Love fades, mine has" Dimitri's words rang through my mind, echoing back and forth. I was still standing in front of him and if I was going down I was going down Rose style. I smiled sugary-sweet, "Next time you're turned undead, don't come running to me" the venom in my voice surprised me. I spun on my heal and walked off as calmly as possible. When I was far enough away I sprinted as fast as I could to my apartment. After bursting through the door I glanced around and grabbed the duffle bag of doom. Which basically held 10,000 dollars in hundreds. I sifted through it, and packed the essentials; clothes, make up, and anything else I couldn't live without. After packing, I went to my desk, took out some paper, pens, and wrote everyone goodbye. Starting with Lissa:

Lissa,

I love you and will miss you. Please don't come looking for me, I don't want to be somewhere where there is nothing for me. Btw the bond should fade overtime

~Rose, over and out, forever

Next was Christian, Mia, and Eddie:

I'll miss you guys you've always been there for me except when you haven't

~ Rose

And lastly Dimitri:

DONT READ ALOUD

Comrade,

miss you, but I have bigger things to move on to, I'm going to train and kill Strigoi . Promise you'll look after Lissa and don't let her freak out

Guardian Hathaway

I left them upside down on the desk, shove the duffel into the closet, and went about life as I thought I would if I wasn't as strong as I am. I figured I should stick around to see Dimitri's reaction to a depressed Rose.

DPOV

Lissa told me Rose would come around, but it's been two days and no one has seen her eat or talk. I couldn't take it anymore, I went to the princess door and knocked softly, I had to confess to someone. She opened the door and a look of surprise overcame her face. "Dimitri what are you doing here" I stared at the ground unsure what to say. "Tell me" Lissa urged.

"I messed up, I messed up big time. Out of all the bad things I've done in my life, this is by far the worst."

LPOV

'By far the worst' what could Dimitri do that was worse than killing innocents? You could see tears welling up in his eyes, since when dose Dimitri Belikov cry? This must be really bad.

Nervously I asked "what did you do"

He looked at the ground and said "I told Rose my love for her faded and I didn't realize it was going this bad. I thought it was for the best. C-can you make her forget?" Tears were now falling freely for his eyes.

I was wondering why Rose was acting different and I hated that the two people who loved each other the most hated each other. I sighed, "Dimitri, I'm sorry, I can't do that to my best friend. She should calm down in a couple of weeks and I'll help her, but it's your fault and you messed up bad. You should try to fix what you broke." With that I shut the door, I knew Rose wasn't going to calm down, but a Dimitri needed to fix this for himself.

DPOV

The princess was right, Rose would calm down. I went about my work which wasn't much. I hardly saw Rose, but when I did she looked bad. Well not bad, because she was Roza and she was always beautiful. She ignored me and hardly ate or talked. It's been 4 days since I spoke with Lissa and for the last two days no ones seen or heard anything from Rose. I was getting worried and I knew I shouldn't be, since Rose probably hates me, but I couldn't take it anymore, I had to see her. Finally, five days after I said the worst thing in my life I went to her room. I knocked, no answer, she should be here, she wasn't on duty. I knocked again, harder and louder, still no answer. Now I was really worried, I kicked her door in and ran inside. Half of her belongings were gone, glancing to the desk I saw three sheets of paper. I grabbed them and sifted through them, there were letters to Lissa, Rose's friends, and one for me. I read mine and realization hit me, I drove my precious Roza away. I started shaking with sadness and I bolted toward the princess's room, ignoring the crazy looks I got. I banged the door so hardly, it was a wonder it didn't fall off its hinges. Finally she open it "What is so important?" Lissa asked, exasperatedly

"Rose is gone", I said in a low voice. Saying it made it seem more real, silent tears rolled down my face.

Lissa's eyes widened "What" she screamed. "She promised she'd stay" she was crying too. I wiped my tears away and showed her everyone's notes except mine. As she texted Christian, Mia, Eddie, and Adrain, I came in and sat on her couch. Everyone came in seconds and it was explained what I said and that Rose left because of me. The whole time I stared at the floor, ignoring their angry gazes. Then the princess spoke with determination "We have to find her"

I shook my head,"Rose is Rose and when she doesn't want to be found she won't be", everyone agreed. "But we still have to try, I can't live bear to live without her" I said talking again.

Everyone looked at me despised, "Then you shouldn't have left her", they all said at once.

I growled, my control breaking, "Don't you think I've been beating myself up over saying what I said. I love Roza with everything I have and I only thought she'd hate me for what I did as a Strigoi. I thought I'd be best for her if she didn't see me. Now we are going to find her if it's the last thing we do!" I was shouting by the time I finished. But everyone nodded.

"Let's find my best friend" Lissa said and we started making arrangements.

RPOV

After a few days watching everyone got boing and I decided to leave. I grabbed the duffel and opened the window. Jumping out I climbed over a perfectly placed tree and leaped to the ground. I walked over to the far wall of the fence, taking my time, knowing I had a couple of days before anyone noticed me missing. I climbed over the fence dodging the guy who was patrolling and once I was free I took off running toward the road. When I was in front of the gates I sprinted to the nearest town and after finding a cab I got to the airport. I bought a one way ticket to Russia knowing no one would look for me there. Luck was in my favor and when I got my ticket the plane was leaving. I had a window seat and as soon as I sat down I went into Lissa's head. She was talking to the group and Dimitri about finding me. Everyone was surprised to find me gone and Dimitri looked distraught. Sucks to be them, I thought as I ripped out of her head. I found out when I was in a Russia the last time, if I block Liss for about three months, the bond would fade and she wouldn't be able know I was me if I stood in front of her. I soon drifted into sleep and woke up as we were landing.