Thanks to everyone who reviewed! Your comments made me smile :) So happy fourth of july to everyone who celebrates it! Last chapter I forgot to give a shout out to my beta Maibel, or otherwise known as mari1992.

Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Daisy

Chapter 2

I lay in my bed again, bored and going crazy with worry. So I decided to check in on Lissa. She was in the café where I had been taken away, sitting across from Dimitri. My heart started racing immediately when I saw him.

"How are you doing Dimitri?" Lissa asked.

"I'm fine Princess," he responded.

"Call me Lissa, please. And really? So no more self torment or anything like that?" she questioned.

"It's getting easier to cope but that regret is still in me. Thinking about all those people that I hurt and killed. The look of confusion and fright right before I took their life haunts me when I close my eyes. And worst of all is remembering how I treated Roza. How I treated her like a, a…" Dimitri looked down, not being able to finish the sentence.

"Like a…blood whore," she said slowly. Lissa was the only one I had told about what had happened between me and Dimitri when he was a Strigoi.

He slowly looked up. "Yes. And I don't know how she can stand to look at me without feeling disgust or anger. How she can still want me to be part of her life again."

After a few seconds Lissa spoke. "Dimitri, you have to know that Rose loves you with all her heart. That is why she can still look at you without feeling disgust or remorse, and you pushing her away is the only thing that is hurting her. She fought hard for you to come back. I think the least she deserves it to be involved in your life again."

"I can't," he said with such agony in his eyes that it broke my heart. "I just can't do it Lissa. It hurts too much to see her."

I couldn't take it anymore so I snapped out of Lissa's head. He felt remorse when he saw me? Well how great to know that I caused those feelings in Dimitri. But if that was the reason that he didn't want to see me, did that mean that he stilled loved me? I knew that I was desperately searching for hope, but I needed all the hope I could get in here.

After a while my stomach started grumbling. When were they planning on feeding me? Of course I should have been worried about more important things like how the hell I was going to get out of this, but hey, a girl has to eat. So I decided to ask the guardian with the stick up his ass.

"Hey guy, when do I get food?" I asked.

He glanced at me sideways. "You'll get the food when it comes."

I sighed. "Are we going to start this again?" I asked annoyed.

Just then I heard a voice. "She's my client and I may see her when I wish. I do not care about your visiting hours." Good grace, Abe was either going to get me into more trouble or get himself locked up with me.

He approached my cell and asked, "How are you doing?"

"Why does everyone ask me that? Is it supposed to be a rhetorical question or something?" I replied.

Abe chuckled. "Still as feisty as ever."

I smiled. "So old man, are you here to bust me out?"

"That would be too obvious and incriminating," Abe said. "No, I work in more mysterious and obscure ways." He turned around and whispered something to the guardian. Whatever he said, it made the guardian move away from my cell.

He turned to me and lowered his voice. "I have everything worked out Kiz. Just go with what is happening and don't question anything. It's better if you know as little as possible so I'm just telling you this much: when it happens, the person will whisper the secret word in your ear and you do whatever he says. Do you understand?"

I stared at him baffled. "A secret word," I said slowly. "Are you kidding me?"

Abe looked impatient. "I am being serious Kiz".

"Fine, fine. So what's the secret word?" I asked.

He looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Lokum".

"What does that mean?" I wondered if it meant something like secret spy or fighting machine.

"It is a Turkish candy more commonly known as Turkish delight," he answered.

"It's a candy? Zmey, couldn't you choose a cooler word?"

He smiled sheepishly. "It's my favorite candy." He looked down at his watch and then sighed. "I must go now Kiz. I have some business to attend to."

I smiled. "Alright, but don't get me or yourself into any more trouble."

He smiled and reached inside my cell to grab my hand. He brought it up to his lips and kissed it. "Don't worry Kiz, everything is going to be alright."

"Thanks," I said.

He stepped back and was about to leave when he turned around and said, "I've arranged for them to bring you some food in a few minutes."

"Oh you do know me," I said delighted.

He nodded and left. I remained there, staring at the door he had gone through. He barely even knew me, and yet he cared for me so much. He would give me the world if I wanted it.

That night after eating the food that Abe had promised me, I fell into a dreamless sleep. Only to be awakened by someone's hand over my mouth. My eyes immediately flew open and my first reaction was to scream, but I knew better than that. Maybe this was what Abe had planned. The cell was pitch dark and I couldn't see a thing, not even with my keen dhampir vision. There was no noise either. No sound of a struggle or fight.

Then the person whispered so close to my ear that I felt their warm breath, "Lokum." As soon as they reached down to whisper in my ear, the smell of after shave hit me. He continued, "I'm going to place a pair of night vision goggles over your eyes so you can see. Then follow me out," he said, letting go of my mouth after he felt (or I guess saw me) relax and knew I wouldn't start screaming.

I nodded and he placed the goggles over my eyes. It was amazing; I could see everything perfectly. Just like in the movies everything was in a shade of green. I looked at Dimitri, and there he stood tall, dark and handsome as ever. My heart gave a slight squeeze at his sight.

He looked at me and whispered, "Ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be comrade," I replied.

He nodded and said, "Follow me."

The cell door was open and the guardians that were supposed to be guarding me were on the floor unconscious. Dimitri had been quiet and effective, but I couldn't have expected anything less from him.

We walked out slowly, prepared for any encounters. When we reached the end of the hallway, Dimitri opened the door slowly.

"Stay behind me and if I tell you to run, you run," he whispered.

"Okay," I whispered back.

Dimitri went out first and motioned for me to stop. When he was sure that it was empty, he motioned for me to go to him. There were countless guardians on the floor, not dead hopefully. I didn't want any more people dying because of me.

Dimitri opened another door which led into another hallway. I couldn't remember coming in through this hallway so I assumed we were going out of the building through the back. The hallway made a sharp right and then a left. We were hurrying now, afraid that we might be caught.

When we reached another door Dimitri opened it carefully. Outside waiting for us were four guardians. I immediately tensed up, preparing to run away as fast as I could or fight for my life.

*Gasp* Who could it be? Well I guess you'll have to read the next chapter to see! Don't worry, I'll post it up soon lol

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