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Missing

I was standing in my bedroom staring out the window as I looked over the horizon. Rose was missing now for two days and I was worried sick. I couldn't stop thinking about her and where she might be. If anything was to happen to Rose, I don't know what I would do. If only I had some clue to where she had gone but there was nothing and I couldn't help feeling that time was running out to find her and the others.

When I found out Rose was gone, I was on my way to find Tasha to tell her my decision about being her Guardian. Janine Hathaway ran up to me in the hall, and said that the guard at the North Gate said Rose and Lissa's boyfriend, Christian, had left the resort. I instantly started to panic. Why would she do that especially with Christian? Janine and I instantly went to tell the other Guardians. Alberta decided to do a head count of the other novices and Moroi there to see if anyone else was missing. That's when we discovered that Eddie, Mia, and the boy Rose was sort of dating, Mason, were gone. This only created more alarm in me. What happened that made them leave?

After the headcount, Janine and I talked to Lissa to see if she knew where they went. Lissa told us she didn't even know they had left and had no clue where they could be. I instantly knew something was wrong. Rose would never leave without telling Lissa where she was going. She also wouldn't have left Lissa here if she thought she was going to be gone that long. Fear started to course thru my veins.

Immediately me and some other Guardians went to search for them. They had only been a gone a few hours so hopefully we would catch them walking down the road or close by or at least I was hoping that would be the case. We drove around and around not finding anything and finally got to the nearest town. We split up and asked any local we saw if they seen them and all we kept getting was no. Finally we went to the bus station asking around there but still got the same answer, nobody had seen them. It was about to get dark so Alberta ordered all the Guardians back to the resort, not wanting to leave the Moroi at the resort unprotected at night. But I didn't want to stop searching not until I had found Rose. I knew the more time that passed the less likely the chances were of finding them.

I tried to convince Alberta to let me and Janine continue looking but she said we were needed back at the resort. Plus we didn't have any information of where they went or why they had gone. She said that she was going to alert spy's that we have living in the human world to keep a look out for them and report back if they heard anything. With that, I reluctantly gave in and went back to the resort. I was afraid if I threw too much of a fuss over the search being stopped, they would see my true feelings for Rose.

When we got back to the resort, I stayed with Tasha for a little while trying to console her over her worry for Christian, the only family she had left. Plus it helped keep my mind off the anxiety I was feeling for Rose. The time seemed to crawl by and still no word from any of the spies about their location. The more time that passed the more I knew they had to be in trouble which gave me a sense of helplessness, since I had no clue where they were at. After a few hours, I told Tasha I was going to go to my room for a bit of rest. I needed some time by myself where I didn't have to hide my feelings about Rose.

Still staring out the window, I kept picturing the last time I saw Rose, looking so beautiful in that dress she was wearing at the dance. It bothered me that Rose hadn't come to me for help. Yeah we had been fighting the last few weeks mainly because of jealously but she should still know that I would do anything for her. I was having a hard time staying positive. No matter how hard I tried not to think about something bad happening to Rose, I couldn't stop myself. I wished that I had told her my feelings that night on the balcony

At the dance, Janine had embarrassed Rose when she saw Rose talking to Adrian making Janine drag Rose out by her arm. I decided to check on Rose knowing she would be upset even though I knew that it really wasn't a good idea for me to be alone with her especially in that dress. I found here out on the balcony sitting alone. She told me what happened between her and her mom then out of the blue, she said I should take the deal with Tasha. I was shocked and hurt at first thinking she didn't want me around and wanted me to go away. But with sadness weighing on her voice she told me, she just wanted me to be happy filling me with the same sadness she felt. I knew exactly how she was feeling because I felt the same way when I thought about Rose being with somebody else, a constant ache in my heart.

Every time I thought about my feelings for Rose it made me sad, sad that I could never be with Rose and she could never be mine. I had wanted to tell her how I felt. That I could never be happy without her because the one thing I wanted more than anything I could never have but I knew that would have made our situation worse. So I just said "Roza" and held her trying to make her pain go away but I knew it wouldn't.

I was still staring out the window when I whispered to myself, "Oh Rose, Where can you be?" With that I turned around making my way to my bed. I had to find something to take my mind off of Rose and the dread I was feeling. Lying down on my bed, I picked up the western novel I was reading. I had only read a few pages when an urgent knock came at my door. I quickly sat up, my heart started to race. Maybe it was information on Rose; I got up quickly making my way to the door.

I opened the door and was surprised to see Adrian. Adrian and I really didn't like each other. Adrian was trying his hardest to get with Rose, which infuriated me and somehow he knew it. He also had figured out my feelings for Rose which made me worry that he might turn me in. But so far he had kept his mouth shut. I didn't want Rose to be with him for numerous reasons the main one being his reputation. I knew Adrian's reputation when it came to woman. He was a womanizer and I didn't want Rose to be hurt by him.

"Adrian," I said, "This is a surprise."

"Yeah, yeah," He said, "I'm here because I have talked to Rose." I soon as he said it relief flooded my body, Rose is Alive. Joy swept thru me even though I couldn't help but feel some jealousy towards Adrian over Rose calling him instead of me. But I let it go, just being grateful that we finally had some information about Rose and the others.

"When did you talk to her? Are they alright, has anything happened to them." I said my excitement showing, over finally getting some news.

"I talked to her not long ago in her dream." I looked at Adrian with a puzzled look on my face and started to wonder if he just came here to mess with my emotions.

"Dream, what on Earth are you talking about?" I said skeptically

"Well, I'm a spirit user like Lissa and that's what my gift is the ability to enter people's dreams." Adrian said, "I'd been trying to get in her dreams ever since we found out she was missing but she has been keeping her self-awake for some reason." Hearing this made my anxiety increase.

"Well what did you see? What did she tell you?" I asked

"All she was able to tell me was something about Eddie and Christian needing help and that they were being held prisoner in the basement of a house in a cul-de-sac." Adrian said worry showing on his face. "Also I think they might be in a different city because she said "We are in the city of…." When we got cutoff." Hearing this caused panic to surge thru me. Oh no we had to find them and fast.

"Did she say who had them?" I said frantically not able to keep the panic out of my voice.

"No, I told you everything she said." Adrian said.

I started to pace back and forth in my room trying to think of anywhere they could be. Then it hit me, a conversation I had with Rose when I told her about the Strigoi in Spokane at a house in a cul-de-sac. Instantly I was gripped by terror so strong it felt like I was going to pass out. All I could think about was Rose in the hands of a Strigoi.

I turned toward Adrian and said, "I think I know where they went." And with that Adrian and I went straight to Janine and Alberta to get a team together to go rescue them.