Hey guys! Here's the third chapter in "my version of the last sacrifice." I hope you all enjoy it and there will definitely be some action in the next chapter for those who have been waiting for it! :)
Chapter three
IT HADN'T TAKEN LONG FOR the three of them to pack their bags, which left them plenty of time to go and find Mia, Eddie and Thomas. Christian went off to go find Mia, while Adrian went to go find Thomas, which left Lissa to go find Eddie. Through the bond I could tell that Lissa was a bit uneasy about this. She knew that Eddie and I hadn't been getting on ever since I purposely stopped him from staking Dimitri when he was a Stirgoi. But she hoped that after all that had happened he would be willing to help me one more time. But that's just the way she saw it. I was hoping that Eddie would see it more as a way to help Lissa rather than myself, because I doubt that he would be willing to help me again.
Lissa walked swiftly through the lobby towards Eddie's room. It doesn't take long for her to reach his door and a second later she's knocking on it.
A blurry eyed Eddie opened the door, but despite his tiredness, he immediately brightens up when he sees her.
"Hey Lissa, what's up?" He steps out of the way and ushers her though the door.
"Um... nothing much. I was just wondering if I could talk to you if you're not too busy?" He points over to the couch and they both head over and sit down.
"Sure, what do you want to talk about?" Lissa starts twiddling her thumbs as she tries to think about how she should begin. It's frustrating for me to be sitting in this cell, watching events like this play out without being able to say or do anything about them. I just hope Liss doesn't try and start off with the conversation with me.
"Well," she begins. "It's about Rose." Next to her Eddie tenses.
Fantastic. Now there's no possible way he will help her.
"What about her?" Eddie manages after a few silent moments. Lissa slowly looks up from her hands and faces him.
"I've found a way to help her, and possibly save her life." Eddie stays silent, his mind wandering off into his own world- or possibly dark thoughts about what a horrible person I am- but
I'm hoping for the first one. "Look," she begins. "I know you and Rose..." But Eddie cuts her off.
"I'll help."
"What?"
Yeah, what? I was as stunned as Lissa. Did he actually just say what we think he said?
"I'll help. I'll do whatever I can to save her," he stands up and begins pacing around the room. "I feel so bad about not patching things up properly with Rose before... well you know." Even Eddie, fearless and brave Eddie had trouble talking about my jail sentence. "And I promised myself that I would look out for her ever since Mason died." The mention of one of my former close friends, Mason, caused my heart to ache. But I knew that he had found peace in the end, which made the pain a little easier to bear. "I've already broken that promise once. I don't want to do it again." Lissa was still stunned, but eventually her brain caught up to what was happening and she cracked a smile.
"Oh Eddie!" Catching him off guard, she leaped up and gave him hug. He chuckled and asked, "So, what do you want me to do exactly?" Lissa smiled brightly and began tugging him towards the door like a little kid who really wants an ice-cream.
"I'll tell you, but first we have to go meet up with the others. Come on."
Once they had all arrived back at Lissa room, they quickly started working out what everyone had to do and the best way to do everything. Abe had told Adrian to meet him with the others in the garage that holds all the Guardian's vehicles at 7am. The rest, my father apparently had covered. They had decided that Mia would stay at Court to keep an eye out for me and so that they would also have someone on the inside they could all trust. She wasn't too happy about it, but promised that she would do the job. Eddie and Thomas would come along to protect Adrian, Lissa and Christian, who would be busy trying to find out who Lissa's half sibling is and where to find them.
With all that work out they gathered all their bags and started to head off to the garage under the cover of darkness- well technically daylight, but it was just as effective as there would be no Moroi around because they would all be asleep. They only people they had to worry about were the guardians on duty. But, thankfully, they were able to easily doge them and make it to the Garage on time. When they walked in, they found Abe standing there waiting in front of large black van. He was holding a big-bulgy-looking bag and the blue folder that he had said contained the main information about Lissa's family.
"What's in the bag?" Christian asked curiously. Abe in turn tossed him the bag and said, "Your disguises." Lissa unzipped the bag and pulled out a guardian's uniform.
Adrian laughed.
"You're dressing us up as guardians? Don't you think they might notice that were not, well, guardians?" A glare from Abe quickly shut Adrian up and then he started handing out the clothes.
