"Well I never expected to see you smiling princess." Adrian said, taking a seat opposite me and pulling a flask from his pocket.

I stopped smiling then, in fact the smile practically fell from my lips.

"My name is Amelie Tasarov. You would do well to remember that." I said coldly, looking at him as one would look at a rabid dog.

"Not for long I expect, you will as the Dragomir princess be required to change your surname to Dragomir." He stated this as though it was of little matter which probably only added to my frustration.

"And why should I do that? Haven't I given up enough for my supposed sister? I will help Vasilisa for the sake of our people but I will not give up my name for her."

"How can you be so selfish, what does it matter what your last name is? You will gain everything from this and you will lose nothing. You will have status and wealth and a title."

"Unless you have failed to realise this, I have no interest in gaining anything from this. Status and titles mean nothing to me and I think you know that the fortune of the Tasarov's rivals your own families. Rest assured I don't want your money."

"And you would really refuse? Even if it meant Lissa was no longer queen."

"I care nothing for Vasilisa and though I know she will make a just queen I will not let her tread on me in the process. If that offends you then I am truly sorry, but I will not lose something I hold so dear for someone I don't even know."

"Why would you hold a name so dear? A name means nothing."

"Believe it or not Ivashkov I do have a strong belief in the quote 'hollow be thy name' and though I know that a name will mean nothing after this life, I will not let Vasilisa take my mothers name and replace it with that of a strangers."

I then stood, picking up my now cold drink before walking out of the cafe having lost my appetite. There was something about Adrian that always made me feel frustrated and I didn't like it one bit.

I put my styrofoam cup in a trash can and decided to go back to my room, seeing as the only alternative would be to stay around and chat with nosy royals solitary sounded pretty good to me as depressing as it sounded.

I walked quickly and managed to get to my rooms almost without seeing anyone I knew emphasis on the almost. Christian Ozera was pretty much the only person I could stand, even before we graduated him and I had been friends though it did make me bitter to see that even he was entranced by my so called sister.

"Amelie!" He called from a short distance away, reluctantly I turned to greet him.

"Christian." I said quietly, still fuming about my conversation with Adrian.

"Lissa wanted me to invite you to lunch." He smiled apologetically knowing I didn't want anything to do with her.

"With who exactly?"

"Lissa, Rose, Dimitri, Eddie, Adrian and I." I rolled my eyes.

"You can tell her that I am not attending any kind of lunch with your little gang unless it is of some importance to keeping her as queen. I get that were related by blood but I have a family and she is not a part of it."

I stormed off to my room then, in the same foul mood I had been in for the length of my time there. It was all too much for me.

I could not take another moment with Vasilisa trying to be my sister and friend. I didn't want to be either of those things and the harder she tried, the more resistant I grew. That infuriating group of friends of hers weren't helping either.

Rosemary Hathaway was a selfish, rude and ignorant girl without any morals except of course when Vasilisa was involved. Christian, as loyal a friend as he was, behaved like some sort of mindless fool in love when it came to her and to me it was aggravating to the extreme. Adrian Ivashkov was a spoilt, egotistical and childish boy with no prosepects or ambitions to name and without enough self preservation to make it a secret. Dimitri Belikov came across as quiet and loyal, but I always thought that he was self-centred because of how he had broken up the once happy Rose and Adrian. Eddie Castile was nice enough though he too was so wrapped up in Vasilisa that he didn't even realise that his head was so far up her ass that he was unaware of how selfish she really was.

I picked up my cigarettes and lighter from the vase and lit one up. I had managed to calm myself somewhat but then I caught a glance at her face, a glance at my face and it infuriated me.

I threw the vase into the mirror and watched as they both shattered before I walked over to my desk and picked up the letter Vasilisa gave me when I first got here.

Amelie,

It means so much to me that you would come here and stay here in order for me to become queen. In school we weren't close, I was the popular noble and you were the quiet girl that no one knew all that much about. But thats all about to change, you are a Dragomir princess and my sister so I promise you that from this day onwards you will be treated like royalty. I know that we aren't close now, despite us being related but I want for that change and I hope that with time you and I really will be like sisters.

I don't know how to repay you for what you are doing for me but I promise I will give you everything, just name it. There is object, no words and no amount of money in the world that can show you just how much you have truly done for the moroi and I will forever be in your debt.

Your sister,

Queen Vasilisa Sabina Rhea Dragomir

With one finger pointed towards the piece of paper, flames arose and without hesitation destroyed the letter.

I sighed and put my cigarette out before changing into a pair of black skinny jeans and a black sweater with the hood up. Then I picked up my guitar case which held my dual dao swords, I was ready for some release of the anger I kept on blocking.

No one payed much attention to me as I walked to the garage, I didn't look like anyone of importance and I got to my car and away from the rest of my kind with ease. I drove for miles until I arrived at a place where many strigoi found their prey, a nightclub. I didn't go inside but to an alley close by where I had encountered several strigoi feeding, and where two strigoi were currently feeding.

They noticed me immediately afterall, a teenage moroi holding two swords wasn't exactly inconspicuous. They approached me slowly, probably trying to be intimidating but I wasn't fazed in fact it excited me.

"Well if it isn't a little moroi girl. You're a long way from home sweetheart." The taller, more masculine one said to me in a mocking tone whilst baring his teeth.

"I feel sorry for you two, it almost seems a waste to take two such fine gentlemen from the world." I said sarcastically, annoyed at being called a little girl.

"This ones fiesty, it will be all the more sweet when we kill her." The same one said but this time I just smiled before going at him with my swords.

It wasn't a fair match, one master level swords woman against two strigoi idiots. I didn't care though as I sliced through their necks with my swords like a knife slices through butter. I cleaned my swords using one of their shirts before texting the alchemists my location.

Glancing at my watch I swore, knowing that I would be late back at court and my absence would be for sure noticed. I all but ran to my car and drove like a madman until I arrived to the gates, at this time of night they would ask for my identification before allowing me back inside.

"Princess Dragomir! Where have you been? The queen was worried for your safety!" I rolled my eyes at the guardian and walked quickly away from her.

"Where are you going? The queen wishes to see you!" I changed direction and began to walk in the direction of the room I knew Vasilisa would be.