A/N: I felt so bad for Adrian in the end of Last Sacrifice; I just had to give him some happiness. I was Team Adrian for awhile but then I realized: He isn't really meant for Rose. Dimitri has always been the one for Rose. So I decided Adrian needed the one for him. I do not own anything! Richelle Mead does!

Adrian's POV

I sat at the counter for the bar in the Casino for another hour… That had to be what, three… four… hours now? I could barely feel Spirit's affect, let alone stand up without toppling over.

I couldn't believe Rose had done that to me. She went back to that cradle robber and cheated on me with him. Now she had gotten me drinking away every single emotion I had. Just like I used to do for fun, I became angry at myself all of a sudden. I also really needed a cigarette, but I couldn't stand up just yet. So another hour passed without me drinking. I was now stable enough to go outside to light up a cigarette in spite of Rose. I was utterly breaking my contract. Not like it mattered anymore more, she wasn't dating me.

I walked outside to the back of the casino and was met by the rain. I cursed and covered my lighter as I tried to light up my cigarette.

"I heard those are bad for you," a small feminine voice spoke from my left. I turned my head quickly to her voice and my head spun a little.

Not just because I was still drunk, but because she was a beautiful dhampir. She was around five foot four with wavy long shiny black hair, intriguing turquoise eyes, a little nose with a bump in the middle signifying it had gotten broken before, and she was skinny and lean, with a natural tan. I blinked to see if I was hallucination. She wasn't.

"Yeah, so have I. But I could care less nowadays," I replied back a little harshly. She paid no attention to my tone; she just gave me a wide smile, showing off a set of bright white teeth. I tried to ignore her and continue to light up my cigarette but the rain was making it impossible.

I cursed again and through my cigarette on the ground. I looked back over at the dhampir girl, who was soaked more than I was from the rain. It didn't look like she minded though.

"What are you doing here little dhampir?" I asked subconsciously, surprised at myself for using Rose's nickname for this girl.

"Waiting for Strigoi," she shrugged. I must have had a weird look on my face because she just blinked at me.

"Are you stupid?" I asked, enraged for some reason.

"No, I just need to do something. I'm bored," she sighed.

"Waiting for Strigoi is not a good way to get rid of boredom," I snapped at her. What was wrong with me?

"Neither is drinking nor smoking to get rid of your sorrows," she replied leaning against the wall of the casino building.

I stood there dumbstruck. How would she know?

"I just like to drink and smoke," I told her, which was true.

"Just like I like to kill Strigoi," she told me simply.

"Killing Strigoi isn't fun," I informed her.

"I know," she had taken on a morbid face, "I've killed them before, I had to kill my own best friend." A look of deep sorrow crossed her face but than a typical guardian mask covered her face.

"Who are you?" I wondered, taking a step closer to the dhampir girl.

"Remi," she responded, "And you?"

"Adrian," I told her, offering to shake her hand. She looked at it and slowly reached out to shake it. When her hand touched mine, a warm feeling went up my arm with an electrifying tingle. I shook it off and put my hands into my pocket.

"Nice to meet you," she murmured.

"So are you a renegade guardian or novice?" I asked. She winced; it must have been a touchy subject.

"Some call me unpromised, some call me a nuisance, some call me a blood whore, and some call me a unpromised- nuisance- blood whore," she sighed.

"Didn't want to be a guardian?"

"Oh no, I really want to be a guardian, really really want to be a guardian." She looked so pained as she spoke.

"Than why did you not become one?"

"I got expelled and sent to a real blood whore commune. How I wish I could have been sent to a family commune where I could have still taken guardian classes. The school just didn't think I was fit enough to become one," she whispered.

"That's terrible," I sympathized.

"Don't give me sympathy, I deserved to be expelled. I got one of my classmates killed," she hissed.

I backed off immediately.

"I better go, daylight is just beginning and I need to go to sleep if I want to be up when the sun goes down again," she said and ran off before I could ask her where she was staying.

I went back inside soaking wet and I headed to the elevator to my room so I could go to bed too. Maybe I'd see her again tomorrow. I was actually smiling too. I was creeping myself out.

Next Day

As soon as it was dark outside, I headed back out to the alley behind the casino. It was raining once again. Harder than yesterday, I looked around and saw no sight of Remi.

Surprisingly depressed, I went back inside. Though I felt no need to get a drink for once, instead I just went to the feeders because I hadn't fed in a day.

Two hours later I walked back out to see if she was there, she was.

"ADRIAN! GO BACK INSIDE!" she shouted at me. I froze in shock to see her battling a Strigoi. It began to go after me. She ran to it and jumped on his back with great force, pushing him down face first into the ground.

"GO!" She screamed at me. Another two Strigoi stepped out of the shadows. Wide evil grins on their faces. One went for Remi and the other for me. The third going for Remi when he got back up off the ground.

Remi quickly stepped in front of me. All three going for her. Two guardians, thank god, came and took down two of them quickly. Just as Remi was caught by the Strigoi that she pushed into the ground before. Another set of Strigoi emerged. The guardians stood in front of me. Not taking down any of the others.

"WHAT THE HELL! SAVE HER!" I shouted at them, frightened greatly. They had guardian masks on their faces.

The Strigoi holding Remi pushed her hair back from her neck. She squirmed, her face desperate. All along her neck were bite marks. The other Strigoi stood by watching closely. He was about to bite her when a guardian lunged forward.

"NO!" Remi screeched. The Strigoi repositioned his hands and snapped her neck with a rezoning crack before the guardian could get to them.

REMI!" I shouted.

A/N: Cliffy! I'll update tonight or tomorrow! Review please!