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Chapter 16
Previously on: Rose's Miracle
The doorbell rang and we each stared at each other in shock, were we expecting anyone?
R.P.O.V
I stood up to answer the door while everyone wondered who it could be; this was obviously one of Abe's ideas.
I reached the door but two men in guardian attire stopped me from opening the door, I gave them a glare to move out the way but they still didn't budge.
"Ahem, could you please move?" I said while tapping my foot.
"Sorry Ma'am, it is our orders to only answer the door with Mr. Mazur's permission." They both said in perfect sync.
Well that's a little creepy.
Abe himself walked down the stairs and nodded his head towards the guardians and they opened the door to our mysterious guest.
"Ah! Ms. Sage, so glad you could come!" Abe yelled.
"Sydney?" I gasped in surprise.
I hadn't heard from her in a while, we had lost contact since this entire fiasco began.
I took in her appearance and nothing had really changed she was as prim and proper as ever, only I couldn't help but notice some anxiety and stress in her demeanor.
"Rose, it's good to see…" Sydney started to say but then she faltered.
I watched her gaze drift down to my pregnant belly and her eyes bulged, I expect that would be the reaction for a pregnant Dhampir to another Dhampir. Something that is believed to be impossible in the Moroi and Alchemy world alike, it would be a shock to anyone.
"You…So it's true. Mr. Mazur told me and I couldn't believe him, the alchemists will have a field day if they find out you're pregnant Rose." Sydney said.
"Ah Ms Sage! Always thinking about work! Come and sit down, dinner is about to be served!" Abe said cheerfully.
"You called me here on business Mr. Mazur, as much as I would love to catch up with Rose I'm on a tight schedule and not to mention a tight leash." Sydney said getting to the point.
I'd imagine that everything that Sydney had gone through she'd want to get straight to the point. In fact I'd assumed that Sydney's 'debt' would have been paid after everything she did and sacrificed to find Lissa's illegitimate sister. I can't imagine what Abe wanted with her now and I intended to find out.
"Very well, follow me to my office and we'll talk. Rose you can go back to the table, I'll send Ms Sage here to you when we are done." He said.
Was that a dismissal? When was I going to be treated with some respect around here and not a fragile pregnant lady?
I let them go and walked in a huff to the table and I was bombarded by questions;
"Who was it?"
"What did they want?
"What took you so long to answer the door?"
I told everyone to shut up.
"It was Sydney; I suppose she is here on business for my father." I said a tad bitterly.
In my peripheral vision I saw Dimitri tense up and look towards the stairs;
"Excuse me; I better see what they're discussing." He said while leaving the table.
Oh great so now I was going to be left out of the loop, again.
That left Lissa, Christian and I at the table to eat our dinner. The conversation was light and mainly consisting of Christian expressing how much of an 'awesome uncle' he'd be to the twins and Lissa telling me about her overloading Queen duties.
Dimitri didn't return after he left and I went in search for Abe's office in this massive mansion, I walked past a door and heard voices. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but hey, I'm Rose Hathaway:
"…We can't just give out the information Abe, this stuff is recorded and documented into our security systems and heavily coded. We couldn't risk this type of information getting into the wrong hands, and not to mention the last time I tried to get information almost put me into a re-education program." Sydney said sounding panicked.
"What you did for Rose was undoubtedly helpful and I considered your debt repaid, you'd sacrificed the reputation of your career for my daughter and the queen and for that we are eternally grateful." Abe said.
He was sugar coating it.
"However, this is a favor that I ask of you and can reward you for. If you can get us the information we require I can ensure that you get the recognition you deserve and put a good word in for a promotion." Abe said.
I couldn't tell but I assumed Sydney was thinking hard about this, I hadn't heard a word from Dimitri but I knew he was in there watching.
"If I could get ahold of this information I wouldn't be doing it for my own personal gain that is not how alchemists work Mr. Mazur- Sydney said
"Oh I beg to differ Ms. Sage; I've bribed a few alchemists in my time." Abe said.
He was baiting her and I bet Sydney didn't like it one bit, he had something over her and she knew it.
"I will try to get the information but it is for Rose's sake and I will certainly not be taking any bribes from you." Sydney said and was walking towards the door.
