Rose and her friends are attending Lehigh University . This occurs after Spirit Bound but the Queen is not murdered . Dimitri told Rose that he does not love her any more which left her heart broken , only to be mended by Adrian . But after a few months of turning back , will Dimitri be able to love Rose again ? Will he regret what he had told her ? But Rose happily moving on with Adrian has created complications . What happens when in a strigoi attack Dimitri dies , only to be brought back by Adrian . With Adrian getting hot and heavy with Rose , and Dimitri getting pulled in every time will he be able to cope up with losing Rose ?
Disclaimer : I do not own Vampire Academy .
" Strigoi" was what I heard as I turned to look at Rose who was clutching her stomach with fear in her eyes …
But before I tell you what happened next , let me tell you what happened before this life changing night .
It was Lissa and Christian's first term in Lehigh University and as her guardian Rose also went to the same college . To my dismay Adrian had also tagged along to finish college as he had dropped out before .
And as for me , I had now been declared fully Dhampir again and that I was no longer a Strigoi . I had also been appointed as Christian's guardian as Tasha had insisted that Christian should have at least one guardian with him while he was in college . Why was I chosen ? Because frankly speaking , no one wanted me as their guardian . I mean , though I was officially declared a Dhampir again but that doesn't mean that everyone had accepted that fact . Especially the royals , and since they were the only ones who actually got guardians assigned to them , it was highly unlikely that I would ever get a real assignment .
That is why I was glad that Tasha pulled some strings and got me assigned to Christian as his guardian . They were royal Moroi after all .
Rose was now with Adrian and it killed me everyday to see them together . My heart wrenched in pain every time I see Adrian with his hands around Rose's shoulders . Every time I saw this, I would be on the verge of losing my self – control and smashing Ivashkov's pretty royal face . But deep , down I knew all this was my fault .
It has now been a few months since Lissa had turned me back to a dhampir . I still remember that day like it was only yesterday . Lissa was plunging the charmed stake into my chest again and again trying to get it through my heart . The fire , that Christian was controlling was burning all around me , trapping me . I was screaming in pain , the pain I felt from the stake near my heart and the fire . Then suddenly , there was a blinding white light ., and like a movie in front of my eyes , I saw the face of every innocent person I had killed . I saw the fear in their eyes , some of them begging me to let them go . I saw the life evaporate from them as I drank their blood to sustain myself .
But above all , I saw Roza . The fear and shock written all over her face when she saw me as a strigoi for the first time , the blissful haze in her eyes after I had drunk her blood and the pain and determination I saw in her when she had staked me on the bridge .
I knew now that she had been right . That I did not deserve to live at all , after what I had done in the months of being a strigoi . That is why I burst out crying . I felt my knees give way and I held onto the first person I saw in front of me , Lissa . She looked like an angel then , the one who had rescued my soul , she was my saviour . I cried my heart out , even when I heard people screaming and lifting me up . Lissa was trying her best to stop them from arresting me , but to no avail .
As I let them lead me to my cell in the Court prison , I saw Rose and I felt a rush of guilt flood through me . She was screaming and telling the guardians not to arrest me as I was no longer a Strigoi . She looked as if she was on the verge of breaking down into tears but she was much stronger than that , she was a fighter , a survivor . She could have given into my offer and could have become a strigoi , which was definitely the easy way out . But no , she had fought her way out of her mansion – prison and had probably also found a way to save me .
Throughout the next few days , she had constantly tried to talk to me , but I had blatantly ignored her . It was too much for me to take , simply because of what I had done to her . It was horrible , simply horrible . She even claimed to have forgiven me , but the question was … Had I forgiven myself ? Could I forgive myself ?
These questions were what I was thinking about at Church one day . It was the day I made the biggest mistake of my life . In the heat of our argument , I had told Rose that my love for her had faded and that I couldn't love anyone anymore .
At that time I had thought it was true , that my heart was void of any positive emotions . But I know better now .
Throughout the next few months , after certain acts of kindness , friendship and loyalty towards me , I had begun to realise that these feelings had always been present in my heart but had only been locked away from me . But they eventually started unravelling themselves and I well … began to feel like myself again .
With all the other emotions and feelings , came love too , my love towards Rose , my Roza . But the damage of my words had already been caused , and it had caused Rose to go running into Adrian's arms for comfort . She had always been there for me , even when I was a monster , but I had cut her loose when she needed me most . My harsh words had broken her heart , something which couldn't be broken even when I had drunk her blood almost everyday .
