Nepenthe • Something that can make you forget grief or suffering.
Never feeling like they belonged was a feeling that Lissa Dragomir lived with, even with her family and life long best friend, although they aided in that feeling not being so strong...
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Diana could not keep her eyes away from Kate's moving figure, in fact, she feared that if she did look away that Kate would disappear, she tried to locate the soft baby features that she last saw Kate support, but she couldn't find any of them and it ached.
She noticed that a man dressed in gym clothes, that had also made a move to catch Kate earlier by the car, following them, and it set off alarm bells.
"Можете не следить за нами, товарищ. (You can stop following us, Comrade.)" Kate called out to Dimitri, who frowned at her back, a reaction that had Diana also frowning, but at his reaction. "Я не опоздаю на тренировку на рассвете. (I won't be late for training at dawn.)" Kate added, without looking over her shoulder.
For some reason, Dimitri didn't quite enjoy the fact that Kate was easily dismissing him as if he were just another Guardian and she a Moroi, it didn't sit well with him, and he silently claimed that it was because of the trust and companionship that they'd been building the past month and weeks.
Dimitri knew that Kate wanted a private moment to reunite with her aunt, and he knew that he should give them space, but at the same time, he couldn't help the feeling of overprotectiveness that suddenly took place in his chest, weighting him down like a couple of bricks.
"Не опаздывайте. (Do not be late.)" he decided to reply, stopping in his tracks and moving his eyes from Kate's figure to the taller woman next to her, only to find her looking over her shoulder back at him.
Diana looked at Dimitri, curiously, wondering what the connection between her niece and the Russian was, but it was clear, by the way that Kate spoke to him as if they were equals that their bond was not entirely of a student/teach nature, but rather one of colleagues, which intrigued Diana.
"Nothing's going on between Belikov and I." Kate told her aunt before the older Dhampir had the chance to question.
And just like that Diana was reminded about one of the things she hated the most about her niece. With a deep sigh, Diana returned her eyes to Kate's profile, catching a glimpse of the red hue in her forest eyes. For years after losing her best friend and the children she considered her niece and nephew, Diana poured over old manuscripts and tales, hiding away in old Monestaries and remote abandoned locations to try and find an explanation for what her best friend's children had been able to do.
"I thought your mother and I told you that it's not nice to read other people's minds." Diana told Kate, fighting back the urge to smile fondle and the 18-year-old girl.
