Hey guys! So sorry it's been awhile since my last update, I've also just realized that I have published my last update as chapter 11, SORRY. This is in fact chapter 11…ha-ha well I'm only human ^.^
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Chapter 11
Previously: On Rose's Miracle.
I collapsed onto the floor from the smoke and everything went black…
D.P.O.V
I really didn't want to leave my Roza, but duty called and my holidays were over. I was very happy to accept the gift from Janine and Abe, but I couldn't help but feel that I had failed to provide for Roza. I will make sure my Roza and my future kids will always have what they need and in order to do that I needed to work hard.
Morning tea came around and I decided to quickly run home and check on Rose, as I was getting closer to the house I saw fire engines roaring past me.
I put my foot down on the pedal and raced behind them pleading they weren't about to turn the corner where our house was the only one currently occupied in the street.
I started to break out in a sweet when they indeed turned down my street; I sped up and overtook the fire-truck.
I threw myself out of the car not even bothering to switch off the ignition and looked up towards the house; the fire appeared to have already been put out. I scanned the area for Rose; I could barely comprehend the firefighter trying to pull me away from the scene.
I tried to pull away, his lips were moving but my ears wouldn't comprehend any noise apart from Rose's voice. He snapped me out of my reverie and I acknowledged what he was trying to tell me.
"Your fiancé sir, she was taken to the court medical center for smoke inhalation. She is fine thanks to that man over there." The firefighter said
I followed to where he was pointing; Adrian was giving a report to the firefighter. As much as Adrian Ivashkov has annoyed me over his past affection for Rose I couldn't be more greatful to him right now. In fact I could have kissed him; I walked over to him and did something that I know I will regret later.
I hugged Adrian Ivashkov
"Thank you, Adrian, for saving the love of my life and my family." I said sincerely
The look on his face was priceless, he eventually pulled himself together.
"You would have done the same." He said
I nodded in agreement
"Do you want a lift to the court?" I asked him
"That would be great" Adrian said
It took less than a ten minute drive to reach the courts medical center and I barreled into Rose's room in less than seven minutes. I was sure I broke several traffic laws on the way there but when your pregnant fiancé is in hospital for smoke inhalation then who the hell cares right? I looked at her to make sure she was okay, she had an oxygen mask on and was covered in smoke but apart from that she looked untouched. I walked up to her and held her tight; I wouldn't let her go until she told me so.
"I was so scared Dimitri." She trembled into my shoulder
"Oh Roza, it's okay you're safe now." I said to her trying to comfort her.
"I'm just so glad you're here." Rose said
"What happened?" I asked her
"I just got out of bed and I could smell smoke, I walked into the hallway and the nursery was on fire! I tried to get downstairs but the smoke was so damn thick and well…I don't remember anything else after that, only Adrian and then being taken here." She said
The fact that the fire started in the nursery was a troubling thought, hopefully the firefighters will be investigating the fire.
I hugged her and made her lie down, she fell asleep beside me and I lay awake extremely worried…
A.P.O.V
I made my way to Rose's house early in the morning hoping to catch her while Dimitri wasn't there and I didn't have to use my spirit for the spirit dreams. I was trying to use as little as possible as Sydney is helping me quit the smoking and drinking. She truly is an amazing woman and I didn't think I could love anyone like I loved Rose. But thinking back on it, I realize that the love I felt for Rose is nothing compared to what I feel for Sydney. It's like I have been living in the dark and Sydney is my sun that shined down on my life.
Oh Jesus I sound so corny I thought to myself. I got out of my car and smelt smoke; I looked at the house and noticed the second floor was in flames. I called the fire brigade and rushed inside, Rose was no doubt in there.
I called out her name but there was no response, I took the stairs two at a time and saw Rose collapsed on the floor not far away from the stairs.
I picked her up and rushed out the door; the fire brigade and ambulance were already waiting.
I let the paramedic know that Rose is 10 weeks pregnant and was told to wait behind for questioning.
