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I was pissed. Ever since the little mess with the whole me breaking back into court after breaking out after being accused of murder, and what not, guardians sometimes still gave me a hard time. Even though Lissa went out of her way to try and stop it. Today is was Guardian Nikolai Vaslo. I saw a lot of him since he was the guardian in charge of Lissa's personal suite at court. I knew she was in there and desperately needed to see her and Nik wasn't letting me thorough.
"I'm sorry Guardian Hathaway" I still got chills sometimes at the title, " But, I've been given specific instructions by the queen not to allow anyone through these doors." He touched the earpiece with his finger, some new guardian technology, as he ignored the fierce glare I was giving him.
"If you'll go down to the lower level, you'll find the queen there waiting for you, near the entrance to the landing pad."
My annoyance turned to confusion almost instantly. I hadn't been to that landing pad since coming back from Vegas.
"Okay, well did they say why?"
"No." I stomped away in frustration. All I wanted was to vent to Lissa about how Dimitri had blown me off twice in as many days. A shiver ran through me at the thought of him. I shoved those feelings down 'pissed, not excited' I silently chastised myself.
I took the stairs two at a time, not wanting to wait for the elevator, until I reached the exit door, and sure enough there was Lissa surrounded by guardians; including Dimitri. I threw him a hasty glare before returning my attention to Lissa.
"Liss, can you please tell me what all this is about." I said gesturing around to the scene before us, which included 2 private jets and a foray of guardians.
"Airports, extreme secrecy, thought this was your scene Rose." said a slim figure appearing from behind me. I lightly punched Christians arm as he dutifully went to Lissa's side. They held hands and smiled a very secretive that irritated smile.
I threw my hands up in exasperation.
"Look guys, I thought after the whole Jill thing was taken care of, our lives would be a little more secret free."
"Rose, stop being so dramatic. We're going on vacation, not out on a strigoi hunt!" said Lissa
Vacation? Where could we possibly be going?
Dimitri was suddenly at my side.
"So this is what all of the ignoring me was about? You weren't avoiding me?"
He rubbed my arms gently before running his hands through my hair to move a few strands out of my face.
"Roza , nothing could make me avoid you. Well at the exception of you trying to cook dinner." I grimaced at the thought of a few weeks back when my attempt at a romantic dinner turned into me almost burning down our apartment below Lissa's.
He pressed a kiss to my forehead and I smiled, forgetting my earlier bitchy feelings.
It was spring break so Lissa and Christian were off from school, so why not indulge in some fun. God knows I needed some; sitting through Lissa's classes was worse than being in high school.
"I don't have anything packed though." I was being led to a plane and was trying to halt my pursuit as I thought of the Betsey Johnson bikini sitting in my top drawer that was a present from Lissa.
Dimitri and Lissa smiled at each other again, and I had a feeling that us leaving was only part of the secrecy.
"Will someone give me a fucking clue as to what is going on please?"
"First of all, your stuff is already packed and on the plane." Said Lissa. That's when I noticed that both jets were prepared with attendants at the doors.
"Second, we're going on vacation, just not together. Don't look at me like that Rose, me and Christian are going to a secret location and we'll have four guardians with us" I still didn't like the idea of leaving her. Dimitri's grip was tightening and it seemed there was no way I was going to win an argument with them. So instead, I hugged them both goodbye, lingering a bit with Lissa.
"Have fun…where you're going." She said as a tear ran down her eye.
"Liss, is something going on here. Like is someone threatening to assassinate me and you're shipping me off?" She laughed and kissed my cheek.
"Not even close Rose. Love you see you in a week." They boarded their plane just as me and Dimitri boarded ours.
"Any chance you're going to fill me in on where we're going comrade?" I asked biting down on my lip a little in a way that I knew would get his attention. He bit it right back when he kissed me.
"You remember the corn palace right?" I raised my brow in disbelief as he smirked and settled into his seat. This was going to be a very interesting flight.