"It wouldn't work if we were in a small, secluded place where everyone knows everyone, but we're not. We're at the Royal Court. There are too many guardians for them all to know each other and they are more concerned about people entering than leaving. So as long as you disguise your selves properly and hide your eyes with these," he said holding up three pairs of black sunglasses. "Then you'll go unnoticed. I've arrange for a fake job which involves five guardians leaving Court to go and educate a class of Dhampirs on the life of a guardian at the Royal Court."
Somehow I don't think he 'arranged' a fake job. Persuaded forcefully would be more fitted in Abe's case. "So all you need to do is buckle up and let Thomas do the talking since he'll be the only familiar face." The group all started to load their luggage into the van and then take turns in the small storage closet to get changed into their guardian clothes. Lissa, Christian and Adrian then put on the black sunglasses and then climbed into the car. Abe walked up to the still-opened-van-door and handed Adrian the blue folder.
"Here is all the information you need. So please don't go breaking into try and find the Dragomir's file." Adrian nodded in thanks, and Abe turned towards Lissa. "Good luck. I hope for everyone's sake that you find your half sibling." Lissa smiled politely.
"I hope so too. And thank you for the help." Thomas starts the engine as he and Eddie hop into the van. Abe wished them all luck one more time and then walked away. There was an anxious feeling in the air as the van steadily made its way to the front gate. But Abe had been right and they made it through with little complications. It would be a couple of hours until they reached the airport, and it looked like nothing else interesting would happen. So I slipped back into myself and opened my eyes to what must be a dream. Because standing in front of my cell was the last person I had expected to see. Dimitri.
"Hey," he said after he realised I was back to reality. I stood up from where I had been sitting on the floor and walked over to him.
"Hi." We both shifted uneasily, but I refused to break the silence. I was too stubborn to even wonder how he had gotten in here, and on top of that had gotten time alone with me as well.
"How are you?"
Was he seriously asking me this? Why couldn't he just get to the point already? But if I was honest, some part of me didn't want him to get to the point. If I was honest with myself, I didn't want him to stop talking and leave at all.
"Fine," I answered bluntly.
"Look Rose, I'm sorry about everything. But I just wanted to come and make sure you're okay." His warm brown eyes burned into mine and it took all my strength too look away from them and focus on a crack in the wall.
"I'm fine. You didn't need to come here just because you feel sorry for me. I can look after myself."
He chuckled.
"Oh, I know you can."
I was still looking at the crack in the wall when I felt his strong, soft hand turn my face towards his. "But that's not why I'm here."
My heart started pounding a million miles an hour and my brain started questioning everything I had forced myself to believe was wrong. Maybe he does love me? Maybe he was just lying? Or maybe I'm just dreaming. Deciding to test this theory, I quickly pinch my arm.
"Ouch."
"Why did you just pinch yourself?" He was looking at me confused, and frankly and little worried for my sanity as well. I just shrugged.
"Just testing to make sure I am not dreaming." He laughed again.
"You always have to be so stubborn don't you? But I guess I deserve it this time." His smile disappeared as he creased his eyebrows in anger. "I really am sorry for all that I've put you through, Rose." I was trying so hard not to cave in, but his eyes and words were making it seem like an impossible task. And finally I couldn't help but show a hint of a smile.
"You know that I've already forgiven you like a thousand times before. Besides, you've had to put up with all my crap, so it looks like we're even." The frown on Dimitri's face turned back into a warm, radiant smile and I couldn't but return it. "So if it wasn't for pity then why did you come?" I tried not to sound hopeful, but that's exactly how it sounded. But my affection towards Dimitri didn't seem to bother him anymore. It was like he was back to his old self again. He started to lean in closer, while still managing to caress my cheek through the bars. His lips stopped right near my ear and he whispered, "Because, I love you."
I had been waiting so long to hear those words that it took me a while to react to them. But as soon as I realised I wasn't dreaming, I quickly turned my face so our lips could find each other. The kiss was hot and deep, the kind of kisses that I had longed for from Dimitri.
But it didn't last long. Because the next thing I knew I was being ripped out of Dimitri's hands and being sent flying across the room, with the sound of an explosion ringing through my ears.
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Next chapter up soon :)
