"Hey, Rose, call me when you're done studying and I'll meet you here so we can walk back to our rooms together." Lissa called to me as she walked out of the library to go hang out with Christian.

"K." I called back even though I'm pretty sure she couldn't here me by now. Ugh. I had so much studying to do since I've blown off studying for the last two weeks and now finals were tomorrow. If only I had my super bad ass mentor here to help make this studying easier. No. I had to stop thinking about him. Dimitri left and he's not coming back.

A couple weeks ago, about the time that I should have started studying for finals, the Guardians said they needed him to go to some high class school in Seattle after they got attacked. And a recent letter I received from him told me that they needed him to fill a teaching position as well as his guardian duties, so he would not be coming back to St. Vladimir.

I've tried so many times to transfer but they only said I could go if I got Marked like the rest of the people who go there. Marked? What the hell does that even mean? I had to get good grades and get a recommendation from my teachers? If that was it then I would never get in.

Just then Eddie Castile walked in the library and sat down by me.

"Still studying for finals, Hathaway?" he asked, "You know you already have half of it down, you just need to finish the studying part for the other half."

At St. Vladimir's, for finals, the dhampirs, like me, had two parts for their finals. Half was basic school knowledge and half was combat training so we could become guardians and protect moroi.

"Ha-ha," I replied sarcastically, "All of my awesome guardian moves will be put to shame if I don't pass the rest of these damn finals. I don't even want to know what would happen if I didn't become a guardian. I would probably become a blood whore and spend the rest of my life raising my children."

"Ah, Rose, you know that wont happen. You'll pass these finals and become Lissa's guardian. Then you two can cause as much trouble as you want."

"If I become Lissa's Guardian."

"I've had enough of you crappy attitude. Now listen to me. You're going to pass these finals and become Lissa's guardian and live happily ever after. OK?" Eddie said with determination in his voice.

" I hope so."

"You know what? I'm going to leave you alone now so you can study then I'll know for sure you're going to pass these finals with flying colors."

"Fine. But if you see Lissa tell her I'm almost done."

"K. Bye Rose."

"Bye," I said as he walked out of the library. I sat there staring at book after book for about a half hour when I decided I'd had enough. I was planning on going right to sleep when I got back to my room so I didn't bother calling Lissa. Besides she was probably still with Christian.

I was walking out of the library when I saw him. He had a weird moon thing on his forehead with tattoos surrounding it on his face. And he was looking right at me. Oh god, I thought. What kind of trouble could I have got in that it would have to involve some weird hippie who was obsessed with tattoos. Then he spoke.

"Rosemarie Hathaway! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night." He pointed his finger at me as my forehead exploded in pain. Then I blacked out.