I screeched as they ripped my arms back, loud cracks from where they tore them nearly off. I sagged to the floor. I was giving up. I couldn't deal with anymore, not with useless arms. I heard my name being screamed as the blonde Strogoi shoved my head to the side. My eyes moved past his head to where my mother and others were debating on coming to save me, but it was too late. The others were trying to convince Dimitri to leave me. I watched him, my lips opened to shout to him but a sob wretched my throat. His fangs sank in after giving me his blood. I was going to be turned and I knew Dimitri was still watching. I was losing consciousness. I gathered my strength.
"Go." I yelled at him. He was fighting back everything he knew for me. "Leave comrade, it's too late." He was torn and I knew he was going to leave, but I also knew how much he didn't want to. My eyes began to close as the shadows surrounded me. I was dead. I looked down at my body, turning to look at Dimitri. Mason was beside me.
"We're stuck here…" he said sadly to me. "I'll go with you."
"I'm meant to turn."
"Your soul will be attached to that monster once you awaken." I just stared at him. He knew my next question. "You only have about three hours." I ran after Dimitri, keeping up fairly easily. I followed him all the way back to campus where he went to find Lissa. He found them in the library, sitting together as they awaited news. He stopped a few feet away, looking like he was debating telling them. He took a deep breath and stepped forward, everyone looking at him.
"Where's Rose?" Lissa asked, jumping up. Dimitri looked away and the look on his face nearly killed me all over again. "Oh…" she sat back down and stared at the table.
"Rose was… taken at the last second." He tried to say steadily. I walked over to Lissa, touching her shoulder gently. She didn't feel it though. "We weren't going back in after her."
"Why not?" Lissa demanded, her face streaked with silent tears.
"They didn't want to risk more lives." I looked at them all, Adrian staring at me… or at least where I was. "She did her duty and died in honor."
"She shouldn't have died at all." I looked at Mason.
"I need to tell them something…" I begged. He looked sad.
"You can touch her mind so she can see you… but your time is almost up." I reached my hand into her head, not feeling anything but willing myself to be seen by her. She gasped, touching where my hand was. She looked over at me. She didn't say anything.
"My time is almost up Lissa. I have so much to tell you. I'm going to be a Strogoi and they will want me to kill you. Don't feel bad or sad. Tell Dimitri I love him and that he did the right thing leaving me behind because I didn't want him to suffer like I was. Tell Christian Ana and Vladimir. Tell Adrian that my soul is stuck with my form and to try magic with me. Tell Eddie Mason is fine, he's with me right now. I love you Liss. Don't try and find me, don't try saving me. I'll be okay. Don't risk yourself." I wiped away a tear. "Tell Dimitri Russia is supposed to be beautiful this time of year… and tell him… God I have so much I want to say. Tell them all I'm sorry for letting them down." I withdrew my hand and she went out of the daze from listening to my voice. Everyone was watching her with curiosity and worry.
"I heard her…" she rubbed her head. The scene around me was becoming blurry. I looked at Mason.
"Watch after them…" he nodded.
That's how I got here. I was sitting on the giant bed a few train trips away from Dimitri's home town. My other self was studying herself in the mirror. She first stole money from the richest families of the human world, ensuring her unlimited money source. She planned to kill the leader she followed and lead the strogoi into war. I was admiring how beautiful I looked, minus the red eyes. She was kind of slutty though. She was dressed in a pair of very low riding light wash skinny jeans with rips and tears then she had on this black tank top that was split down the middle in the front but tied between her breasts and her heels were very large.
"Are you ready Rosemarie?" Nathan, that blonde strogoi from the attack, asked her. "The others are waiting."
"I'll be down in a minute Nathan." She had the voice of a harsh angel. I was watching her, letting myself be seen to her. "Why do you still stick around?" she asked rather rudely.
"I'm tied to you. I wish I could move on from being your bitch." I snarled at her. "You've turned my body into a whore's."
"There isn't anything wrong with that." I disappeared after that. This sucked, it has been months since I was turned, nearly seven if I counted correctly. I wish for someone to stake me already.