Rosemarie Hathaway

It had been 3 weeks since I had killed Veronica and I have yet to meet a Strigoi who was unhappy about it. I wasn't ready to deal with Dimitri, Adrian, and Lissa. Now I had to keep track of all the Strigoi in New York. Sam had been very helpful by going to public places and telling every Strigoi he met that I was now in chare. Despite the fact that Lissa had been so selfish in the past, the way she didn't care that I was willing to sacrifice everything for her, I was treating her and her companions kindly... sort of. They had been moved to separate hotel rooms that didn't have windows and the doors were reinforced. Titania wasn't even sending any guardians to look for the last Dragomir descendant, and they called us heartless. Wes strode in with a newly awakened Strigoi called Quin, "Rose, you remember Quin, right?" When Quin saw me his eyes widened with fear, he wasn't here when Veronica had been in charge. "Well, here's the thing, Quin here was at a club with me and I turn my back on him to order a drink from the bartender." He wriggled his eyes at me to say, can you believe this kid? Wes continued, "I turn around to ask him what he wants and he's drinking from this servant I recently picked up!" "Now Quin, how could you do that to one of your fellow Strigoi? I'm sure you broke his heart" addressing him I ask, "is your heart broken?" He nods at me without taking his eyes off Quin, "well this can only be solved one way, an eye for an eye, Wes you can kill any one of Quin's servants you want."

Lissa with Sam closely following her burst into the room. Wes went into a predatory crouch placing Quin in front of him, I stayed perfectly still as I surveyed the situation. Sam stared at me apologetically, "she was waiting when we were going to give her the food and it sort of just happened." I shook my head in disgust, sometimes humans were just so worthless. "I want to speak to the person in charge," commanded Lissa, she was carrying Sam's handgun which she pointed at Quin. When Lissa and I left St Vladamir's, back when I was a Dhampir, she took shooting lessons because it made her feel in control, like when she cut herself. I slipped into her for a second, she was scared and was trying not to look at me. Why was she trying not to look at me? Oh, if she did then she would probably start sobbing uncontrollably, Moroi were just as weak as humans with their emotions that got in the way with everything. Wes pushed Quin aside with his left hand and gave her an extravagant bow, his nose almost touching the floor, she stared at him with a look of confusion and surprise on her face. He snickered, "Princess Dragomir meet our ruler, Rose. Rose, Princess Dragomir." I didn't have to read her feelings to know what her reaction to this was, probably some mixture between fear and surprise. Shockingly she was able to keep her cool as she asked, "where are Dimitri and Adrian?" "Why would I tell you anything?" Her voice shook only a little when she threatened, "I'll kill this human." I scoffed, as if she was able to kill anyone. No, the spirit in her also made it impossible, she'd probably end up shooting Sam and then healing him because of guilt and the fact that she couldn't bear to watch a human die, especially if one was dying because of her. "Kill him, he's a human, there are like 7 billion of them and they're all the same." Sam's eyes widened at this but refrained from making a comment.

I had other things to do and the conversation had already lasted longer than I thought it would. Moving as fast as I could, I shot across the room, grabbing the arm which held the pistol I flipped Lissa over my head. The fear coming through our bond would've been overwhelming as a Dhampir but every emotion seemed dampened. Baring my fangs I plunged them into her throat, Moroi blood rushed into me, it wasn't that the blood tasted noticeably better but that it was much more addicting. It made my heart start to race as I kept sucking. A few seconds later I yelled at Quin to take Lissa back to her room, Wes followed after him, probably to kill one of his servants. Only Wes would remember something as idiotic as that. Sam was looking at me, he had taken it personally when I told Lissa that I didn't care if she killed him because he was human and like every other. "Sam, come here," I said. He stood only a foot away before he stopped walking, I sighed. I put one hand on his shoulder and another bracing the back of his head as I put my mouth on his neck. After Lissa the blood didn't taste as good, sure it was still rejuvenating but it didn't even compare to Moroi blood. I thought hungrily about all the Dhampirs and Moroi in St Vladimir's alone, what about all the ones at the Moroi Royal Court? The Court is in Pennsylvania, perhaps I should speak with the rulers surrounding Pennsylvania, or I could just defeat them, in order to stage an attack against Queen Tatania. Lissa, Dimitri, and Adrian weren't going anywhere.

"WES!" I shrieked repeatedly as I raced through the halls, Strigoi stared at their queen as some of the older ones smirked in amusement, right now I didn't care. Wes was leaning against the wall with some human servant I didn't recognize. "Yes Rose?" he asked quizzically "I need you now, I have an idea how we're going to wipe out the Moroi and Dhampir once and for all!" He wriggled his eyebrows, he has been doing this a lot I notice, "I'm kinda in the middle of something, can I get back to you later?" "Now Wes!" After dragging him a little farther down the corridor from his newest companion I told him about my plan and asked him if he knew anyone important in the areas surrounding Pennsylvania. Wes said, "lucky for you, I know someone, but this might end badly." He grinned, I smiled back, "it's all or nothing Wes." "Well then that sounds like a plan."