Transforming Tradition (AKA What Happens Next)

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Both Dimitri and I were stunned by her words. I thought that Dimitri would be the first to recover, but I surprised myself by talking first.

"What does this prophecy have to do with us? I asked totally confused at what our role was in this mess. Oksana took a deep breath, like she was considering her choice o words, before starting to speak.

"It is too late to start talking about this in depth tonight, but I will give you the gist of what I know and learned. According to my sources there soon will be a big fight between the Moroi and damphirs against the strigoi. Now the prophecy states that two warriors will come together and bring us our salvation." I cocked my head in confusion and looked at Dimitri to find him just as puzzled as I was. What the hell did this have to do with I jumped when I heard come into the room and Yeva spoke from behind us.

"Your children are the keys to our survival." She said, like it should have been obvious. My head snapped back to look at her with my eyes bugged out in disbelief. Now it was Dimitri's turn to speak.

"What do our children have to do with this?" He said, his voice was low and almost a growl.

Oksana sighed tiredly and put her head in her hand to massage her temples. She lifted her head and she looked at us.

"This is why I wanted to wait until tomorrow to get into this much detail. The prophecy is very complicated and extremely controversial. How about you two come to my home tomorrow. I have books that will further describe the prophecy and will help us to answer your questions better. It is too late to delve into this tonight. But I swear we will get to the bottom of this. We won't let anything stand in the way of your future. Now, we better be getting ready to head home. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." With that she said hugged me and Dimitri goodnight and she and Mark headed out. I was still in shock about what I had heard. Even if it was only a fraction of the information, I was getting a really bad feeling about this whole prophecy thing. Dimitri could feel my unease so he enveloped me in a tight hug. He kissed the top of my head reassuring my safety.

"Everything will be alright milaya. Now let’s go to the kitchen and have Mama get you some tea to help calm you." I took his hand and we headed to the kitchen. It turned out that everyone had gone home and just the Belikov's remained. Olena and Karolina were sitting at the kitchen table laughing about something funny in their conversation. Dimitri, not wanting to interrupt, told me to sit down and he got me some tea himself. I sat next to Karolina and they both smiled warmly acknowledging my arrival. Trying not to think about everything that just happened I asked them to tell me some stories about Dimitri as a child. We were laughing about a story Karolina was telling me about Dimitri being married to their dolls when Dimitri came to sit and give me my tea. I tried to suppress a giggle when I asked him this; "so Dimitri, this is going to be what? Your 12th wedding? Dang my man has gotten around." Dimitri glared at me and I burst out laughing. He said that we were going to go to bed and embarrassingly pushed me out of the room. When we got to our room he pulled me close and kissed my forehead.

"Even though you were laughing at my expense, I was happy to see you smile. Now we should get to sleep. Tomorrow we are getting to the bottom of this." I gave a quick kiss before quickly undressing and pulling on some sweatpants and one of Dimitri's old t-shirt that I loved to wear at night. I slipped in under the covers and felt the bed creak as Dimitri climbed in next to me. He pulled me close and wrapped his strong arms around me. I felt him kiss my hair as we settled into bed.

"I love you my Roza." He said.

"I love you too comrade." I shifted closer to him and cuddled into his chest before quickly drifted asleep.