Chapter 38

14 years later

Things have changed over the years of course . Dimika is eighteen and all grow up , Alek is fourteen and thinks he is all grown up and we even have another little boy Micheal christian Ozera he is twelve . Christian is still king , the best king out community has ever had . He has brought the Dhampire and Moroi together in ways people never imagined .

There are even Dhampire families that Christian has classified as royals . I couldn't be more proud to be his wife.

I am happy to announce that my very spirit bound Dimika has not suffered from his magic and neither has his shadow kissed brother Alek although that is not really what he is , Alek never died .We have not really found our what to call it but he the boys are bound , not only are they bound but it is a two way bond . They can feel each others feelings , get sucked into each others head . Alek has been bound to Dimika his whole life he knows no other way so it has no real effect to him , Dimika has been bound to his brother almost his whole life so they are both pretty indifferent to it at this point .

I can tell you that I never imagined that I would have to scold the boys to stay out of each others heads or anything like that but it's something I scold to this day . It was horrible when they were younger always trying to get the other in trouble popping in their head finding the truth and snitching .

My poor baby Christopher as were other people who witnessed the way they could sometimes act like twins answering questions in unison or answering for the other without even thinking about it .

None the less we have lived a nice life . In fact today Dimika gets his marks and becomes a official guardian . He has worked hard , to gain his own reputation outside of being prince ozera .He has had to fight not to live in my shadow , Christians shadow , Dimitris shadow and prove he is nothing like his biological mother who still sits in prison .

I still go see her on occasion . I honestly do not think she is a threat and we have confirmed that she is a human now with no ties to her spirit . I just can not let her out in good conscious not to mention she had to kill someone to become a strogoi .

'' Rose we are going to be late . '' Christian walked into the room where I was changing .

'' I know ,but it's not like they can start without us . '' I smiled at him slipping into my dress and turning so he could zip it up for me . '' That is true . '' He laughed wrapping his arms around me and hugging me from behind . I turned to face him , wrapping my arms around his neck .

Christian has aged well , like a fine wine he only gets better with age . '' Mom ! '' Aleks voice called from the hall , I rolled my eyes . '' Let's get this show on the road . '' I slipped on my shoes and we made our way to the ceremony .

Dimika graduated at the top of his class despite the fact that he was not at the academy except for in the summers . I refused to send my kids away like my mom did me , The boys go to school at court . During the regular year me and Dimitri train the boys .

It took a while but Dimitri refused to give up on seeing Dimika and seeing as Dimitri is the one who trained me and still one of the greatest guardians around , he was the obvious choice .

'' Dimika Ozera . '' Kivora who still hasn't retired announced his name and he came to the stage taking a seat in the chair they had ready for him . I was so proud of him not only is Dimika a gifted Guardian but he has one of the biggest hearts . He will help anyone who needs help , I thought for a while that he should be a doctor but it would just be to hard for him not to use his spirit .

My eyes began to tear up , thinking back to when he was just a baby . How much joy he has brought to our lives over the years . '' Im going to tell him you cried . '' Christian whispered in my ear kissing my cheek . I laughed wiping the tears away .

Soon the ceremony was over and Dimika walked over to greet us . I looked him over , he grew up to be so handsome which really isn't surprising seeing as his biological parents are Lissa and Dimitri . He grew up to be tall , not as tall as Dimitri with a similar body build and short brown hair the exact same shade as Dimitris . That is as far as the similarities go but when he is with the belikova family you can tell that he is related to them .

'' I am so proud of you . '' I said the words that I had been thinking aloud pulling him into a tight hug .

'' Thanks mom . '' He squeezed me tight .'' Yeah I am proud of you to bro . '' Alek punched his brother in the arm playfully . Alek is tall for a fourteen year old already six feet tall and Christoper at least 5'9 . I am not really sure where they get their height from . Christian is average height for a moroi , I am average height .

Alek still looks like Christian , just like he did when he was a baby . The same black hair , same features as well as the ozera eyes of course the only big difference between them is Alek got my skin tone and he is even darker because of the amount of time he spends in the sun . Micheal is the one who looks like me except for he has the ozera eyes.

I never imagined this when me and Christian first left the court so long ago . Yet here we are and I couldn't be happier .

Okay guys , I am sorry it has taken so long to update . This is the final chapter so I want to thank everyone for reading and following this story . I published this story in 2014 and really am thankful for all the support this story has gotten . I apologize for my horrible editing and grammar, thanks for barring with me . I am thinking about doing a sequel going more into depth on the boys lives . I am not sure about when or how soon but keep a look out for more. 3