Shadow Kiss
As I was struggling with Stan I realised that I was losing time to save Dimitri. So I relaxed and turned as if i was going to retreat but then I turned back around and punched him in the eye. As soon as I had done that I ran forward as fast as I could.
I made it to the entrance of the caves and staked all the Strigoi that were waiting with as much skill and grace as I could. Once they were done I surged forward to the blonde Strigoi and knocked him off Dimitri, who was only a dazed and had not been bitten. He looked at me and gave me a look of absolute love.
"Run!"
"I'm not going to leave you!"
"Run. Go, run now!"
With that he ran. I was following behind him when I felt a hand grasp my neck. I let out a scream and Dimitri turned around, frozen with shock. I was getting dragged back into the cave. I gave him a look that said to run when he started coming back into the cave. With that he ran. He probably only ran to go get back up. As soon as he was out of the cave I turned around in my captors grasp.
It was the blond Strigoi. His hands grasped around my neck. I could barely breathe. I struggled against his grasp until I landed a kick in his crutch. He dropped me and I barely had enough time to grab my stake I had dropped in the struggle.
He came at me. We started getting into a heated battle when I stumbled. That was all he needed. He knocked my feet out from under me and then pinned me. He leant down next to my ear to tell me something.
"You are going to die an excruciatingly painful death. You could have been the last Dragomir's guardian but not anymore. If you let me turn your lover I would have left you alone but you had to save him."
With that statement he bit my neck. It was excruciating but I struggled against him until I managed to push him off. I brought my stake up to scratch him across the face but he caught my hand. He stabbed me with the stake in my thigh. Next he grabbed my hair and slammed my head against the cave wall, as he trod on my ankle efficiently breaking it.
I saw black spots in my vision and my wounds were killing my slowly and painfully but I still fought on. After my vision cleared I reared forward with strength and speed he wasn't expecting. That second surprise was all it took to jam my stake into his heart.
After I checked to see if he was dead I pulled my stake out and ran. Even though my thigh and neck were bleeding, my ankle was broken and I probably had a concussion, I ran as fast as I could back to the academy.
When I made it back to just before the wards I saw a figure. I realized that the figure was Stan. He saw me and thought I was a threat. He pounced on me with his stake raised until he saw it was me.
"Hathaway! What are you doing here? We thought you were dead or worse."
By this point in time he saw that I was struggling to stand upright. He quickly said something over his radio and came over to me. He told me sit down and that help was on the way.
The help was in the form of one tall, dark and scorching sexy Russian god. He spoke to Stan for a second and then turned towards me. He looked shocked that I had made it.
"Roza. Roza is that really you?"
"Comrade. It's good to see you too. Did you have such little faith in me?"
We were now at arm's length away. I was swaying like crazy on my feet and he only just caught me when I collapsed.
"Roza. I'm taking you to the clinic now. Please stay with me."
My vision was getting darker and I was having trouble staying awake. We were half way to the clinic when a figure with red hair caught my eye. She saw me and ran as fast as she could.
"Rose! You're alive. Please don't leave us now."
My last words before the love bliss of oblivion overtook me were:
"Don't let Lissa or Adrian heal me."
Dimtri POV
The blonde Strigoi surprised me and I faltered. I saw Rose and she started to run back towards the cave when Stan stopped her. For all the disagreements and grievances we've had I was glad he stopped her.
The blonde Strigoi was on top of me now about to bite me when he was knocked off. I stood up quickly and saw Rose standing there. She took one look at me and yelled.
"Run."
"I'm not going to leave you"
"Run. Run, go now!"
With that we took off running towards the entrance when I heard her scream. I turned back and saw her being dragged back into the cave by the Strigoi. I started to go back for her when I saw her telling me to leave with her eyes.
I ran as fast as I could towards the academy. When I got there Stan was patrolling the wards and he saw me. He looked at me confused.
"Where's Hathaway?"
"She got dragged back in. We need to get back up and go help her!"
"We can't Belikov. She'll be dead by the time we get there."
Those words sent a ripple of fear through me. I knew he was right but I still couldn't believe that she could be dead.
"Go get checked out at the clinic and get yourself cleaned up"
With one last sparing glance towards the caves I went to the clinic. When I got there Lissa and Adrian were healing people. Both of then saw me and rushed over.
"Where's Rose? Is she alright?"
"Roza didn't make it back. She risked her life to save me and lost hers. I'm so sorry."
Lissa broke down tears and Adrian tried to calm her down. He gave me a look and I left to my room.
I had a shower and was just about to go to sleep when my radio started going off.
It was Stan.
What could he want, I thought as I answered his call.
"Belikov. It's Alto. You need to come down here immediately."
With that I left. I ran towards where I last saw him. He was still there. I walked over to him.
"What do you want? What was so urgent?"
"Look over at the base of that tree."
I turned to where he said and saw the most beautiful sight. It was my Roza. She was battered and bruised but she was alive.
I walked briskly over to her and saw she was more than battered and bruised. She had a biite mark on her neck which was bleeding, a stab wound on her thigh which was bleeding extensively and probably a concussion.
"Roza. Roza is that really you?"
"Comrade. It's good to see you too. Did you have such little faith in me?"
She was swaying like crazy now and then she suddenly collapsed. I barely had enough time to catch her. I picked her up and ran.
I saw her eyes starting to close. We were half way to the clinic when I noticed Roza looking at something or someone. It was her mother, who had probably heard the news.
By this time Roza was having a hard time staying awake and just as we burst into the clinic she spoke.
"Don't let Lissa or Adrian heal me."
With that she passed out. With all the noise I had caused Lissa and Adrian came to see what was happening. They took one look at Rose in my arms and ran over. Lissa was just about to heal her.
"NO! Don't. She doesn't want you to heal her."
Lissa looked at me like I was crazy but then Janine spoke.
"It's true. She said it just before she passed out."
I couldn't believe that she wouldn't want Lissa to heal. Then I thought back to last night. The darkness consumed her and she nearly killed a royal.