"Love fades, mine has." Every time I closed my eyes his voice is all I hear, his eyes so blank, so void. My heart shattering piece by piece, slowly I was dying.

"Rose…?" Lissa's voice broke me from my trance. "What happened? I mean I know what happened… but… you can't just give up, just give him time."

"No…" My voice barely above a whisper stopped everything.

"Rose… Please." I slid off the couch where I had been sitting on for the past hour, too afraid to make the journey back to my own room. Lissa reached for my hand, but I flinched back, taking my coat and keys, making sure to close the door softly behind me. Stepping into the corridor I noticed Christian sprinting towards me.

"Rose! Hey Rose where are you going?" I shoved past him, my full attention in ignoring him. "Rose! Rose!" Quickly I dodged past all the rest of the moroi in the building and sped off towards the gate.

"What are you doing here Hathaway?" Looking up from his post some Guardian questioned me.

"Need some air. I'll be back, five minutes tops." He nodded motioning for me to exit. Quickly thanking him I slipped past the wards and let the darkness swarm around me, ghosts appearing from all sides, slowly taking possession of my mind. Take it away, someone…please…

I slowly opened my eyes, adjusting to the darkness, taking in the familiar faces around me. Strigoi I had killed, Lissa's family, Anna and Mason. Looking as if they were all coming to welcome me back, back to the world of the dead. Mason took a step forward. I froze, his body no longer grey and so very… dead, but alive, his blue eyes twinkling as if he knew something funny.

"Rose." I'm pretty sure my heart stopped as he spoke my name, something I thought I'd never hear again. "Rose, I need you to get the hell up. Now. I don't care what Belikov has said to you, get your fine ass up off this grass and fight Rose, and fight like your life depends on it, because it does. Now Go!" Suddenly I was picked up from the ground and cradled by a familiar pair of arms. Mason's figure returning to its dullness the farther I went.

"Bye Mase…" I whispered, a smile forming on my face until I looked up. A pair of angry blue eyes glaring down at me. If there is a God he loves me.

"What the hell were you doing Rose? Have you seriously lost it?" Eddie hissed, glancing around to make sure no one was watching us before continuing. "All I know is I get a call from Lissa saying you're dying and to save you! Do you know how freaked out I was? Do you know how freaked out everyone was? Dear God Rose…"

"I'm guessing sorry isn't going to cut it?" I flashed him a small smile, causing him to sigh before setting me on my feet.

"What happened?" His voice much calmer, his guardian mask slipping, revealing his concern for me.

"I saw Mase… He was happy." A small smile formed on his lips, as he pulled me into his side. "But, I don't know what happened, one second I was hyperventilating and the next Mase is yelling at me to get off my fine ass and then you appeared. Seriously, I wasn't dying, just finally letting go, I think?"

"As long as you're okay… I heard about…" His eyes searched mine as he paused. "Belikov, I'm sorry." A familiar pang entered my heart as he spoke his name, even his surname cause me pain. Figures.

"Let's just get to Lissa, I bet she's here right now though…" I quickly entered her mind to find my assumptions correct as she smiled, letting me know she could feel my presence also. "The bond's gotten stronger. She gets sucked into my head now too." I quickly got Eddie up to speed as we jogged back to Lissa's apartment, my heart slowly healing along the way.

Don't worry Mase I'm going to fight until my heart stops beating, and maybe a little bit after that.

Hello everyone! TigerXAngel here! So please review, chapters will get longer from here but I needed to just get the story going yah know:) Well ANYWAY thanks for reading and reviewing;) Please? I need all the help I can get! Anyway THANK YOU again and uh peace off!

~Bri

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