Rose POV

After a long and hard day at work I just wanted alone time, hmm! Hot bath with dimitri would be such a bliss. When you are a guardian little things like, a long hot bath, is luxury. You get wound up in daily work and chores that you almost forget to stop and think, what the hell is actually happening in your life. If you think being a guardian is a lot of work then you can't even imagine what is it like being head Guardian of Moroi queen.

Usually after my work hours I spend sometime in the office. Hans like to give me a little paper work here and there, usually I find a way to get around them but sometimes when it is related to lissa's safety I willingly look into it. That's what I've been doing today. There is some kind of Moroi ball which is being planned and since our beloved queen is attending it, we or rather I feel there is need to straighten out the details by a fine tooth comb once again, you can never be too cautious, can you?

After the bond was severed, I became ore paranoid for Lissa's safety. Honestly in my opinion the bond couldn't have severed in the worst possible timing Lisa had just been elected queen of our entire race and mind you, was one of the only two living members of the Dragomirs, which kinda made her very vulnerable to assains, kidnappings, and let's not forget all the crazy people out there. But these past few weeks things have gotten strange, like when the bond was first formed I used to experience these little episodes or rather low hum of lissa's emotions, but now I've noticed that whenever lissa's heals or use any kind of magic I can feel her emotions for a small bursts of time, which intensifies when she is healing me. Like, barely a week ago sparky and liss went for shopping outside the wards so we decided that leaving a little before human hours would be best to give them more time for shopping but what we hadn't considered was that we were providing an opportunity for a Strigoi ambush. We (which included me, dimitri, and lissa's thousand guardians )fought about 20 Strigoi, the last one I had encountered threw me against a very big tree, while I recovered from the fall Guardian Eric had finished him off, lissa being lissa healed my back, which otherwise would've taken at least a week to heal, while she was using the magic her emotions hit me hard, anguish, fear, terror, relief, all at once but as soon as she finished the feelings also stopped.

It is something I don't understand, maybe I'm just imagining things I don't know I mean Adrian was sure he saw our bond breaking. Maybe after being bonded for soo long plays a part in it. Anyways as I was heading for mine and dimitri's apartment in the Queen's Palace I started feeling a little excited, and mix of emotions anticipation, anxiety, wariness, I couldn't exactly figure it out but one thing I was sure of, was that these weren't my emotions, these were certainly lissa's but I can't be imagining them, could I? As I reached out to open the door of my apartment I caught a sight of paper sticking out for the corner of door.

I unfolded the paper to see a message written in a very elegant handwriting.

It read, " Dear Rosemarie Hathaway, Kindly report to Queen's Chambers. There you will meet your friends and some family, further instructions would be given to you as you reach there. Meanwhile if you could be so kind to pack a bag with some clothes for yourself and basic toiletries. I assure you there is no danger. -anonymous "

OK now I'm confused, what is this thing? I tried to call dimitri but there were no answers, I tried lissa, Christian, hell even my mother but no answers. I guess if I need answers I need to do what it says. I hope it actually does stick to its promise and there is no danger there. But just in case I put a spare stake in my boots and checked my gun. Packed the bag and left for the royal housing of the court.

Dimitri's Pov.

As soon as I reached the queen Chambers I found mostly everyone who in one way or another close to Rose. Even her parent were there, it's still a hard concept to grasp that Abe is Rose's father. Although now that you know about their relationship you can point out many similarities between them like say both of them have built and live up to their dangerous reputations. It is a scary concept altogether for those who have known Abe for a long time.

After the great reveal of Queen's assassination, Rose's near death experience I would say things are going as smoothly as you can imagine. But when you know rose, you know that trouble isn't that far away. Rose and trouble have far greater bond that rose and lissa, which is saying something.
As I entered the room everyone was as confused as me, nobody know what is gonna happen , or why are we here in first place.

"Dimitri do you know why we are here? " Lissa asked, which attracted everyone's attention. Although I hate to disappoint her but I don't have any other option," No your Majesty ". At this lissa rolled her eyes and said," Lissa, it's Lissa .how many times do I have to remind you this " I said nothing, instead opting for simple smile. As I looked away from her I caught a sight of a brown box kept in a corner with Rose's name on it. As I proceeded towards it I caught site of Eddie and janine walking towards me, obviously noticing the same thing as me. "Guardian Hathaway, Guardian Castille" they nodded politely where as Eddie asked me to be on a first name basis with him. When we peeked inside it there was a note as well as some books inside, the note was addressed to rose, so I thought better of it and left it for rose to read. Thinking of rose, she should be her anytime soon, just as I was thinking this the door opened and in come the person in question. Looking at her face I can tell she was as much confused as other people were.

Lissa's Pov

As soon as rose entered the room, a wave of emotions encircled me. Confusion, relief, astonishment, but the weird thing was they were not mine, I realized they were hers. But just as they came, a nanosecond later they were gone. Weird. Maybe I was imagining thing, God knows being a queen tires you out, maybe to much work load has messed with my head for real.

Rose's voice pulled me out of my thoughts "what is happening here?". Before anyone could say anything dimitri replied," there is a box here with a letter addressed to you. ". Rose went over to the box and pulled out the letter to read out loud,

" Dear Rose,

I'm happy you didn't question my previous letter and came here. Here in this room are all those people who are close to your heart, people who can be trusted with your secrets and past. Don't ask me who I am, because there won't be an answer. In the box you will find six books which are to read in order starting from first :vampire Academy, frostbite, shadow kissed, blood promise, spirit bound, and last sacrifice. These are your exact thoughts just on a paper. The purpose of this 'activity' will be revealed at the end. Enjoy reading. -anonymous

P. S. You don't need to leave the room unless you finish the task, all the things you will require are already there. "

As soon as rose finished reading it silence fell over. Only to be broken by, you guessed it the famous Rose Hathaway," what the fucking hell is this shit? "

Author's note : this is the prologue guys. I know there are many reading vampire Academy stories but give this a try. I promise you I'll regularly update. Won't let you hanging. Your criticism and thoughts would be appreciated a lot. Please tell me how you feel about it. Thank you for your time.