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There was silence for a moment more, and then I heard the battle resume. This was all my fault, all the guardians that died tonight, they died because of me. As I looked up to watch the battle, I thought about joining in, fighting for my true side with the guardians, but I just couldn't bring myself to leave Lissa's side. Besides, I probably didn't have the strength anyway. I could see the guardians were winning and I instantly became tense as I saw a group of them coming towards me and Lissa.

They were trying to take Lissa away from me, what were they doing? Couldn't they see I was a Dhampir, the fact that they thought I would ever hurt Lissa kind of annoyed me a little bit, she saved me, couldn't they see she wanted to stay with me! As they tried to pry Lissa off me I felt her grip me protectively and I watched as she waved her arms in a feeble attempt to stop the guardians from taking her away from me. I suddenly realised I could help her; I clutched her back and tried to fight them off, but I was just as weak as Lissa. We couldn't win, and just as I realised this they managed to tear us apart.

"Should we kill him?"

"I don't know, he looks like a Dhampir to me"

"Yeah, but he could be faking, I mean come on, Strigoi can't change to Dhampir – it's impossible!"

What! Impossible; were they serious? Couldn't they see it wasn't impossible, was I not good enough proof? I was sitting right in front of them! A dark but true thought came into my mind; they should kill me. I mean, it wasn't like I didn't deserve to be dead; I'd killed innocent people and tortured those I loved. I looked down at the ground in shame, trying to control the tears that once again were threatening to overflow.

Suddenly, I was hauled upwards by what felt like two strong hands; guardians. I hadn't realised just how weak I was until then; I couldn't even stand on my feet. It embarrassed me to be this vulnerable, especially in front of guardians. I never wanted to be this weak again; I needed to protect Lissa. And, although I would never admit it to her and probably not even myself, Rose.

I used all the strength left in me to move my head up in an attempt see what was going on, only to see a bunch of guardians moving towards me. A flash of metal in their hands caught my eye. Stakes.

This was it I thought. They were really going to kill me.

"No! Don't! He's not what you think! He's not Strigoi! Look at him!"

I heard what sounded like Lissa, Christian and Rose all scream the same pleading protests at the guardians, who, in losing their normal expressionless guardian faces, now wore looks of extreme confusion and uncertainty. Even though Rose, Christian and Lissa were just speaking the truth, they still shouldn't have been defending me. Especially not Rose. I didn't deserve her love and above all I didn't deserve her forgiveness.

I looked over at her only to see her being fiercely pulled back by Hans, one of the schools guardians. If I had had the strength to move my feet over to where Rose was now struggling with Hans, I would have punched him for touching her that aggressively. Rose, being Rose though, beat me to it, turning around and punching him square on the nose. I saw a look of shock cross her face when she realised she'd just punched a guardian, and one of pure determination when a group of guardians ascended on her. Seeing her willing to fight her guardians just to defend me increased my guilt but also - as wrong as it was - made me slightly happy and proud that she was mine. Well, used to be mine. My selfish thoughts of Rose were cleared from my head and my gaze was directed off of her as the guardians holding me up starting tugging Lissa and I out of the room.

I regretted letting them take me as we were dragged back through the barn. I felt sick to the stomach as I saw all the bodies. Yes they were mostly Strigoi, but I still saw guardians lying there among the dead. Every time I saw someone I knew, even if it was just as an acquaintance, I felt a sharp twisting pain in my heart as I remembered that these guardians had all died because of me.

I was shoved forcefully into one of the schools SUV's, and it was then I realised that Lissa wasn't with me. I was too distracted by my all-consuming guilt to see when and where she had been pulled away too. I needed to find out where she was, I needed to make sure she was okay. But what about Rose, she had faced a whole group of guardians on her own. What if they had decided to kill her instead of me; the woman I loved. Dead. All because of me.

Although I would serve Lissa for the rest of my life, I had to protect Rose. If Rose died, so would I. And I was pretty sure after seeing Rose in that barn, basically willing to do anything to protect me, if I died; so would she. I wasn't too worried about Rose though, I was confident they wouldn't kill her. Guardians were much too valuable too lose, especially a female one. Plus, almost nothing could hurt her; she was the most amazing fighter and the most amazing woman.

And the most amazing kisser.

I tried to think of anything but the feel of Roses gentle lips on mine, the feel of her amazing body under my hands, her loving, intense gaze, that amazing man-eater smile she could dish out, her beautiful, silky hair that felt oh so good to run my hands through. Oh God, stop stop stop Dimitri, think of something else, anything! Lissa's safety seemed just about the only thing that could distract me now I was thinking about Rose.

"Lissa" was all I managed to say, I was too physically and mentally drained to utter anything else.

"The princess is safe" Phew. I faintly heard him add under his breath "Now she's away from you".

I mentally winced; they still thought I was Strigoi, but how? Could they not see me, I had no red eyes, no fangs! And how could they ever think I would hurt Lissa. She was the reason I was alive, really alive. I would never hurt her for as long as I lived, I owed her a lifetime of servitude and I valued her life more than my own. My thoughts of Lissa eventually drifted off as I fell into a deep sleep.

I woke up, uncomfortable, where was I, why was I here? I understood then, memories flooding back as the tidal wave of guilt crashed over me. Jeez, my life was going to be hell. I wondered how the guardians had brought me here. Probably dragged me along the ground, I thought; they were still anxious of me, and definitely didn't care about hurting me.

I took in my surroundings; I had my own little cell, equipped with a small bed which I was currently lying in. It was uncomfortable and so tiny; I was surprised I could even fit inside it without my feet hanging off the edge. I sat up from the bed and immediately a bunch of guardians swooped on me, stationing themselves at the door of my cell, their faces unreadable. Whoa, I hadn't realised just how big of a threat they thought I was.

Sensing just how dry my throat was, I took advantage of them being so close to ask them for a favour. "Can I please have some water?" I asked; my voice hoarse. I was still pretty worn out from yesterday, but at least I had the strength to form a sentence.

I watched one of the guardians exit the room and come back shortly after holding a metal cup filled with water, he unlocked the door and gave it to me along with a piece of pretty dodgy looking bread. Huh, how generous of them. After I'd drunk my water and made my way through the slightly stale bread I had another request for the stone-faced guardians.

"I need to see Princess Vasilisa. Now."

I swear one of the guardians almost laughed "Yeah, right. The Princess would never agree to that, besides, we would never put her in that kind of danger"

Danger! Were they serious? This guy had obviously not been in the barn last night. He had obviously not seen how Lissa had wanted to stay with me. It almost made me laugh at how sure this guy was that Lissa wouldn't want to see me. Almost.

"Please, just ask her, if she says no then okay." I knew she wouldn't.

I saw each of the guardians regarding me curiously and shooting each other confused, anxious glances. I didn't blame them, the thought of a Strigoi being changed into a Dhampir was an outrageous one, and I wouldn't have believed it myself if It hadn't happened to me just last night.

Eventually, the guardians decided it would be safe enough for me to see Lissa, as long as she wanted to see me. I would have bet my life that she did.

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