Soul Bound

Chapter 48

DPOV

I was tracing the promise mark on Rose's neck. She was still asleep next to me, naked. She was facing down on her stomach and her hair was fanned out around her head. I had pushed away the hair covering her neck. The sheets were down to her hips and I could admire her back. I was still getting used to seeing it in that pristine condition. The scars had vanished. Lissa had healed some of it, but there was always a trace of them left behind. I could still feel them when I ran fingers over them. I knew she still had them when she was Strigoi. I felt them when we were... together. I suppose that when Adrian healed her, he healed everything, old and new wounds.

The promise mark was still a bit red. She was tattooed yesterday. And she did get assigned to Lissa. I still have a ringing in my ear from all the screaming the girls did. But it was good to see her happy. It would mean spending less time with her when they were at Lehigh but they would come back in the weekend. Adrian had already suggested a boys only apartment with me, Christian and Adrian. I wasn't really keen on that, but that had more to do with Adrian then it had with Christian.

I was now kissing her promise mark and was slowly moving my hands down her back and coming slowly at the valley connecting her back to her ass. I heard her moan a little as she was pleasantly waking up.

"Morning."

I said while trailing kisses down her neck and back.

"Morning."

She wasn't making a move just lying there enjoying my touch. I could feel her shiver from time to time. I moved over her a bit and was sitting on her hips massaging her shoulders. She let out a groan of pleasure and maybe a bit of pain. She was a bit tense in the shoulders.

I moved down again and layed next to her but now she was facing me. I pushed the hair in her face out of the way and kissed her. I pulled her closer and I could feel her respond to me. I flipped her over, she was now on her back and I was hovering half over her. Kissing her, stroking her. Slowly moving my hands down her stomach to in between her...

"Dimitri, Rose, get up, Tatiana wants to see us."

I dropped my head onto Rose and groaned. Great timing Adrian.

Rose giggled. She took my face in her hands and gave me a dazzling smile and kiss and then got up. It took me another minute before I was physically able to get up again after I had willed my lower regions to stand down.

We got dressed and met Adrian in the kitchen of our apartment.

"What do you think she wants?"

I asked Adrian.

He simply shrugged.

"She just said she needed to talk to us. All three of us, actually I think she invited Lissa as well."

Rose looked at me confused. I didn't know either. But you don't keep the queen waiting.

We were all sitting in the queen's chambers when she walked in. Lissa had met us outside of the palace, looking visibly scared. I had no idea what she wanted to talk about.

"Tea anyone?"

God what was it with this woman and tea parties, but we all said yes, because who refuses tea from the queen?

A trolly was brought in and we were handed our cups. Rose and I were wildly uncomfortable, but Lissa and Adrian seemed to be in their element.

"The reason I brought you guys here is because I have recently received some information from the alchemists that might concern all of you."

Alchemists? I saw Adrian perk up about that. Then his demeanor fell. He was worried something had happened to Sydney. Why would the queen call us all in for that?