Author's note:

This isn't a story where Dimitri tells Rose his love has faded and she disappears for years. While I do love those, I plan on doing something else.

Anyway, please bare with me :) This is my first try at writing a fanfic and while I know where I wanna go with this story, I'm probably gonna need a few chapters to set the story and get things going. Apart from this part, I intend to write most of it in DPOV. I still have some issues channeling my inner-Dimitri though so feel free to call me out on it if anything seems terribly OOC.

And ofcourse, the original story and all the characters are owned by Richelle Mead, who has a much better imagination than I do.

Prologue

RPOV

I shot up, now as angry and frustrated as him. I had a feeling if I stayed, we'd both snap. In an undertone, I murmured, "This isn't over. I won't give up on you."

"I've given up on you," he said back, voice also soft. "Love fades. Mine has

I freeze and stare at Dimitri. After all the things that happened to me, to us, and after everything I've done, I never once considered that he really wouldn't want to be with me anymore. I'm not sure what showed on my face but for a split-second something seemed to change in Dimitri's features. Then his guardian mask slammed into place and I could tell he was done. We were done.

So I did as he taught me. I ran.

After running out of the church and across court grounds, I suddenly saw the familiar sight of the gym and the track. I wanted to keep running so I headed towards the track. I'm not sure how long I ran, with tears streaming down my face. All I knew was that I was broken, my heart shattered beyond repair.
I paid no attention to what was going on around me. Somewhere along the way I think I stopped crying. And then I stopped feeling. I locked everything away, just focussing on staying on my feet and moving forward.

I would focus on the only thing left to me, what I prepared my whole life for. Being a guardian.

Before I did that though, I needed a few days to sort myself out. I stopped running, pulled out my cell and made a call. "I need your help old man".
Within an hour, everything was arranged.