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I started running to the gym, it was the one place that I was sure a lot of guardians would be. I could feel through the bond that Lissa was safe, which made me feel a little better. There wasn't a lot of Strigoi on the campus this time, but I had a horrible feeling. I was almost sure that they had come for me, if anyone died or got hurt it would be all my fault. I was almost at the gym when a dark, cold voice spoke out from the shadows. "Slow down little girl, nobody is going to get hurt." there was a pause and he added "well, not a lot of people anyway."

I twirled around trying to find the person that spoke "Who are you?" I shouted, I clutched my stake tighter in my hand.

A human stepped out from the shadows. He was really tall, as far as humans go, with short blonde hair. His eyes were a deep blue but there was no emotion in them. "Hello Rose, I'm Mike." his voice was flat and cold. "I'm not here to attack your school, I'm here to give you a message. Dimitri says the hunt begins now, your days are limited so use them wisely." At the mention of Dimitri's name I started walking slowly to him, his human reflexes didn't catch it but when he turned to walk away I sprung at his back and shoved the stake through his heart. I didn't even feel bad about doing that, he was working for Strigoi, he deserved to die before they could awaken him. I didn't waste anytime, as soon as I was sure he was dead I ran into the gym.

"Alberta!" I shouted looking around.

"Ms. Hathaway what are you doing?" the instructor of this training class asked.

I didn't even answer his question "Where's Alberta?" I asked "Strigoi, they broke the wards again. There was a human, Mike, that said the Strigoi weren't going to attack but I don't believe that." The instructors face turned to one of pure horror, all the guardians in the back of the gym started moving to the doors, pulling out silver stakes. Some stayed behind to gather the novices and try to calm them down. That's when I felt one of the worse pains I had ever felt in my life, it was coming through the bond. I quickly checked on Lissa, she was with Adrian. Physically she was fine but she kept chanting Christian over and over. Adrian was holding her hand and saying that everything was going to be okay. I turned around, running towards the doors. One guardian looked at me "Rose, you need to come over here with your classmates." He said sternly. I didn't answer him I just ran out the doors.

I was only a little surprised when I ran out of the gym and saw all the guardians heading toward the front gates. There had been no attacks, that I could see, yet. Then I heard the screams. I stopped running, guardians didn't scream, not even in the worse of circumstances. There must be something really, really wrong. I checked in with Lissa again, once I decided that she would be okay without me for a little longer I started running toward the front gate. I came to an abrupt stop when I saw what caused the screams. There was a black SUV, much the like ones that the school owned, sitting there idling. There was about three guardians laying dead on the ground, but more astonishing than that was the Queen. She was lying in a pool of her own blood, not breathing.

"What…what happened" I panted

Alberta turned to look at me "The Queen was trying to leave once she learned of the attacks, her guardians were going to drive her all the way back to the Royal Court, they didn't want her here with an attack. Once they got out of the gate a group of Strigoi attacked, taking down all of the guardians. They had the element of surprise, then they killed the Queen." She said sadly. I may not have like Tatiana, she was a real bitch, but I didn't want to see anymore deaths.

"I have to go tell Adrian," I told her "Are there Strigoi still on campus?"

"No, there was only a few on campus. A couple got away with victims, we killed the others." She said. I nodded then started off towards the Moroi dorms. This time I made it all the way up to Lissa's room, I had to knock on the door several times before Adrian finally came to the door. Lissa sat on her bed, curled up with a blanket, tears constantly flowing down her face. I quickly told Adrian what happened to Tatiana. He didn't say anything after I told him, he just went to sit on the bed, putting his hands over his face.

I went over to sit beside Lissa, stroking her beautiful golden hair. "Lissa what happened?" I asked her.

"It's Christian," she sobbed "they took him. I saw them." A Strigoi took Christian, one of the few that made it on campus took Christian. I couldn't believe it, he was a fire user, he should have burned them where they stood!

"Was he alive when they took him?" I asked gently. I could feel the dark thoughts and feelings in her and it scared me. I concentrated on the bond, sucking the darkness away from her, and for a brief second I felt it flow through me. I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist. Then my ring, charmed by Spirit from Lissa, sucked it away from me.

Slowly she nodded "He was on his way into the dorm, one grabbed him from behind and slammed him against the wall. They took Eddie too." She started sobbing again.

I remembered what Mike said 'Dimitri says the hunt begins now, your days are limited so use them wisely.' Dimitri took Christian and Eddie, knowing that I would come looking for them. He killed the Queen because he knew that it was going to hurt Adrian. He was putting my friends through pain, and it was all my fault. He was trying to get me away from the Academy with the wards and guardians, he knew I would leave to get Christian back for Lissa.

"I love Christian so much, and we haven't even worked out the things that I did when Avery was here. What if he dies Rose? He's going to die hating me." She said in a small voice.

"We are going to get him and Eddie back alive Lissa, don't worry." I said "We can leave right now if you want to. Dimitri sent them, he didn't come. I bet they are all going back to Siberia. Pack your bags." I said. I still sat on the bed, watching Adrian, while Lissa got up and started throwing clothes into her suitcase.

"I'm going too," Adrian said quietly "I want to help you get them back, and save Belikov's ass for you Rose." He had an oddly vulnerable look on his face. "I'm going to my room to pack, meet me there once your ready." When he opened the door he ran right into Kirova.

"Excuse me," Kirova said stiffly stepping around Adrian and into the room, a team of guardians were standing out in the hall, "Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, Queen Tatiana named you heir of the Moroi royal throne."

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