Sorry guys, still trying to figure out how to do stuff on here. I figured I would shoot another chapter out at you tonight since I'm not sure when I will next be able to. Got some sad news today and not sure if I'll have any sudden inspirations. I'll try though. Thanks for all of you who added me to fav's and subscribed. You have no idea how much your comments mean to me. I never understood why authors loved them so much until you guys submitted them today. Every one made me smile and want to write more for you guys. So please write more!

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I woke up to my feet dragging along the ground and in a half sitting position. My shirt was riding up and I tilted my head back to see what was dragging me. I saw a strigoi holding me tightly. I doubted he would let me go so easily but I started to struggle anyway. I heard murmuring voices up ahead but could not understand what they were saying. I felt a sharp rap on my head and I was out like a light again.

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I woke up again in a cold, dark place. I rolled over and found my hands tied behind my back. I moved my legs and found them tied too. Sighing, I moved around a little, trying to determine where I was. The ground felt rough, cold even, but I could smell wood and it was pitch black. I decided to try much luck and slowly started inching my way to the right. It was very hard to do with both arms and legs bound, and after about half an hour of this I was covered with sweat.

I stopped to take a break and felt a slight chill come over me. My right side felt colder than my left. I rolled over and bumped into something hard. I tentatively reached out with my foot and found the solid object to be a wall. I could tell by the smell and the faint chill that radiated through me that I was near the edge of wherever I was being held captive. The faint smell of mildew made me think this may be the basement. That would explain the rough floors and oak paneling smell. I tapped my foot against the wall and it gave a solid sounding thud. That caused me to sigh. So I was being kept underground and my last conscious memory was of being dragged by a strigoi.

My stomach growled, but not like it was hungry. More like it was digesting. I wondered how long I had been unconscious. Someone had obviously fed me, but who? Why hadn't the strigoi killed me? I wiggled my hands, trying to free them from the rope that held them together, but I had no luck. I let out a frustrated sigh.

That's when I heard it. A faint thudding sound. It sounded almost like the steady beat of a hammer against a nail. It continued softly in the background but eventually began to draw closer. I realized what it was a second before the door opened. I rolled to face the door and relaxed my features, snoring softly. I had learned from my roommate at St. Peter's Academy, back in Siberia, that I snored in my sleep. I just prayed I had been snoring since they had knocked me out. The strigoi came in and looked at me, cursing under his breath.

"He's moved!" the strigoi yelled out up the steps that lay on the other side of the doorway. While he had his back turned I opened one eye and took in my surroundings with one quick look. There were boxes everywhere. It was a very large area, but with the number of boxes in here it looked quite small. I was surprised I had been able to find this piece of wall. There was very little wall showing around the room. The man was directly between me and the door. He was quite a ways away.

He turned back toward me when he noticed my snoring had stopped. I shifted slightly, as though moving my sleep. When I relaxed and started snoring again he came closer to check that I was still asleep. I resisted the urge to jump up and kill him the second he got within range. I had always tried to teach Rose self control and was now using every last bit of it I had. A pang shot through me at her name but it was quickly erased when I caught hold on the man's scent. He smelled human. We knew the strigoi and the humans had been working together, but perhaps there had been more going on there than we had thought.

Okay so now we know Dimitri isn't strigoi so, sadly, he can't come and visit you at night and you cannot spend an eternity with him. However I heard a rumor that Rose is on her way to rescue him. Adrian is out looking for Dimitri too. If you review, he might accidentally slip into one of your dreams, rather than Dimitri's. Click the button and find out!