"Thank you Sydney, for all your help." Dimitri said.
I scattered around the corner and headed for my room.
I was angry with Abe for bringing Sydney into this, she didn't need to do this for me at all; she'd done more than was ever asked in her job description and even gone against her very being to help the vampire world.
I pretended to be asleep when Dimitri came in.
'Rose I know you're not asleep." Dimitri said slightly amused.
I sat up "How d you know!" I said
"You're still in the same clothes." He said with a smirk.
I chuckled, of course he knew I wasn't asleep, he also probably knew that I was eavesdropping.
"So, tell me what you think I know you're dying to." He said.
Ha, I knew he knew that I knew what had been said in the office.
"I don't know what you're talking about comrade." I said innocently.
"Come on Roza, I know you heard the end of our conversation." He said
"He can't make Sydney do this Dimitri! She's already done enough, let the poor women live her life in peace!" I said
"Abe seems to think that she is the only one that could successfully get the information we need without drawing attention to us. If she managed to get what we need then it would put us ahead a month or more of our mission." He replied
"And what information…exactly?" I said, still not liking what I was hearing.
"The Alchemists apparently keep records of every single Strigoi and/or Strigoi gang that they come across. They have very valuable information that could help us in finding out whoever wants us and our children dead." Dimitri said
I flinched at the last part.
"But is Sydney really the only person that can do this?" I said
"She's the only one that would be able to pull it off, no other alchemist would even consider doing favors for vampires." He said.
I tried to think of a way to get Sydney out of this mess, but I came up blank.
"Don't worry yourself Roza, we have this all planned out." He said.
"Who else is going to get dragged into this? Because I'd rather know now then find out like I did just now. Do you guys think I'm fragile or something? Dimitri I'm pregnant not borderline insane! You don't need to keep me in the dark. I can help." I said trying not to get worked up.
He sat down on the bed beside me and put his head in his hands, "We don't mean to keep you in the dark, and I just thought it would be easier on you to not have to carry this burden around." He said.
I grabbed his face in my hands and I looked at him directly in the eyes:
"You do not have to carry this on your own, I won't let you. We've always fought together no matter what and that won't change, I may be limited in what I can do but I will certainly do what I can to help." I told him.
He knew that I wouldn't change my mind and he simply nodded.
I quickly changed in the bathroom and got into bed, I got under the covers and lay in Dimitri's arms. I could tell he wasn't asleep and I couldn't stop thinking either, what were we going to do?
But then I thought of a much happier topic to talk about and something that I'd also put off.
"Hey Dimitri…
"Yes Roza…" He replied
"Where do you want to get married?" I said
He shifted into a more comfortable position and spoke;
"Well I was thinking after this whole ordeal is over that we'd get married in Russia, mama has been going on about this particular spot that she thought would be perfect. But it's up to you as well of course." He said
I smiled in the dark and thought of how gorgeous it would be to just have Dimitri's family and a few of my close friends and family in Russia.
"It sounds perfect." I said drifting off to sleep.
The next morning I woke up to an empty bed, I saw a note tucked under my pillow and smiled.
Dear Roza,
I'll be in the gym, it's the building near the spa resort you'll know it when you see it.
~Love Dimitri
I smiled and quickly got dressed, I'd automatically gone for gym clothes and I realized that I probably couldn't do that for a while now. God I was going to be so out of shape after I give birth to the twins!
I managed to find jeans that would fit and a slightly oversized sweater; I was going to have to go maternity shopping when I had the chance.
I headed towards the spa resort and saw the gym from the window; I made my way towards the exit but was stopped by two guardians.
"Sorry ma'am but we can't let you out without Mr Mazurs-" I cut them off
"Oh out of my way!" I yelled and pushed through them.
They were probably shocked by how much strength I had for a pregnant woman, but hey, I was Rose Hathaway.
They protested but stopped once they realized I was entering the gym, this place was huge. It not only had a spa resort but a personal gym as well, it was massive and had the very latest equipment. There was some guardians training and I spotted Dimitri sparring with one of them, he still looked fit as ever and his body still made me blush.
