New update...I'm truly sorry for the long wait.
I have decided to write three stories at the same time which was a bit much for me in the beginning. To make up for this stress, I have actually wrote 20 chapters for this story already but I'm still deciding whether or not I will realease them all now or do it slowly.
Anyways here is the new chapter...enjoy.
As I raced around the room searching for items that would assist me in my escape, I suddenly realized that the endorphins that were in my system from the bite I received earlier from Dimitri, were fading quickly. Although I still felt a bit unstable as I frantically raced around the room, my judgment was pretty clear. I knew what I had to do. I needed to get away from Dimitri as soon as possible. However, that was easier said than done. Even if I managed to get past the maximum security doors, I will still need to attend to the many Stigois I would encounter during my flight out of this building. Sure, I was Rose Hathaway and hadn't taken down armies before but now with my endorphin withdraw and no stake the odds of escaping this place unharmed were looking pretty grim. I hate to admit it but I am in need of some serious help.
Nathan. Yes, I needed Nathan. When I had promised him Lissa a few days ago, he was ecstatic at the opportunity to take down the last remaining Dragonmire. So much so that he was even willing to meet my unusual demand of buying me a pregnancy test. When I had offered to give him Lissa, we had never agreed on when he would get the chance to have her. I had only told him soon. At the moment, my only concern was obtaining what I wanted. Of course I never had any intentions of following up on that demand. But now, if I could make him think that the time had come to claim his prize, I'm sure that he would agree to break me out of here. I'm sure this task won't be easy. In order to help me escape, Nathan will not only be going against Dimitri but Galina also. I only hope with the prospect of becoming famous due to the killing the last Dragonmire will override his sense of obligation to Galina and Dimitri. Then again, Strigois are typically egotistic.
It was the sound of the first door unlocking that brought me out of my escape plan. Suddenly I began to panic. Dimitri can't come now. I had promised to give him an answer earlier about becoming one of the undead. If he walks through the door right now then my entire plan will be ruined. With my new found information, I can't afford to allow myself to become a Strigoi. On the other hand, if I were to reject Dimitri's offer at eternal life, would I die?
Fortunately, as someone proceeded to type in the code to open the second door, I realized that I felt no nausea. The person about to enter the suite was not a Strigoi. My suspicions were confirmed as I watched Inna walk into the room and place what appeared to be my dinner on the table. Until now, I had been so consumed in thought about how I would use Nathan to escape, I hadn't thought about how I would get to Nathan. Usually, Nathan didn't stop by my room on an everyday basis. Now, with Inna here, I could tell her to bring Nathan to me. Ordinarily, I was not a lucky person, but in this very moment luck was on my side. Inna would bring Nathan to me and we would escape here. Of course once I was away from here, I would have to lose Nathan and deal with the major issue growing in side of me but that was a later issue I can't let myself dwell on right now.
"Inna!" I said abruptly.
As soon as I yelled her name, I saw Inna jump. It was obvious I had startled her. Typically when Inna brought me my food, I rarely spoke to her.
"I need your help." I said trying to emphasize every word. Dimitri had told me before that Inna didn't speak English. However, he also told me that she would figure out what I was saying. From the look on her face I could tell she was confused. I had thought that by saying the words slowly she would understand what I was trying to say but in reality she looked just as confused as I did when people spoke to me in Russian.
"Food." Inna said pointing to the food. "Dimitri said bring…"
Apparently she thought I was asking her about the food. However this gave me an idea. Inna knew names. If I asked for Nathan maybe she would understand that I needed her to bring him to me.
"No…um…Nathan..." I said pointing to myself. "Nathan…me."
"Nathan?" Inna said confused. " No Dimitri said bring." She said shaking her head obviously still thinking I was talking about the food.
I was starting to become frustrated in my failed attempts to explain to her what I wanted when I realized that then answer was in front of me. Inna knew the word bring.
"Bring Nathan." I said pointing to the door and then to myself. "Nathan…me."
"Nathan." Inna said wary and then began to walk to the door and secretly put in the security code to let herself out.
As I watched Inna walk out the door, I shifted in my standing position nervously. When the secured door shut behind her, I suddenly began to rethink my plan. I could have easily forced Inna to give me the code or codes to unlock the doors. However, once outside the secured doors, how many Strogios would be patrolling the halls? When Dimitri had taken me out for the stroll outside, I saw very few Strogios, aside from Nathan, however, I had been with Dimitri then. Now that Dimitri wasn't with me, would more Strogios be stationed outside my door? Dimitri had placed me in this high security facility for a reason. He knew I was dangerous. He knew I would try to escape. Although I had quit my attempts in escaping long ago, would he still take precaution? These were questions I couldn't answer.
As I continued to think up the worse case scenarios in escaping without Nathan, my nervousness began to fade. Nathan was the best choice at escaping here unharmed. Nathan would know how many Strogios were outside my door and how to by pass them. My only hope is that he will be easy to control. True, I had developed this plan to escape by manipulating Nathan into helping me by using Lissa, but I had no reassurance he would agree to help me.
Hope you enjoyed!