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Come Back
Chapter One, The Cell
"Rose?" Lisa's tentative voice came from the front of the cell. I could see her in the dim light radiating from the hallway but from where I sat, huddled on the far end of the small cot in the shadows, the most she would have been able to see of me would be my outline. "Rose, It's me, Lisa. Will you please talk to me?" I could feel her pity and sense of helplessness through the bond as she craned her neck to try to see me. "Rose, please." A tear fell down her cheek and she swallowed a strangled sob. "I miss you, please talk to me." She sniffled and bit her lip. I felt horrible for hurting her, but I was too covered in self pity and hate to act on my feelings. It was better that she didn't see me anyways. Better for her to remember me fighting and proud than curled up in a locked cell. If I stayed quiet enough, maybe she would think that I was in a completely different cell and leave. "Rose, I know you're in there, you're just being stubborn." So much for that. "And I'm not leaving until you talk to me." Her bottom lip trembled as she turned her back to the cell, and slid, leaning against the cell bars, to a sitting position. She inhaled a brave breath and started talking again. "It's total chaos out there, rose. They have to vote on a new monarch, but with all of the debate still concerning the age limit for Dhampirs and letting Moroi fight, no one candidate will do. There are tons of arguments and debates." My curiosity won over. "Are you running?" I asked. Lisa seemed startled at first, turning around sharply to stare into the shadowy depths of the cell, but my speaking hadn't improved her vision. She huffed a pouty breath and turned back around to lean against the bars. "Wouldn't you know?" I knew exactly what she was talking about. I figured that she would assume that I'd be spying on her, but she was wrong. "No." I said tonelessly. Lisa kept quiet, waiting for an explanation, but when none came she continued. "I'm not running. I don't want to be queen. I want to got to college and have a normal life. I though you would have known that." She said dejectedly. "I did." I had assumed that Lisa hadn't wanted a life as a queen, but maybe she had found out something about it that made her change her mind. " Tasha's running." That got my interest. " Really? How's she doing?" I asked, my self pity forgotten. " Like I said, There's so much debate and so many subjects of argument that there aren't a lot of people who agree completely with any one of the candidates, but she is doing pretty well. A lot of people are actually starting to consider getting rid of the new age limit for Dhampirs and letting the moroi who want to fight fight. The next words that came out of my mouth were hesitant. I wanted to know, but didn't at the same time. "Has Dimitri come back?" Lisa was silent for a few moments. "No." Dimitri had left right after my first trial. No one knew where or why he went. He had slipped out among the chaos of my capture. Crowds of people had swarmed the authorities and judges, some claiming to have evidence confirming my innocence and some demanding that I be put to death immediately. " Rose, I'm sure he'll be back. He wouldn't just leave you here." Lisa said reasonably. "He's probably off doing something to help your cause." A small burst of hope came at her last sentence, but it disappeared just as quickly. Dimitri had left me. Ever since he came back, a war had started waging in my heart. His claims that his love had fated and his avoidance of me battling against his protectiveness for me when the guardians had come to take me away. Because of recent events leading me to believe that I would be dead within the week, my pessimism had won over. Dimitri didn't love me anymore and he wasn't coming back. He had left simply because he didn't have any reason to stay. "Rose, I'm sure he-" "Visitation hours are up, Princess Dragomir." A guardian had appeared at the end of the long hallway. "Bye Rose, I'll be back tomorrow." She reached her arm as far as it could go through the bars. "Everything will be okay." I seriously doubted that, but he intensions were good. My heart had softened a bit from the talk about Dimitri, and enough reason had come forward for me to realize that Lisa was still my best friend. I swallowed my pride, turned around and squeezed her hand. "Right, everything will be okay." Better for her to have hope at least. I watched her until the thick steel door swung closed after her, cutting off my vision, then I curled up on the bed as sleep began to enfold me. Dimitri's face swam in my thoughts and dreams.