I sat down on the bleachers and made my self comfortable while I watched them spar, my mind wondered off to the twins in my belly. I'd reached nearly reached 4 months now and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed, maybe I should go see the midwives soon. I was supposed to have my first trimester ultrasound with Dr Olendzki but apparently an ultrasound was performed when I was brought in to check on the twin's health. I would like to see them for myself though, just to make sure they're okay.
The spar ended and Dimitri walked over looking flustered and happy.
"Morning Roza." He said kissing me on the cheek.
" Good morning comrade, working hard I see." I said with a wink.
"These guardians are surprisingly good, definitely up to scratch." Dimitri said.
I nodded.
"So I was thinking of booking another ultrasound, you know, so I can actually see them this time. And I was thinking I'd like to know the sex, I know we wanted it to be a surprise but I wanted to think of names…" I said finishing in one breath.
He had a slight smile on his face as he watched my speech.
"I think that's a great idea Roza, I'll come along as well." He said
"Oh, and I think Vasilissa is looking for you. Something about maternity shopping or something." He finished.
I laughed; Lissa could read my mind sometimes.
"Oh, well, I may be a while then. I'll see you tonight and you let you know about the appointment." I started to walk away but Dimitri grabbed my arm and pulled me to him gently.
We shared a passionate kiss and I giggled.
"What was that for comrade?" I said smiling widely.
"For being such an amazing and gorgeous women, you'll be a great mum." He said.
I gave him a peck on the lips and went to find Lissa; I smiled the entire way there at Dimitri's kind words.
I knocked on her door and she came out looking as Queen like as ever.
"Rose! I got your dad to agree to take you shopping!" She smiled.
"That's great! I was trying to find something to wear this morning and I was thinking I should go shopping for better fitting clothes." I said
"Well that's perfect then! Your dad arranged for some guardians to take us to the mall. It will take us a while to get there as we aren't exactly in the middle of civilization." She finished
That's when I realized something, where exactly are we? I know we're in Turkey, Istanbul. But I haven't stepped out of the estate since we got here…it should be interesting.
An hour later we were ready to depart, Abe had given me ten guardians including Dimitri and Lissa's own personal guardians. It made me tense to think about what could happen if these Strigoi knew where I was and decided to attack. I pushed it to the back of my mind and decided to enjoy the freedom while I could, It brought me back to the time that Lissa and I went to the mall back at the academy. It had ended with me breaking an ankle but I was overjoyed to have spent time away with Dimitri.
It took us two hours to reach the mall.
Liss and I spent a good three hours walking around shops trying to find stylish but also comfortable maternity wear. I was absolutely starving by the end of it; I could have eaten a horse.
We stopped by McDonalds and I ordered three Big Macs and three large fries, it was all for me of course.
We were in the drive home when I felt it, a little tickle sensation in my stomach.
"Oh!" I said and put my hand to my stomach.
Is this what a babies kick feels like?
It felt like a little twitch or muscle spasm, but I was sure it was a kick.
"What is it Roza?" Dimitri said concerned
"I think one of them kicked?" I said not entirely sure.
"Oohhhh let me feel!" Lissa said as she leaned over and put her hand on my stomach.
It didn't happen again and Lissa was very disappointed.
"I think I read in the book that its common at 5-6 months, don't worry Liss there'll be plenty of times you can feel it." I said.
Dimitri was smiling and I think he was just happy to know that one of our kids was a little kicker.
I was pretty relieved once we got back to the house I could tell everyone was tired and I still needed to see the midwives before dinner. Dimitri left to report to Abe and I told Lissa that I would catch up with her at dinner.
It didn't take me long to reach the spa resort.
"Rose, what can I do for you!" Anne said
"Well, I'd like to have another ultrasound because Dimitri and I just want to make sure they're okay." I said.
"Oh, has anything happened to think otherwise?" She said
"No, I just haven't had the chance to see my little critters." I said to her.
"Well that's not a problem! I've got the equipment here and you can come in tomorrow." Anne said.
I thanked her.
"Oh, and is it normal for the baby to kick this early?" I said trying not to sound silly.
"It's normal for it to start at 4 months dear, you have nothing to be worried about." Anne replied with a smile.
I breathed a sigh of relief and decided there was still one more person I needed to talk to; my father.
