BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
It's been 2 short weeks since I came back to the Academy, and let me tell you, life sucks! First of all, I constantly get freaky nightmares. I'm Rose Hathaway. I've slain more Strigoi than anyone my age. I've engaged countless battles with them! Okay, maybe you can count them, but the point is; I'm a badass Strigoi killer! I'm not supposed to get nightmares! Secondly, Adrian is still writing his essay about why he'd be such an excellent boyfriend and frankly, I'm scared about what he'll write. Though, it seems that he really wants me. Not just in a sexual way. He's sweet, he honestly cares about me, and he did help me out a lot when I went off to find Dimitri… Oh, Dimitri… I still haven't figured out a way to break Victor out of jail so he can spill the whereabouts of his spirit-using, half-brother, Robert Doru. Victor is the only one who knows where he is. We need to find Robert because apparently, he restored a Strigoi to life.
Yes. I am going to investigate any possible way to change Dimitri and transform him back to his normal, godly, loving Dhampir self again. I'll do whatever it takes. Except, how am I going to break it to Lissa when I have to tell her that the reason we're going on this crazy mission is to free the guy who tormented her and persuaded his own daughter to turn Strigoi, just so that I could know more about his half-brother? I think she'll understand though… She knows how I love him and besides, she said that she would want to come with me on my next operation.
I got dressed for the day and sauntered over to my first class, which is a combat class. Thank God. It's one thing to take my anger out on. I get in class a few minutes early and I spend my time stretching and chatting with the others in my class. I can't believe I'm graduating in 2 months. I can't wait to get out of this place.
When class started, I found Eddie and began with the training. I fired up my combat skills by letting my anger flow out of my heart and into my body. Dimitri, I thought of him. My love… Why has fate done this to me? Why did it have to be him? Why did he have to turn into a Strigoi? Would he have said that he loved me if he had the time to? These thoughts pass my mind as I fight, dodging Eddie's punch and landing one right on his stomach. He gets winded and falls to the floor. He hastily gets up before I could hit him again and gave me a powerful kick on the hip. Ow. That hurt. With my hip bone throbbing, I aimed for his groin and kicked, but he dodged me gracefully.
"Nice one, Eddie." I said in a praising tone.
"You too, Rose." He said with approval, as he tried to land another kick on me. This time, I evaded it.
We exchanged hits and avoided them throughout the rest of the class. Afterwards, I felt quite better, but guilty at the same time. Oh well, at least I thought them out.
Adrian moves towards me, out of breath, clutching a few papers. Oh, shit. Are those what I think they are?