He scanned the crowd of bloodied and wounded guardians with distressed eyes. Even with his sharp eyesight, he was still unable to catch sight of the hazel brown hair that he had grown fond of and loved. A strange unfamiliar panic bubbled up within him. Swallowing the emotion, he reached toward the closest guardian he could find. Serena Romanov. Her face was caked with dried blood and her dark brown hair was matted with sweat and dirt. She bowed slightly as a greeting.

"Lord Mazur."

He nodded his head to her half heartedly before focusing on the immediate problem at hand.

"Have you seen Rose?" he asked, his eyes flitting from face to face frantically.

A shocked expression crossed her face before she regained her composure and shook her head remorsely, although the worried glint in her eye hadn't left.

"No sir. I haven't seen her since this morning."

He struggled to keep his emotions in check but failed, miserably. Without his consent, a few distressed tears formed at his eyes, shocking Serena incredibly as she had never seen her boss cry.

"The where is she then?" he snapped, his eyes developing a half crazed light in them, tears shining.

She shook her head anxiously, mildly frightened by his mental stability. "She might be with Guardian Taurus. He was with her last time I checked."

Managing to keep his cool, he nodded stiffly and, with a quick 'thank you', returned to searching for the only person he kept close to his heart.

"Guardian Taurus!" he shouted as he caught sight of the familiar blonde head. In his disoriented state, he barely registered Taurus's shimmering eyes. But when he did, his breath caught, his heart stopped, his mouth dropped. He was afraid to ask the question but knew it was the only way to find out the truth.

"Where is she?" he asked in a voice barely audible even to Dhampir ears. The emotion carried in that one question shocked Taurus and the surrounding guardians within earshot till no end. But, considering this was her he was talking about, it would be hard to repress their sorrow. Not trusting himself to speak, he instead shook his head. It all happened in a second. A hard weight thrust itself upon him, his back collided with something hard and rough and he realized with shock that he had been pinned against the tree by the angry mobster.

"Where is she?" he screamed madly.

His hands shook with desperation and he suddenly found it hard to breathe. Guardian Taurus hung his head in shame.

"They took her. They knocked me unconscious and took her."

His voice broke and two lines of moisture snaked down his cheeks.

The mobster broke down all together. His limp hand dropped from Taurus's shoulder, where he had pinned him, and he dropped to his knees. Choked sobs escaped his throat. His hands moved to cover his face before the tears leaked out. His shoulders shook.

Rosemarie Mazur had been taken by Strigoi.


Yes, yes, yes. I know what you all are thinking. 'Ugh, she's done another one' I know I probably deserved that but seriously, can you blame me? So many raw ideas just bursting at the seams! Anyway, this is the super short prologue. Hope you like it. Remember to still REVIEW to this event after I upload the next chapter.