Drugged

by Requested

Scientists have come up with a way to allow dhampirs to have children but no one trusts that it works. Lissa realises that she must give the pill to someone close to her to get the dhampirs to see that it's ok. She chose me, Rose Belicov nee Hathaway but not everything went to plan...and now I'm stuck here, where no one can reach me and Dimitri is being prepared for his execution.

1. Chapter 1

There it was, inside that ornate golden box, the one thing that would change my life forever. I took a hesitant step forward trying to keep my face neutral for the cameras. The cameras that would broadcast this event to all of the moroi and dhampirs around the world. But the truth was, I was more scared than I had ever been in my entire life. And that was saying something. This wasn't something I could fight, nor was it something I could intimidate, this was something that would change my life forever and there was nothing I could do to change that. That one pill before me could enable dhampirs to have children. I looked up into Lissa's eyes. She had changed so much since she had become queen, but even now, under the mask of hope I saw worry spread across her features. Sensing my lapse of concentration, Dimitri squeezed my hand. That was another thing that had changed since I became a guardian. I had married the love of my life but the only reason I had been allowed to marry him was because of what was happening now. My whole future seemed to revolve around this event.

So, with a hand that I could barely stop from trembling I reached out to pick up the small pill. The distance between the box and my lips seemed extraordinary long but at last the pill touched my lips. I took a deep breath and then I swallowed the pill, washing it down with a glass of water. It was like the whole world turned into slow motion as I was escorted out of the royal court. Just thirty seconds after I had taken the pill, all hell broke loose.

They attacked from everywhere killing everyone in their path. They walked over the dead bodies of those that had fallen as if it were a red carpet of blood all of them heading towards where Lissa sat. Instinctively I tried to position myself between them and her but Dimitri's tight grasp moved me on. We turned a corner and he pushed against a wall, revealing a secret passage.

"You remember what she said Roza, you safety is before hers now. I will come back for you when the battle is over but I have to go and protect her now." Dimitri's eyes were full of love and despair. "I love you Roza and I love our baby too, remember that."

And then the door began to shut confining me to my hiding place just as a strigoi came round the corner and grabbed Dimitri by his neck.