Chapter 3

I rubbed the sore spot on my head where my hair and been jerked out. I winced and pulled my hand away. It was covered with blood. Just then there was a rustle in the bushes behind me. I turned to face my opponent.

He was very tall and slender. He had long blonde hair that was pulled back at his neck. His eyes were fierce blue. He sized me up, and then attacked. I barely managed to dodge his first blow and ended up tripping. The next thing I know he was straddling my waist. With one hand he grabbed my neck and was blocking my air. With his free hand he grabbed my wrist and slammed it to the ground. The pain was overwhelming. I thought I was going to pass out. I screamed a blood-curdling scream from pain. He laughed.

I tried to pull my hand of the ground, it was stuck to something. I looked over at my hand to find that he had slammed my hand down on a pointy stick that was sticking out of the ground.

"This is it," I thought, "I'm going to die." He lowered his face to my neck. Suddenly he shrieked out in pain. Someone had staked him through the back. He slumped over on top of me. I struggled to roll him off of me. I rolled over and quickly pulled my hand off of the stick. I screamed louder than when the stick went through my hand.

I looked up just in time to see my rescuer take down another strigoi. His back was to me he was tall and built nicely. He dropped his stake and started to turn around. I realized I still felt nauseous. "Wait! There's another one." I started to yell at him over and over. He froze. I still hadn't seen his face. He whispered something that sounded like, "It's ok your safe now, Roza."

My jaw dropped. "Wha-what did you say?" He turned around revealing his real identity. He was gorgeous. He had dark brown eyes and hair. His hair was pulled back at his neck, but some pieces came lose. He tucked them behind his ears. "Dimitri?" I started to back up trying to find my stake. I found it. I ran to pick it up and turned around, Dimitri caught my wrist and stopped the stake right over his heart.

"It's ok Roza, I won't hurt you." He said. He pulled my wrist up and examined my hand. It looked terrible. Blood was everywhere. There was a huge hole that went all the way through my palm. He looked horrified. Then I blacked out from pain and exhaustion.

I know this chapter is short, but I'm not going to post anymore until I get more reviews. So please review because I want to finish this story. Thanks Meagan for my only review, but you're biased. Lol.