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Chapter 32

Rose POV:

My mind is racing, my heart is pounding as I frantically look for Kady inside of the wedding reception. I could see Dimitri joining me out of the corner of my eye, he had been slowed down by a Strigoi that seemed to come out of nowhere. Where the hell had these Strigoi come from, we enforced the wards every other day. I was gonna chew someone's ass out for this! But there was no time to worry about that now, all I knew was I had to protect Kady and Lissa.

"KADY! LISSA!" I yelled as I made my way through, taking any Strigoi who came my way. I saw Lissa next to Mia in the middle of the reception as Christian tried to protect them as some Strigoi grew closer. I ran towards them, I caught Christian's eye and gave him a knowing look. All of a sudden the Strigoi caught on fire, I began staking the Strigoi on my left and caught sight of Dimitri staking the ones to my right.

As I finished staking the last Strigoi, I turned to Lissa.

"Where is Katy?!" I asked frantically, staring into her emerald green eyes.

She looked astounded as her eyes widened.

"I don't know! I thought she was with you and Dimitri!" She said as desperately looked for Kady, she began to sob.

"Don't cry, we'll find her!" I said as I tried to convince myself.

"I need you to be strong. I. Need. You." I said as scanned the room for Katy.

All of a sudden two Strigoi came lunging at us, I swiftly turned around with my stake in hand. I charged at them with all the force that my body could allow. I delivered an uppercut punch that caught one of the Strigoi by surprise. Allowing me the opening i needed to stake him through the heart. As I turned my attention to the other Strigoi, I saw Dimitri staking him.

"We need to find her Dimitri" I said as I scanned the room once more.

'I know" he said.

I began to notice the last of the battles. Eddie and Abe were finishing up a Strigoi as Christian and Scarlett were setting two of them on fire. I searched to see if more Strigoi were coming but I couldn't see any coming through. I still kept my guard up as I moved through the reception, trying to grab a glimpse of Kady.

Maybe she took cover and was hiding somewhere in here, I thought. I saw Dimitri searching as I was and all of a sudden a hand grabbed my shoulder. I swiftly turned around, ready to punch. When I saw Eddie.

"What the hell! I almost knocked you out!" I yelled.

"I'm sorry.." said Eddie apologetic.

"I just came to tell you that all the visible Strigoi are down and that we are activating code 32" he said as he tried to catch his breathe.

I nodded.

"Gather the hurt and get to safety. Make sure Lissa and the others stay safe." I ordered.

"What about..you?" Eddie asked cautiously as concern filled his face.

"I need to find Kady and i'm not risking anyone else life" I said with somewhat of an authoritative tone.

"We need to find Kady" added Dimitri in a somewhat offended tone.

Only ten minutes ago did Dimitri learn that he was Katy biological father and I will never forget the way he reacted when he learned the truth.

"We're coming Rose." said Lissa with a fierce tone as she brought me back from my second long thought.

"No you're not Lissa, I can't worry about protecting you too and I don't have time to argue." I said in a half commanding voice.

"But-" Lissa said before I cut her off

"Either way, you need to heal the hurt." I said.

Lissa looked down knowing I was right. All of a sudden I heard a 'bark' and raced towards it, hoping Kady was with Harley. Dimitri ran right behind me as I set eyes on Harley.

"Oh my god..." I whispered as I saw the wounds on Harley. I frantically searched for Kady to appear.

Lissa ran over to my side to heal him. I looked at the direction he came from and saw a shadowy figure in the distance. I began to run towards it, stunning everyone but Dimitri. I could hear his footsteps not too far behind me as I quickened my pace. All I knew was I need to get to Kady, I needed to protect her.

As I grew closer, I noticed a small body on the sandy ground and recognized as Kady. I ran to her but a Strigoi-like figure got to her first. I clenched my teeth.

"Well, well.. It looks like mommy dearest has come to play-" said the Strigoi in a sinister voice, then looked behind me.

"Oh I stand corrected, it looks like daddy has come to play too" he continued to say as he looked at Kady's body slumped over his arm.

"Let her go you bastard! When I get to you-" I yelled enraged.

Dimitri suddenly grabbed my arm to hold me back, cutting me off which only enraged me more. As I observed this Strigoi, I noticed that he looked old but it was obvious that he was a moroi before the was turned. His voice broke my train of thought.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You really shouldn't make empty threats dear. Why promise such a thing to a child." He said in a chilling voice.

I glared at him as I pulled my arm from Dimitri's grip and took a few steps forward.

"Who are you? What do you want with Kady?" I said as viciously as possible.

The Strigoi rolled his eyes in annoyance before he began to speak again.

"My name is Nathan and you could say I'm the ringleader of this little circus.." he said as he moved his finger around in a circle with a smirk on his face.

"and as for your other question, well nothing. Well that's not entirely true, Kady was more of a snack. Well a delicious snack if I do say so myself." He said with a grin.

"You Bastard!" I yelled, I couldn't believe the words that had come out of his mouth.

"Now, now. Don't you want to hear the rest of my answer?-" he said in a smirking voice as he waited somewhat patiently.

I narrowed my eyes, ready to attack him as he continued.

"Honestly, you really should be blaming yourself and well your baby daddy for getting her into this mess.." he said in a calm yet obnoxious voice as he glanced at Kady.

Cautiously keeping an eye on them was the ever so silent Dimitri as I slowly continued to close the distance between me and Nathan.

"What do you mean?" i asked angrily as i started to lose my patience.

Nathan took a few steps forward, closing the distance more and suddenly stopped.

"I'll tell you what I mean, the only condition is you have to come closer so I can whisper it in your ear.." he said with a sinister smile.

Without a second thought.

"Only if you let Kady go first and let her go with Dimitri, Safely. I promise that I won't run." I said firmly.

"Rose-" said Dimitri before Nathan cut him off.

"Of course dear! It is you we want more anyway.." he smiled widely.

"Rose-" said with what seemed like a hint of worry but I told myself that it was for Kady sake.

I turned to Dimitri with a harden look on my face as I braced myself for what I was about to say.

"Dimitri stop! Just take care of Kady, okay? That is all I ask." I said in a commanding voice as my heart dropped even more than I thought possible.

I turned back around to face Nathan and whatever he had planned. I have to make sure my little angel is safe and I know her father will take care of her, no matter what. As I creeped closer to Nathan to grab Kady, I noticed that she started to wake up with a droggy look on her face.

As she widened her eyes and looked towards me.

"Mommy! Daddy! Help me! I'm scared.." She pleaded.

Her eyes full of fear because of me.

"I know angel, mommy promises that she'll get you out of this" I said as I tried to hold back my tears from her gut wrenching plea.

"Don't worry princess" said Dimitri from a far.

I hurried to her side and slowly grabbed her from Nathan's reluctant arm but before I fully had her. Nathan looked me straight in the eye.

"Remember our deal.. One wrong move and your little girl really will be an angel." he said with a chilling voice.