A/N: So I have some bad news...I won't be able to update for a while 'cos I'm going to Rome. This is probably my last update before Easter...I'll try and put another one up but I don't think I'll manage it.
Disclaimer: I don't on Vampire Academy!
RPOV
Tasha is such a bitch. But she's a stupid bitch. She should've got me and Gabrielle as far away from her as possible so we couldn't come up with anything. The good news was, Gabrielle apparently had a reliable informant who'd given us some dirt on Tasha. But the bad news was Gabrielle wouldn't share it with us until we had some sort of proof. So we were going in blind.
We'd split off into teams. Adrian and Dimitri were trying to find out who killed Tatiana while me and Gabrielle were trying to find out who had compelled Lissa. Apparently Gabrielle thought Lissa had been compelled. Gabrielle and I couldn't go anywhere near anything to do with the Queen as that would get us in more shit than we were already in.
But finding out who had compelled Lissa appeared to be very difficult. When we tried to talk to Lissa she had no idea what we were talking about. And I didn't really want to be in the same room as her. But the problem was, Gabrielle already knew. I kept wanting to punch the answer out of her. And find out who her informant was, but she just refused. And I couldn't; she was a Moroi.
"This is taking forever." Gabrielle flopped down on her bed and starred at the ceiling, "Why doesn't Lissa just remember?"
"Because she's been compelled not to." Adrian said sighing, "But, we have some news. We've been following this guy, Blake Lazar, apparently he was dating my Aunt."
"As well as Ambrose?" Gabrielle sounded surprised.
"Apparently, anyway," Adrian sounded uncomfortable, "Turns out, it could have been a jealous girl."
"You're on the wrong track." Gabrielle ran her fingers through her hair, "It's political. Not passionate."
"Someone's gonna hit you soon. And I won't stop them." Adrian remarked.
"I'll probably be the one to do it." I volunteered.
Gabrielle shot me a glare, "You can't hit a Moroi. A Royal Moroi."
"It's not like anyone would find out." I smirked, "You're not gonna tell anyone."
She narrowed her eyes.
"Easy." Adrian sat down and wrapped an arm around her, "We're not actually going to hit anyone. But, you need to tell us who's done what."
"I..." She closed her eyes, "I can't."
"Why?" Dimitri asked softly, kneeling in front of her.
"I'm sorry." She weakly fell onto Adrian's lap. He held her.
The strange thing about Gabrielle was she was so strong, so, so strong. And yet half the time she seems to want to be in tears. I didn't really understand.
"We should go." Dimitri said walking over to me, "He'll get it out of her soon."
We left.
GPOV
Adrian lay back and wrapped his arms around me.
"Can you at least tell me who told you? Did you get the next book or something?" He murmured in my ear.
"No. It's not from the book. Someone actually told me."
"Uh huh. Well, who?" He pressed.
I buried my face in his chest, "Liam." I said quietly.
"Who?" He pushed back and studied my face, "You spoke too quietly."
"Liam." I closed my eyes.
"Ok...how does he know anything?"
"Victor Dashkov." I relaxed into his chest, it was so easy to share things with him, tell him stuff, but with Dimitri...for some reason I struggled just to mention Liam's name.
"What's Dashkov got to do with it?" He asked gently massaging my shoulders.
"Mmmm," I was struggling to concentrate, "Everything. It's all his idea."
"And who's helping him?" He asked pressing a slight kiss to my neck.
"Dammit Adrian!" I shouted standing up, "That's not fair!"
Adrian smirked, "It's not my fault."
"You're such an asshole. You were using compulsion as well!" I accused.
"Elle, compulsion doesn't work without eye contact." He spoke slowly, as if I was mentally challenged.
"No I know that. I mean you just used a tiny, tiny bit to flow through your lips. It works 'coz you're a spirit user." I groaned and sat on the floor.
Adrian stood up and walked over. He looked down at me.
"Elle," He crouched down in front of me, "Please."
I looked into those green eyes I loved so much.
"Adrian." I closed my eyes as tears started to fall, "Adrian I'm scared."
"Shh," He wrapped his arms around me and crushed me into his chest, "Everything's all right."
I started shaking, "Adrian...he made me...he made me swear. I can't...He...I still, I still love him. More than I should."
"Shh." He repeated rocking me slightly, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."
RPOV
"Are you sure he'll get it out of her?" I asked Dimitri.
"No. But if he can't, no one can." He ran his fingers through his hair, "I'm sure that at some point we'll work it out without her anyway."
"Why d'you reckon she won't tell us?" I walked into his arms.
"Could be she doesn't want to mess with the future, it could get us all killed. Or it could have something to do with Liam." Dimitri kissed the top of my head, "Why did you want to leave without me?"
"I didn't. Gabrielle did." I looked up at him, "I love you."
He smiled, "I know."
Dimitri gently tilted my face so my lips met his.
A/N: Please tell me what you think in a review! If I get loads it might inspire me to update before I leave for Rome!
Chocorose x
