CHAPTER 2: The Breakout part I

ROSE POV

"Come, you need to leave with me!" she gasped.

"Why would I go anywhere with you? You a strigoi for god's sake!" I screamed.

"I can help you! You need to come with me! If you don't, you are going to die! They will execute you!" this time, she snarled.

"Rose, what she says is true. She can help you. Trust me," this was Tatiana speaking.

I turned to her and said, "Why would I trust you? I'm on trial for your murder! There is no reason I have for trusting you!"

"Rose!"

I turned around and saw my mother throwing her stake to me. I caught it and turned back around to stake the strigoi.

"Please! I am not here to hurt or kill anyone! You are right, you have no reason to trust me, or the Queen, but if you want to live, you need to come with me!" the strigoi said.

"I would rather face the trial and be executed than going with you," my voice was low, almost a growl.

She saw that I wasn't going to go with her willingly, so she grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the cell. There were guardians running past. When they saw me and the strigoi holding onto my arm, they halted and were about to stake her.

"I can help you get the real killer of the Queen! This is why I am here. To help you find and catch the killer. I know that it was not you. I saw the murder of Tatiana and I will not let the killer get away with killing her." Her voice held a lot of emotion. More emotion than ever thought that a strigoi could possess.

As she said this, I froze even the guardians froze.

"I am not a strigoi. I-"

I cut her off. "Not a strigoi? Ha! Nice joke, first, your eyes are red, second, your skin is pale white, third, you just knocked down a wall, fourth-"

This time, she cut me off. "No, I am not strigoi. My name is Kaycee. Here," she let go of my arm. "let me show you that I am not strigoi." As she said this, she poked her eyes softly, and I saw that she was wearing contact lenses. Red ones. "See? My eyes are not red they are blue. I am out in full sunlight by the way, in case you haven't realised, and I am pale because I was born this way. I was able to knock the wall down because I kinda specialised in earth, and the walls are rock. Do you believe me now?" everyone just stared at her, not saying anything. Until Adrian came along.

"Rose! What are you doing out here?" he sounded panicked.

"Don't ask me, she is the one that dragged me out of there," I said, pointing at Kaycee.

"Okay, Rose, you could have easily fought her off. She is a moroi." Of course, you can count on Adrian pointing out the obvious.

"You know, that reminds me, Kaycee, another point that could show that you could be a strigoi is that you are obviously strong. When you grabbed my arm, I couldn't break free, why?" it was a valid point. How could she be that strong if she was just a moroi?

"Because I train to fight. My father's guardians teach me to fight, and in turn, teach me to become stronger and faster." Okay, I am all out of excuses.

"Why did you break me out? I am just going to be thrown right back in there."

"Not if I can help it."

At that, a figure came out from the shadows.

"Kazim," Abe said, calling me the Turkish word for daughter.

I decided to return the greeting by saying father in Turkish, "Baba,"

"Rose, we need to go, now," Abe told me.

"What! But, I can't! It will make me look guilty! It will be even more evidence that I was the one who killed Tatiana! I am not leaving!"

"It won't make any difference, they have enough evidence, they will vote you as guilty and you will be executed!"

I looked at him, I knew that they would execute me, there was nothing that could stop it, but the look in his eyes told me that he wasn't going to let that happen.

"Rose, you need to trust them, and go with them. You are the only one that can get this man to come forward," Tatiana's soft voice broke into my thoughts, and helped me make my decision.

"What are we going to do with the guardians right there? There is no way that they are going to let me go with you. They would just grab me and throw me right back in that cell."

"That would be why we are here Rose," Lissa said walking out of the shadows and into the sunlight next to Adrian and Kaycee.