Secret War

Chapter 9

9

Back to Rose's POV

The tension in the room was so thick it was suffocating. I couldn't wait for Riya to get back. Everyone was confused. They'd known that there was about Riya that we didn't know but for her to be Raisa was just incredible. None of us could understand why she would hide something like that. Most would be proud to be so well known. I found myself wondering whether Dimitri knew. But of course he would, they were family after all.

And the guy who kissed her. That was certainly unexpected. I wonder whether they used to have a relationship or something before she disappeared from their lives. I wondered about how the three knew each other. And I wondered about who they were and what they were to Riya. It was mainly guaranteed from Riya's recognition that they would be joining this family. I could tell that there was going to be tension when they're first here but if Riya approved of them, then they must've been nice.

It was about an hour since we left her when she came back with her friends. Cain practically jumped on her as she walked in and Alik and K immediately took defensive positions. The two looked like well trained guardians. They probably were. Riya waved them off with a growl and they back off with grins on their faces.

"I think I owe everyone a bit of an explanation huh?" she started off awkwardly. "Where'd you want me to start?"

"Tell us your real name." Luka probed.

"Zarya Raisa Belikov."

"So you're the famous legendary guardian who rejected the queen." I whistled. "Makes sense, especially with the whole her condemning you to death thing. She isn't one to let anyone out of her grasp. If she wanted something, she almost always got it."

"Yeah, my rejection, a 14 year old's rejection humiliated her. No one was allowed to talk about it so it's understandable if not many people knew about it."

"Who are these two?" Zana asked curiously.

"Aleksandr Beletski."

"Konstantin Lazarenko."

"Nice to meet you," everyone chimed. Cain still looked a little uneasy and he asked the question that possibly everyone was unsure of.

"Why did you kiss her?"

"Because we're her boyfriends of course," the two guys chimed and all of our eyes bulged. Riya looked like she was going to faint. She probably would've died of embarrassment if she could.

"Would you stop saying that!? We never went out to begin with!" Riya screeched.

"But you can't deny the fact that the reason why you didn't go out with us was because you couldn't chose." Aleksandrteased.

"And I'm betting the fact still stands." Konstantin added.

"You two are impossible." Riya growled. Cain seemed to still be contemplating on whether they were a threat to Riya or not.

"So now that we know who you are, what are we going to call you?" I asked.

"Whatever you guys want to call me." Riya shrugged.

"What does Dimitri call you?"

"Oh he calls me lots of things but he normally calls me Riya."

"Then I'll keep calling you Riya." I smiled.

"Cools." Riya grinned. "Sorry about not mentioning this before guys."

"It's alright. I guess it's understandable if you wanted something new to make things easier." Zana smiled reassuringly.