The way that it should have been

Chapter 23

I also saw my sestra Sonya's eyes go wide in shock. Maybe knowing just, a little bit of the terrible things that lyubov' moya has been through will keep Sonya's mouth shut from now on. (sister, my love)

"I could hear her telling him no, to get away from her and leave her alone, and I could see her trying to push him away from her. She was trying to get him to leave her alone without using any kind of physical means. I know that you all remember that we dhampirs are not to so much as touch a moroi, especially a royal, in any type of physically aggressive way that they don't like. And he did not like being told no and her pushing him away." My family all nodded; well, everyone except for the children that is.

"And when I saw and heard all of that I saw red, I was yeblya infuriated, and I mean actually murderously infuriated. But when I saw him try to compel her to let him do whatever he wanted to to her. I was even angrier than I was when I got rid of Randall. It was INCREDIBLY lucky for Jesse's sake that he is a stupid child. Which was the only thing that kept me from literally destroying him by tearing him apart limb by limb." My future wife was running her hand up and down my arm trying to calm me as I sat there remembering that day and vibrating with my rage. (fucking, my lady love)

"Thanks to Mitya, Jesse did stay away from me physically after that."

"But it didn't keep the little piҫ from spreading those vicious and hurtful lies, rumors and gossip about you lyubov' moya." (bastard, my love)

"No, you're right it didn't." I could see the hurt and sadness as it flared to life in her eyes again.

"What does that word mean and what language was it?" Vika asked.

"It was Turkish, but you don't need to know what it means." I answered her even though I thought that she should have known that by now. But maybe she had taken Romanian instead of Turkish at the academy.

"Dimmmka." My little sestra whined. (sister)

"No Viktoria, you swear enough as it is. Too much actually. All three of us do."

"And you can swear in four languages." Roza moya teased me. (my)

I laughed because she was right, I could do that and soon she would be able to as well and I told her so.

"Just like you do in three and you will soon be able to do the same in the same four languages as I do. Just as soon as I finish teaching you Russian."

She leaned over a gave me a semi chaste kiss and an 'I love you Mitya'. Only to receive an 'I love you too Roza moya' back from me before she went on to continue her story. (my)

"Anyway, a few months after Mitya brought us back we found out who had been after Lissa. He managed to kidnap her and get her off campus, but thanks to mine and Lissa's bond, Mitya and I were able to track her down and save her. Along with the help of a few other guardians from the academy of course."

"You mean that you and I tracked her down."

"That's what I said." Bless her heart, she looked confused.

I smiled at her. "No, you said. 'Mitya and I' but I never come first Roza you always come first. Grammatically correct or not."

"No, you always come first. And you always will."

I shook my head at her as my smile grew only for her to nod at me and smile back at me.

"Ok, ok you both come first to each other. Now, back to the story." Vika butted in again.

I turned to look at her, "do you mind? I was talking to my future wife."

Vika waved her hand at me. "Yes, yes, we know. Now, on with the story Roza."