It was early in the morning at the academy, the sun just started setting. Everyone was still asleep except for me and my little group of friends. Today was the last day I'd be here because of my overly protected father, Abe Mazur. Let me fill you in.. A day after my return from my suicide mission to kill the love of my life I discovered I had failed. I had received a little packet that had the stake I used to stake him in it and a letter saying that he'll be after me. I decided to only tell my best friend Lissa about it since the last time I kept secrets from her didn't end well. Lissa was scared to death for me and told my mom, Janine Hathaway one of the best guardians ever. My mom contacted Abe and he insisted I'd go into hiding while he put his people on a mission to kill Dimitri. I protested of course but like many I couldn't win from Abe Mazur. With the power he had Abe pulled a few favors to let me graduate early and get me the promise mark.
"Come in!" I answered as I heard a knock on the door of my room. The door opened revealing my mom in the opening.
"I thought you might needed some help with your bags." She explained entering my room a little.
I smiled at her nodding slightly. My mom and I have always been far from having the ideal mother-daughter relationship, but lately she's been really trying. We weren't close now but slowly we were getting somewhere.
"Here, can you please take this to the plane for me? I think I need a few moments alone here." I smiled sadly while handing her my bag.
"Of course. Just don't take too long, your friends are getting impatient outside." She started walking away but turned around to look at me. "Oh, and Rose?"
"Yes?"
"I love you." She said looking uneasy. It was hard for her letting her guard down and opening up to people.
Then I did something I still feel weird doing, I stood up and hugged her. "I'm so scared mom." I confessed to her and I felt my voice crack.
"Don't be. Your father is on it, you will be safe. I promise." She said with confidence in her voice that calmed me.
"I love you too." I said. I've let go of her and walked over to the bed where my backpack lay. I put it on and walked towards the door where my mom was standing.
I glanced around the room once more before turning off the lights and closing the door. "I'll be out in moment. I just need to go somewhere first." I said as we parted ways. In silence I walked the hallway I've walked a thousand times before. Finally I stopped in front of the door at the end of the hallway. I took a deep breath and slowly opened it, knowing this would be the last time I'd ever be here. It was the gym me and Dimitri always had our morning and afterschool training sessions. The place where he'd pinned me down to the floor countless times until I was strong and quick enough to turn the table around. The place we'd forget about all the pretense and could let ourselves go in a good fight. Dimitri would always be early listening to his awful music or reading a different cowboy novel. I always teased him but those were one of the reasons why I loved him. And if I got lucky we'd steal a few kisses from each other, or he'd find an excuse to touch my hair he loved so much. without noticing I had taken a seat on the floor. I didn't even notice someone entered the room until someone snapped me out of my flashbacks.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Lissa said taking a seat next to me.
"It's okay." I said barely louder than a whisper. "How did you find me her? I thought the bond only worked one way." I joked trying to keep myself together.
"I don't need a bond to know that you'd be here." Lissa said while wrapping her arms around me. "Don't cry." She whispered to me.
I wrapped my arms around her almost clinging onto her. I hadn't even noticed I started crying, hell I didn't even know how fragile I really felt. We sat like this for a moment in comfortable silence.
"I wish I could come with you." Lissa said through the bond as regret and pain filled her mind and on through me.
I pulled away from the embrace to look at her. She looked sad and silent tears were falling from her jade green eyes.
"It's all my fault that you have to leave. I'm so sorry Rose."
"Don't think that Liss! What you did was good. This way we'll be together one day like it was supposed to be. I wish you could come too but you are Princess Vasilisa Dragomir. You are too precious, you belong at court." I said with as much confidence as I could.
Lissa nodded and hugged me again while letting out a loud sob. "Just promise me you'll be safe!"
"I will. I'll come to court in no time, ready to take my place as your guardian." I smiled through my tears. "I love you Lissa, you're my sister."