing happening I was getting bored. The Belikov's where so kind, and Dimitri and I ate at least one meal with them everyday, but they had jobs and I was stuck in our little cabin with Dimitri. Alone time, with him surprising was getting old for me too, so this morning I got dressed and decided to try and find something to occupy my hopefully short stay in Baia.

I told Dimitri I would be back for lunch and I just wanted to take a walk around. He didn't like the idea of letting me go alone, but agreed to let me go if I promised to not wander away from the town. I agreed and hurried, waddled, out the door.

Once I was on the only paved road in the city, I went straight for the diner Dimtiri brought me to early in the week. The help wanted sign was still on the window so I straightened myself out and went inside. I was greeted by a waitress I hadn't seen yet. "Well, how can I get you little lady." The lady looked like she was in her fifties or sixties and had a uniform on that matched the theme of the diner. Everything was so old fashioned like it was straight from a movie. I pointed to the sign on the window.

"I need a job for a few weeks, do you have anything I could do?" The older woman sighed.

"Oh baby girl, I'm sorry but I couldn't make you serve people and clean in your condition. Maybe you could come back after the baby gets here." She continued wiping the counter. "If you really need the money you could try..."

"No it's not money, I've got that taken care of thankfully. I just really need something to do. I'm starting to lose my mind, just sitting at home everyday." The lady smiled at me.

"Awe, all I have are laborious jobs honey. Let's see. Well I don't have anything here, but maybe I can ask my sister if you can do anything around the store she works at. My names Barbra by the way." I smiled.

"Oh thank you!"

"Come back tomorrow sweetie, I'll tell you if she's got anything." My stomach started to rumble and I suddenly felt the strongest craving, I have ever had in my life. All the mattered was the lack of whipped cream in my stomach. I rubbed my stomach and thanked Barbra again before hurrying out the door.

Across the street the pharmacy Dimitri's sister worked at was open. I went inside and picked up 3 tubs of whipped cream. When I went to the check out Sonya waved me over to the register she was at. "Hi there Rose. How's it going." She scanned the tubs and laughed to herself. "Not the weirdest craving I've seen, definitely sweet though." She smiled at me and I felt embarrassed.

"I, I was..."

"You don't have to make any excuses, you should have seen me while I was pregnant. I put nacho cheese on black licorice." All of a sudden I wanted cheese. I refrained from getting it, and prayed there was some in the fridge in the cabin. Sonya handed me the bag after I payed and she said goodbye. As soon as I was outside of the store I opened one of the tubs and ate it with my finger all the way home.

When I got inside Dimitri was laying on our bed reading one of his western novels. When he looked up at me he laughed. "Have fun on your little adventure?" I smiled innocently and nodded as he gestured for me to come over. "Have you check on Vasalisa recently?" My mood darkened a little.

"Last night. She isn't doing very well. Christian is still pretty catatonic, and she hasn't told him yet." I put the rest of the whipped cream in the fridge and walked over to the bed. Dimitri sat up and swung his arms around me. "She keeps thinking thoughts that's she's trying to send to me. The only good thing is the whole queen thing is going well. A lot of people like her, but everyone who disagrees with her is trying to use the no family thing against her. That just makes her more upset and I just don't know what to do."

"Roza you'll see her soon, while you where gone Sydney called." I looked at him with a raise brow. "She said she found an address that Vasilissa's father sent a lot of money to. Sydney believes he was paying for a child." I searched his face for any sign he was joking. "She's trying to have your father find someone to go investigate, because it might be the princess' key to to the thrown." As if on cue a wave of emotions hit me as I was sucked into Lissa's head.

"I'm not blaming Rose! I just want her back, I hate remembering everyone in my family for doing bad things." Lissa was watching Christian walk back and forth in their bedroom. He messed up his hair and exhaled loudly. "I'm just so... I just..." Lissa was scared, she was scared of Christian. His anger was frightening her more than the unending sadness he was in before.

"Christian." Her voice broke as she reached out to him. She put her hand down as he turned to look at her. Lissa seen the sudden change of expression again but couldn't quite read what it was. She stood up to leave the room. As soon as she was up her head started to spin and she felt a gag climbing up her throat. Lissa sat back down on the bed and tried to control it.

Christian came and sat next to her, with a look of guilt that was more obvious now. He cupped her face in his hands and forced her to look at him. "Lissa, I'm sorry, I just don't know what to do." Lissa didn't say anything. She just lay her head on his shoulder and used every bit of self control she had to force the vile in her throat down.

After a while, words popped into her head, and she said them before she could stop herself. "I'm pregnant."

Then I felt shaking, and for a moment I didn't realize something in my reality was shaking me and not Lissa. Coming to my senses still felt nauseous. I blinked and seen Dimitri kneed in front of me, the look on his face told me everything I need to know.

Strigoi.

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