It wasn't long after I was questioned that I heard the screeching of tires and Dimitri leaping out of his car, a fireman grabbed him and tried to tell him that Rose was okay. Eventually he came around and the fireman pointed his finger at me. I watched several emotions flicker on Dimitri's face, he walked towards me and for some reason I flinched. But he HUGGED me, the man that I hated for a long time for taking Rose away from me. I didn't feel that resentment towards him anymore but I still had a slight dislike for him, I told myself that I would work on it though.
"Thank you, Adrian, for saving the love of my life and my family." He said after the awkward hug.
I was sure I had the most horrified look on my face but I eventually composed myself.
"You would have done the same." I said casually
"Do you want a lift to the court?" He asked me
"That would be great" I said
I hung on for dear life as Dimitri sped towards the clinic; I was sure I was going to die and reminded myself to kiss the ground once we'd stopped. I got out of the car and headed for my apartment; I decided to clean myself up a bit before I went anywhere near another person.
I walked inside and saw Sydney asleep on the bed with her laptop beside her; she looked like an angel sleeping peacefully.
I didn't want to wake her; I knew how much strain her work was giving her from the alchemists. I jumped in the shower and washed off the remains of the smoke, I was about to jump out when I felt hands wrap around my waist.
"Hello gorgeous" I said
She blushed as she always did whenever I complimented her, even since she told me that she had hardly ever gotten a compliment in her life I made it my goal in life to give her several each day.
We couldn't keep our hands off each other as we tried and failed to get dressed, Sydney noticed my ruined clothes.
"What happened?" she asked me concerned
"I went to visit Rose, and when I got there the house was on fire." I said
She gasped and urged me to continue on;
"So I quickly ran inside and grabbed Rose, don't worry she is fine she just had a concussion and smoke inhalation." I said
"Oh my god, I'm so glad she's okay. Do they know what caused it?" She asked me
"They're investigating at the moment, we'll know soon I suppose," I said
"Thank god you came when you did." Sydney said still worried and hugged me. God I loved this woman.
"I have a meeting with the alchemists tomorrow…" She said
I looked up quickly, her face showed signs of stress and apprehension.
"What is it about?"
"They want a progress report…" She said not looking directly at me
I leaned over and pulled her mouth towards mine,
"You'll do fine; they won't ask any questions about me. As far as they know you have barely spoken to me once." I reassured her
"You're right; I have nothing to worry about." She said more convinced
"I'd better go and see how Rose is doing, do you want to come?" I asked
"Of course"
The thing I loved most about Sydney is not her social awkwardness or her inability to flirt, but how understanding and mature she is. She is my rock and I'm proud to call her my girlfriend and even hopefully future wife. I scoffed at that last thought, Adrian Ivashkov getting married? The probability of being allowed to marry a human alchemist was very slim and even if we did elope it would have to be very secretive. It would be the biggest scandal at court and the Dhampir/moroi world, not that I cared but Sydney's career and family were at stake.
R.P.O.V
I was scared, this was the second time I landed in hospital and I'm only 10 weeks pregnant. I was sure that the fire was arson; it couldn't have been a coincidence that it started in the nursery. I felt dirty knowing that whoever did it was in my house and could have just as easily killed me and the babies. But why didn't they? Why set the house on fire? Was it another warning? And how many warnings were they going to give us before they decided they had given us enough warnings?
I honestly don't know what they expect me to do, I can't hunt them down in my condition and Dimitri and I have no idea who these 'Strigoi' are. I was going to have to contact Abe; I couldn't live like this forever. Dimitri came rushing into the room and gave me a bone crunching hug;
"I was so scared Dimitri." I said leaning into his shoulder
"Oh Roza, it's okay you're safe now." He said to me in his soothing Russian tone
"I'm just so glad you're here." I said
He asked me what happened I explained everything that I knew up until the point where I collapsed from the smoke. I felt exhausted after explaining the story and my throat and eyes still stung from the smoke, Dimitri lay down beside me and before I knew it was sleeping…
Not long after I had drifted into a sleep I felt someone nudging me;
"Little Dhampir, wakey wakey."
I would recognize that voice anywhere.
