I was stood alone on the street corner under the light waiting for some back up. They'd said that because I had the most experience with the Strigoi I had to be the one waiting alone. Typical reckless dhampirs, I thought to myself. I was just as bad though. After all I'd abandoned my education and gone to Russia to kill the man I loved. So far on this trip I hadn't seen him but every moment I thought of him. Dimitri.
I kept rewinding my thoughts back to when we were together, all the wonderful romantic moments we had, the ones we had hidden from the rest of the world. I'd always hated that it was impossible for us to be together because we were so meant to be. We had the issue of age, the issue that we both would have been Lissa's guardians and the issues that dhampirs shouldn't really hook up. But I'd never cared about any of that, only him.
'Rose, we found another recruit' said Matt, another dhamp who was kinda cute.
'I'm Jessica' she said lifting her hair out the way. Another unpromised guardian to join the gang.
'Are you sure you want to do this?' I asked her. 'Strigoi killing isn't that much fun'
'Nope, I've got a score to settle 'she said. I detected a hint of sadness in her voice.
'So do I, so do I' I said.