I reached his office and knocked:
"Come in" Abe said
"Hey old man." I said, his office was probably the only decorated part of the house.
"Kiz, come in and sit down." He gestured towards the chair opposite his desk.
"What's on your mind?" He asked.
"Well for starters I want to know what's going on, Dimitri has told me a little bit and to be honest I'm not happy with this whole 'keeping the plan from Rose' stuff." I said to him.
"It's not that we're trying to keep you in the dark kiz, the babies and you are our main priority. You've already had way to many close calls and I just want to keep you protected. I just don't want Dimitri and I's work to be in vain and both of us lose something we deeply love and care about." He said to me calmly.
"I understand that, but keeping me up to date with the plans won't affect the mission. I won't in any way interfere." I said
"You? My daughter? Not interfering?" He said with a smirk.
"Okay, I won't interfere that much." I said back.
"Well okay, you can come along to our meetings but don't blame me if you don't like what you hear!" Abe said.
"Thank you old man, and one more thing. Why are you getting Sydney involved? Don't you think she has done enough for us?"
"Sydney has agreed to gather information for you as a favor, I wouldn't reject it because it will help us tremendously. Her task won't put her in any danger whatsoever and if she can carry it out then I will never ask her for favors again." Abe said.
"If there is nothing in it for Sydney then how exactly are you getting her to do this?" I asked.
"Ms Sage…owes me per say. After all she did to help you I considered her debt repaid but I need her again." He said.
"What do you mean she owes you?" I said. What could Sydney have asked from Abe?
"That's something you should ask her." He replied.
I sighed.
"Okay old man, I'll see you later." I said getting up.
"Oh and I was speaking to Dimitri about maybe inviting his family to come and stay with us. I've heard Olena is quite attached to you and I'm sure she'll be a great help when the twins come."
"Wouldn't that be risky? I mean I would love them too. But I don't want to put them in danger." I said
"As soon as we get a bit more information from Sydney I'm sure we can figure it out."
I nodded and closed the door behind me; I would talk to Dimitri about it later.
When I woke up the next morning I felt like I'd barely slept, it was mainly the nerves of the ultrasound today. I got up early and went down to the kitchen to make myself a decaf coffee; the whole house was quiet except for faint snores coming from the upstairs bedroom belonging to Christian and Lissa.
"You're up early." A familiar voice said
I yelped in surprise and spilt the scolding coffee all over myself.
"Ow! Hot!" I grabbed a cloth from the sink and tried to wipe off the scolding coffee that I'd barely get to drink.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you Roza." He said yawning and wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"That's okay, I couldn't sleep. Do you want some coffee?" I asked
He looked pretty tired as well, he'd been training non-stop to get into amazing shape for the mission.
"No thanks, I'm going to head for the gym before our appointment." He said.
"You've been working hard babe, and I only get to see you at night or at the meetings. Sit down and have a coffee." I told him.
"You're right Roza, I'll have a coffee." He said smiling.
I made it for him and decided to tell him about the wedding plans that Liss and I had discussed so far.
"So, Liss thinks we should have the ceremony in Russia and the reception at Court. We could fly your family to court for the reception of course. And well, as for the honeymoon I thought I would leave that to you to decide." I said a little warily.
Dimitri hadn't exactly been focused on the wedding and I didn't blame him for it, we needed to sort out this vigilante Strigoi that were hell bent on destroying our family and us was our top priority.
"It sounds like a good plan, and as for the honeymoon you can let me leave that as a surprise." Dimitri said taking a sip of his coffee.
I smiled and agreed, I wasn't usually entirely happy about surprises but I was pleasantly happy to leave this one to him. After our coffees Dimitri headed to the gym and I went for a shower and waited for the ultrasound appointment to roll around.
I was pacing at the front of the spa when I heard running footsteps down the hall; I turned my head and saw Dimitri. I smiled; he was worried that he was late.
"Don't worry you're not late." I said
He was huffing and puffing.
He nodded and Anne opened the door.
You guys can come in now; the ultrasound is all set up.
I lay down on the bed and slightly pulled up my shirt allowing her to put the cold gel on my stomach,
She tapped a few buttons and I heard two small thumps coming from the machine.
"There you go Rose, two perfectly healthy heartbeats." Anne said.