"Adrian she is sleeping maybe we should leave her" Sydney said
I opened my eyes then, "No its okay, take a seat guys." I said
"How are you feeling?" Sydney asked me
"Well my throat feels like sandpaper being grinded together and my eyes feel like someone has just continuously poured sand in there. But apart from that I'm alive and so are the twins, and I wouldn't be if it wasn't for Adrian" I said
"It was no problem Little Dhampir" He said non-chalantly
"I still want to thank you Adrian, if you hadn't of come when you did I don't know what would have happened to me." I said
He waved it off and we continued light conversation, I noticed that Dimitri was gone. My stomach grumbled and I hoped he was getting me food.
Just as the thought went through my head he came through the door bringing the smell of pork with him, I was sure that I started drooling.
He looked at my face and chuckled;
"Thought you would be hungry Roza, I'm sure the twins are too." He said
All of a sudden something occurred to me in full force.
"Adrian, you told the paramedic I'm pregnant! It will be on my record now and anyone will be able to access it!" I said starting to panic
"I had to little Dhampir, I didn't want them to give you any drugs that would harm the babies. I'm sorry." He said sounding truly sorry.
I could understand the logic in his words, I wonder if Lissa knew about the fire? And if so why hadn't she crashed into my room by now?
"Does Lissa know?" I asked him
"Not as far as I know…" He said
"Actually Roza I bumped into her while I was getting food, I told her what happened and she freaked out. I reassured her that you were okay and that I was going to go and see how the investigation was going, she insisted on going and bringing Christian with her. I guess she thought that the Queen being there would rush the investigation" He said
Well that cleared everything up, I nodded in response because I was too busy shoving all the pork in my mouth.
"Well we better go Rose, Sydney needs to get up early for a meeting and I'll come and see how you're going tomorrow." Adrian said
I thanked them for visiting and enjoyed eating my pork, Dimitri watched me with an amused expression, wasn't he used to my extravagant diet by now?
"So what happens now?" I asked between mouthfuls
"Well, you're staying here until you and the babies get the all clear. As far as what's going on with the house we won't find out until tomorrow I suppose." He said
I examined his face closely; he had bags under his eyes and looked exhausted. I patted the bed beside me and he gladly joined me.
"Will you stay with me tonight?" I asked.
I didn't want to seem petty but I really didn't want to be alone;
"Of course Roza, I wouldn't be anywhere else." He said kissing my forehead
I woke up the next morning feeling a lot better, the smoke seemed to have left my system and I could breathe without it being agonizing.
A nurse wondered in not long after I had woken up,
"Hello, I am Nurse Jane. The doctor will be in shortly to give you an ultrasound and make sure the babies are healthy." She said
"Okay." I replied
Dimitri had woken up and went to grab coffee; I hoped he was back soon.
The doctor entered with all the equipment that I had come to recognize very quickly as the ultrasound.
"Can we wait for my fiancé?" I asked her
"Sure hun, let me know when he gets back."
I waited 20 minutes and he finally came back, "Sorry I took so long, I decided to take a detour and see how the investigation was going." He said
"And?"
"They're definitely ruling it as arson" He said
I had already suspected it was arson but hearing it officially made my pulse quicken. Before I had a chance to react the doctor came back in.
The cold gel was on my belly once again, "Okay Rose, the babies seem healthy their heartbeats are strong. We'll run some tests on their lungs just to make sure that they weren't damaged." She said
"Okay" I replied
"How long until I can be discharged?" I asked her
"As soon as we get the results back" She said to me
God I hope they are okay, I made a decision this morning; once the babies and I's health was cleared I was going to call my dad and ask him to book a plane ticket to the most remote and secret location that existed.
I told Dimitri this and he gave me a bemused look,
"Well think about it, that way no Strigoi will be able to find us and we can still have the checkups with Dr Olendzki." I tried to sound as reasonable as possible.
"Okay Rose, but we have to talk to your dad first and I have to talk to the head guardian about my absence." He said
I nodded in agreement, he gave me a kiss and he walked out no doubt to talk to the head guardian.
As soon as he left Lissa walked in, well more like ran in.
