Soul Bound

Chapter 14

RPOV

Dimitri walked with me to the edge of the campus. To my surprise he was leading us to the pond. I saw Christian and Lissa ice-skating on the pond. To my even bigger surprise Dimitri was not leading me towards the pond but to the cabin. Our cabin. Memories of that day came back to me and my breathing started to pick up. I looked at Dimitri and I saw he wasn't keeping a neutral face either, but he wasn't looking at me. He stopped in front of the cabin and took a deep breath, he then opened the door.

The cabin looked better. It was cleaned and made comfy. The last time we were here it wasn't exactly bad either, which was strange for an outpost that hadn't been used in ages. I never gave it much thought. Last time we were here I had other things on my mind, and as I scanned the cabin, honestly they were still on my mind. Dimitri clarified.

"She prefers to stay here in this cabin when she is on campus instead of staying at guest housing."

It was then that my eyes lifted from the bed we had made love in, to a woman standing in the cabin. She was beautiful. Long raven black hair and ice-blue eyes. The eyes reminded me of someone. Besides her striking blue eyes there was something else quite striking about her. She had a large scar running down her cheek. It almost looked like someone had taken a bite out of her.

I realized only a moment later that is exactly what happened.

"Dimka!" She practically threw herself at Dimitri and engulfed him in a hug. He laughed and returned her hug. I had to ask.

"What is a Dimka?"

Dimitri chuckled.

"It is short for Dimitri in Russian. Like Rose is short for Rosemarie."

"How do you get from Dimitri to Dimka?" Dimitri smiled but ignored the question.

"Rose this is Tasha, Tasha Ozera, Christian's aunt."

Now it made sense, she had the same eyes as Christian. She extended her hand to me. I took it.

"I won't hold it against you. It's nice to meet you." She let go of my hand and laughed. Dimitri sighed but I could see the amusement in his eyes. In that moment Christian and Lissa walked in hearing the last bit of conversation. Christian just glared at me.

We all sat down and Tasha started to make all of us some hot chocolate. I sat down in a chair instead of on the bed. I saw Dimitri do the same. Tasha came back with the hot chocolate and handed us all a cup. She sat down next to Dimitri.

"Here, a double just like you like it." She said to Dimitri as she handed him the cup.

I was trying hard not to be jealous, I mean she just handed him a cup of chocolate no big deal. But the way she said it was bugging me. How does she know how he likes his hot chocolate?

"So how do you know each other?" I tried asking in the most neutral tone and failing.

Dimitri looked at me and I raised my eyebrows slightly in defiance. But the look he turned to me was filled with love and it did make me feel a little better and calmed me down.

"Oh Dimka and I go way back. We went to school together in Russia. I was a few years ahead of him, but we were friends. Oh you should have seen him and Ivan. What a duo they made."

I saw something flash in Dimitri's eyes. I knew he still had a hard time accepting his old charge's death. He wasn't on duty at the time, but I also knew they had been close. I saw he was remembering the fun times they had, but I also could see the loneliness in his eyes. He was still missing his friend. I decided to steer the conversation in a different direction in true Rose Hathaway style.