I turned my head and looked at the sonogram, I asked her to point out which parts were which of the twins.
She pointed towards their heads and their toes, I felt myself tear up and Dimitri grabbed my hand and kissed it.
"They're beautiful Roza, our little miracles." He said with a tear going down his cheek.
"Can you tell us the genders?" I asked
I turned towards Dimitri and he wanted to know as well it seems.
"I can tell one, the other baby is turned slightly so it may be harder to see until it changes position but from what I'm seeing one is a boy." Anne said.
I smiled and Dimitri looked extremely happy to see that he'd be having a son; I hoped the other was a girl but I'd still be happy with two boys.
"Have you guys decided on names yet?" Anne asked.
"I was thinking Mason for the boy." I looked at Dimitri for confirmation.
He nodded
"Mason Ivan Hathaway Belikov" Dimitri said.
Ivan was a perfect middle name, and if it weren't for Mason I wouldn't be here today experiencing this moment. I cried tears for him and tears of joy.
"And what if the other is a girl?" Anne asked.
"I think we'll have to have a think about that one." I said.
Dimitri squeezed my hand and we shared a passionate kiss, here we are seeing the impossible and we couldn't be happier to have been granted these two little miracles.
The next couple of weeks flew by and we started to become impatient for Sydney's response, Sydney was always efficient and on time. We had expected to hear from her a couple of days ago; we didn't want to push her though so we waited.
Lissa and Christian had to leave for Court soon as she had to tend back to her duties and return to college as well.
I would be sad to see her go, she's been great company this past few days and I've enjoyed planning my wedding. We even decorated the nursery just in case we'd be staying here for a while after I had the twins.
A few days after we'd expected to hear from Sydney a package arrived; it didn't have a sender on it but I recognized it to be Sydney's handwriting and I read the letter first of all;
"Dear Rose,
I tried to get as much information as I could without raising suspicion it was hard though because it seems the Alchemists are watching me. I hope this information helps, as it wasn't easy to get, I've just been called to an area in Turkey where there are suspicious activity of Strigoi working with humans so be careful. I'll contact you whenever I can and I'm sorry for not seeing you when I was there, like I said I'm on a tight leash.
~Sydney.
I handed the note to Dimitri to read and took the package upstairs. I emptied it onto Abe's desk and was shocked by the amount that was there. Sydney made it seem in the letter that she wasn't able to get much, but boy there was heaps. We would be here for a while categorizing it and remembering it all, I saw a blank disk with "Rose" written on it. I stared at it with curiosity and realized there was another note:
"Rose,
What you're about to see is extremely confidential and possibly something that will be hard to see, but your father and you deserve to see it.
This disc includes some information for you that I found about a Dhampir couple being able to have children together in the alchemist's records. I was very shocked to see what I found and I'm sure you will be too."
~Sydney
I inserted the disc into Abe's laptop and we all sat around the screen and watched;
Up came alchemists having a private interview with two dhampir, they seemed nervous and the women clung to her baby possessively.
"You can't take her, she's ours." The women said grief stricken.
Her partner was holding her hand and had a strong defiant look.
"We're not going to take her away Mrs. Wilson." The alchemist said.
I saw Abe stiffen in my peripheral vision.
"We just want to ask you and your husband some questions." They said.
"Okay" She said warily.
"Is this man here the father of your baby?"
"Yes"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"If we run a DNA test would it come up as positive to Mr. Wilson here being the father?" The alchemist asked.
"Yes, I would never cheat on my husband you can do whatever tests you wish. It will all come up the same." She said.
The camera panned closer to her face and she was very pretty, her features were strikingly similar to someone I knew. My mother.
"I am a dhampir and so is my husband, we conceived this child and she also, is a dhampir." She said.
The video cut out, I turned to Abe and he had gone pale.
"What? What is it Abe?" I asked. My heart was thumping loudly; I had never seen Abe go so pale before in the time that I'd known him.
He still couldn't speak.
"Dad!" I yelled.
"I think we should call your mother, she could explain." Abe said standing up.
"What do you mean call my mother? What are you talking about?" I said
"That lady, she is your grandmother, and the little girl in her arms is your mother." Abe said walking away.
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