Rose POV
I stare in horror as the blonde Strigoi has Dimitri pinned to the ground. No no no. I lunge towards the Strigoi and he was caught by surprise. He stumbles to the ground with me on top of him. Suddenly the Strigois hands grab my shoulders and pins me to the ground. I gasp. The Strigoi snarls and brings his fangs to my neck. I hear someone scream my name then everything goes black.
Dimitri POV
'ROSE!' I scream but its too late. The Strigois fangs sink into her neck and her face goes slack. This cant be happening. It cant! I am stuck to the ground frozen. Rose cant be gone. Someone grabs my wrist and pulls me away to the exit. 'NO! ROSE IS BACK THERE! NO! I HAVE TO GO SAVE HER!' I scream. The person faces me. Janine Hathaway. 'Dimitri. She's... gone' she chokes out with tears threatening to spill out. I shake my head and run still unable to believe what just happened.
I sit on the bench staring blankly at... nothing. I feel a hand on mine. Lissa. 'Hey Dimitri. Do you know where Rose is? I thought she might've been with you' she asks. No one told her? 'Lissa, Rose isn't here' I manage to say. Lissa frowns 'Then where is she?'. 'Rose went down fighting the Strigoi' I whisper before my voice cracks and tears trickle down my cheeks. Lissa widens her eyes and her lower lip trembles 'Don't say that Dimitri! Stop joking!' she says. I turn my face to her to let her see the tears on my cheeks. Lissas face goes blank then she starts crying 'Th-that must b-be why I-I cant f-feel the bond a-anymore because R-Rose is d-dead'. The 'dead' word hits me hard in the stomach.
I wake up next morning yawning and murmur 'Roza...'. My voice trails off as the events of last night replay over my head. Suddenly someone bursts into my room. Its Lissa. She's gasping and taking heavy breaths. 'Lissa? Whats wrong?' I say. 'I-Its something about Rose' Lissa gasps. Roses name is like someone rang an alarm bell near my ear. 'WHAT? WHAT WITH ROSE!' I yell. 'I cant really feel her but I sort of can but somethings not right' Lissa says blinking uncertainly. Rose is alive? The bond still works? 'Is Rose alive?' I say excitedly. That means I can still find her. Lissas eyes widen and she clamps her hand over her mouth. 'What? Whats wrong?' I say anxiously. Lissa sits down on the bed next to me and swallows 'Rose. Shes Strigoi'.
Strigoi? STRIGOI? Blood sucking innocent people and cruel and cold? Rose isn't like that. 'No she cant be a Strigoi' I say my voice barely above a whisper. Lissa hiccups and nods whimpering. I feel pain and then anger towards myself. Why didn't I save her! I could've saved her but I just stood there like an idiot. I remember the conversation me and Rose had when she had gone shopping with Natalie, Lissa, Victor Dashkov and me. We both agreed that we'd rather die than become Strigoi. I have to save her from being a Strigoi. I have to go hunt her down and... I have to kill her.