Chapter One – One Strigoi attack too many
"Rose this is ridiculous. Hand me the stake before you hurt someone." Dimitri Belikov, Guardian and now mentor commanded his only student, Rose Hathaway.
She's scared and going to do something stupid. He reminded himself as he stood in front of her, holding his hand out for the stake Rose was holding on tightly to. Not too long ago they'd been in the car to a Guardian legend's home. Now they were there, and it wasn't pretty. Someone had attacked and killed the entire Badicas Household. They knew who the culprit was as soon as Rose uncovered the stake. Strigoi.
Never before had they seen an attack this…brutal.
While waiting for other Guardians to arrive, Dimitri was trying to get the silver stake – only thing effective enough to kill or hurt a Strigoi enough – but it wasn't going to well. Rose was unusually stubborn.
"Rose. Give me the stake." He repeated.
"What if there are more." She demanded growling at him more harshly then she'd intended.
She's scared. He reminded himself calmly.
"Roza." He used the word that meant her name in Russian. He knew it had worked as soon as she'd relaxed.
Rose loved it when he called her that. Especially after what had happened when they'd been under Victor's lust spell.
Noticing she was thinking, Dimitri softly pulled the stake from her grasp.
"How could this have happened? They had Guardians." Rose asked after a few minutes of silence. She knew this was something she'd have to get used to seeing. Death came with the profession.
"They were probably attacked a few nights ago. The Strigoi attacked in a group with human's maybe. They're up to something. We need to know what it is." He knew keeping things from her just made Rose angry.
"Will there be more attacks?" her voice seemed small as she asked.
"I don't know Roza." He answered softly.