Even with Adrian's bad " reputation" , I know that he isn't bad at heart . I can clearly see the love he has for Rose , and his eternal eagerness to help her through it all . This never failed to bring a bout of jealousy within me , because Adrian had been there for her when I had turned her away .
Rose seemed pretty happy with Adrian , and one day she had clearly told me that she had moved on . Those two , simple words had shattered my recovering heart into millions of pieces . I could see the pain in her eyes as she had told me those words , and I guess that is what makes me want to go on . I am still living in the hope that maybe Roza still harbours those feelings for me. But seeing her happy with Adrian , makes me think that maybe , just maybe he might be better for her than I would ever be . It was after all true that Adrian Ivashkov can definitely give her things that I will never be able to , which includes children .
I had made a hasty and stupid decision long ago , and I am suffering its consequences every single day . And if Rose has chosen Adrian , very well then . I just want her to be happy even though it means that I will never be able to forgive myself for what I said to her .
That brings me back to tonight . It was a Saturday night and the group had come to this bar which was located at a little distance from their college . There were six of us – Lissa , Christian , Adrian , Rose , me and Amy who was Adrian's guardian .
We were waiting on the sidewalk near the bar , for Amy to bring our car . That was when I heard Rose say … Strigoi . That one word was enough to make reach for my stake and begin checking the area . In my peripheral vision , I could see that Rose had done the same .
We were near the alley way next to the bar , which was quite dark but my trained dhampir eyes immediately began looking around for threats . But before I could register my surroundings properly , I felt being pushed into the nearby wall by a Strigoi . But my battle reflexes kicked in and I was able to push him off . After hardly a few moments of fighting with this particular one , I was easily able to stake him and look around for more of his kind .
I was filled with horror at what I saw . Rose was surrounded by atleast five Strigoi and was definitely having a hard time with them . Even though she managed to get a few good hits on them, they hardly seemed to flinch . These strigoi must have been very old , maybe even hundreds of years old , that only them harder to kill . As Rose was trying to fight them off and lure them away from the Moroi , some of the strigoi were set ablaze . I was thankful to Christian for having the presence of mind to do this .
Well , without wasting any time , I jumped into the heat of the battle . I staked one burning strigoi to finish him off and made my way to the next one . But Christian was only able to light two of those strigoi , and it was not for long either . Maybe it was because he had been drinking so much that night . As I let out a string of curses in Russian , I moved onto the next strigoi . We had already staked the two which were on fire and counting the ones which I had staked , there were two strigoi left standing as Rose had staked a really old one earlier . I wanted to yell at Christian to set those two on fire , but I then noticed that he had already passed out on the pavement .
Left without a choice , Rose and I separated the two strigoi and began to fight one – one with them . I kicked this guy with as much as I was worth in his gut . This deterred him for only a moment and was soon back in form and was aiming a punch to my head . Damn these stupid , old strigoi . I was able to move a millisecond before the punch hit my head and I fought back too .
This went on only for some time , and throughout our fight , the strigoi kept his chest angled in a way that made it very difficult for my stake to reach his heart , let alone pierce it . As I was about to punch him again , I heard a very shrill voice scream into the night .
" Roseeeeeeeee" , I dentified this voice to be Lissa's and turned to see Rose pushed up against the wall and held by the strigoi who was moving his head closer to her neck . He was going to turn her . He was going to turn Roza into a monster like him . This made me feel sick , I couldn't let what had happened to me happen her too . No , I had to do something . I could see Rose struggling to break free but in vain . That was when I tried to run to her and in that fraction of a second so many things happened . Things that would change my life forever .
As I tried to run to her aid , completely abandoning the strigoi I was fighting , he grabbed this opportunity to grab hold of me and throw me against a wall nearby . My head hit the wall very hard and I saw that my strigoi had made his way to Rose already considering that I was incapable of fighting further or maybe even dead .
As I fought to remain conscious , trying to keep a hold on life , I saw a blinding light and soon after , I saw something big , maybe a car , crash into the two strigoi and pushing them into a wall. I could not make out what happened after that , but a few minutes later , I heard wailing and I saw the most beautiful face that I had ever seen . Even though I was losing consciousness very fast and was hardly able to make out anything that was happening around me , somehow I could see her face , streaked with tears and she was probably saying something to me , which I was too weak to understand .
In those last moments , I could actually feel my life leaving me and darkness was beginning to haze my vision . And all I could do then , was just stare at the most beautiful face in the world , the face of my Roza . I looked at her and tried to give her a smile , maybe even a ghost of a smile , but I must have failed terribly . In those last moments , looking at her I knew I would die a happy man . And that was when the darkness totally engulfed me .
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