"Why Liss, that's not very queen like." I said chokingly
"Well its good her humor wasn't burnt in the fire." Christian joked
Lissa gave him a cold look;
"Are you okay Rose?" She asked
"I'm fine Liss" I assured her
"I've been overlooking the investigation into the fire and they definitely think it was arson. Gasoline had been poured in the room and a match thrown in…" She said
She looked as though she was going to say more but she bit her lip and held back.
"What is it Liss?"
"Well there is another thing…" She said
"What? What is it?" I was getting impatient now
"They found a note pinned to back of the door." She reached into her handbag and gave it to me;
Ah, Dear Rose I see you all escaped the car accident. I am deeply disappointed, but no matter this makes the game that much more fun. I'll be seeing you soon Rose, and that fiancé of yours."
I folded the note back up and I felt my anger rising. He thinks my life, my babies' life, and my fiancé life was a fucking GAME? If I wasn't pregnant I would fucking kill this asshole. It made my decision earlier that much easier. I would contact Abe and the four of us will go into hiding, Russia and now the court wasn't safe. If anyone was a professional at hiding it would be Abe himself, Zmey.
I spoke to Lissa for a while and she left for her duties.
The doctor had come in during that time and cleared my health and the babies, I couldn't be happier to leave the clinic.
Just as I was about to leave Dimitri came back;
"I spoke to the head guardian; he understands our situation and will be giving me time off." He said clearly relieved that the head guardian didn't kick up a fuss about it.
I could have just undermined him and went to my best friend the queen anyway, but I knew Dimitri wanted to do it the honorable way.
"I also called your dad" He said
My eyes widened
"You called my dad?" I asked stunned
"Of course Rose, I promised that I would take care of you."
"What did you say?"
"I told him about what happened, he was furious of course. It took me awhile to calm him down and he eventually stopped swearing in Turkish. I told him about your idea and he agreed that it may be the best solution right now. He has organized a plane ticket, but not one with a destination. Our instructions are to catch a private jet at 2pm (Middle of the Dhampir morning) and expect to be picked up by some of Abe's men and taken to the destination." He said
I thought this plan through; of course not even we were allowed to know the destination so as not even we could slip up and tell someone.
"Well the old man thought everything through didn't he?" I said
"He sure did" Dimitri said
"Are you sure you want to do this Roza?" He asked me
"Yes, we have to do this for our safety and the babies. But trust me once we have the opportunity we are killing these bastards." I said my anger working up again as I gripped the note
"Lissa gave me this, they found this pinned behind the door in the nursery." I said while handing him the note.
He read the note and I watched as his knuckles went white with rage.
"Порно жопы, когда я получить мои руки на них я будет убедиться, что они умирают в так много боли. Как они смеют угрожать моему жениху и И. Хватит.!" He yelled in Russian
(Fucking assholes when i get my hands on them I will make sure they die in so much pain. How dare they threaten my fiancé and I, enough is enough!)
I know this was an inappropriate time to say it but his yelling in Russian was an ultimate turn on, of course I didn't say this out loud though.
He eventually calmed down and sat beside me.
"Your dad told me not to go back to the house and pack; he will organize for your belongings to be there shortly after we arrive." Dimitri said while holding me close
"I love you Roza and I don't want anything to happen to us or the babies, god I don't want to lose my family." He said
"I love you to comrade, we will get through this." I held his hand
"We only have enough time to go and say goodbye to Lissa, so we better hurry to her suite." He told me
We both half jogged to Lissa's suite;
I gave her a quick goodbye; we didn't want to miss our flight. Naturally she was upset that we were leaving again, I promised to call her every day and to let her know when we would be coming home. I also had to burrow clothes off Lissa as all I had on was my burnt ones; and with that we were gone.
Only 10 weeks into my pregnancy and I felt as though we had been on the run for years, I just hoped to god that this would be all over soon so that Dimitri and I could live our life without being nearly killed every ten minutes.
We had no idea how long the plane trip would last so Dimitri and I settled for a long flight and we both fell asleep with a strong sense of hope.
Hope that our destination will keep us safe until the twins are born and we are able to deal with these bastards…
My longest chapter yet!
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P.S can anyone guess their destination? ;) I could do with suggestions of their hide out! Let me know,
Whoevers suggestion i pick i'll give a shout out to in my next chapter.
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