Chapter 4

I hate plane rides. They are too long.

Adrian sat across the row from me and Lissa sat in front of him. They keep staring at me. Lissa is worried cause I keep throwing up, Adrian knows why this is happening and he thinks I'm never gonna tell Lissa.

When we got to Pennsylvania, I was beyond tired, but Lissa wanted to keep me up. I complained to her we just got off a 3 hour plan ride, but she didn't listen. My mom picked us up at the airport and drove us to her place just outside of the royal court. I went up to my room and put my things away. I took a moment to look at myself. Unfortunately I was already showing, not enough for concern considering it looked like I just gained a couple of pounds but still, I noticed it. Adrian walked in and looked me over.

"Take a picture Adrian, it'll last longer." I said to him.

"You can't hide it for much longer, you are already showing." He said

"To you cause you know, to everyone else it looks like a gained weight right now."

"Really and how will you explain next month."

"You act as though you gonna get in trouble cause you did this to me."

"It has to be me. It's the only way."

"Too soon. I'm like 3 months already."

"That would put it around the time of the strigoi attack on the school. Who'd you do it with then."

"If I told you you wouldn't believe me."

"Try me."

"After Lissa let her anger go into me, Dimitri took me to a cabin on the outskirts of the school for medical attention, lets just say one thing led to another and..."

"Some medical attention, but still that's not possible."

I looked at him over my shoulder. "Is it."

"So everything we know about your kind is..."

"Most likely wrong"

"So What are you gonna do."

"Don't know, but I need to go for a walk."

I grabbed my coat and walked towards town. I kept getting this feeling someone was following me. I brushed it off, considering I was in the royal court, the most secure place from strigoi. I kept walking forward till I heard footsteps behind me. When I turned a saw the most frightening thing for me right now the face I dreaded seeing

Dimitri was following me.

He was exactly as I remember him from my trip to Russia. His face looked the same except for the paleness of a strigoi and he still had the frightening red eyes I remember so well.

"What do you want." I asked him. What a stupid question to ask. Of course he wanted me.

"Roza, You let yourself, you gain some weight since the last time I saw you." He siad while his head was tilted .

"Yea well that's what school does to you."

"Really?"

"Yea."

He let out a low sigh that sounded amused, almost as though he was laughing. "Did you know I'd be coming for you."

"I never suspected it be this soon."

He smirked. "You should have stayed at your mothers house tonight. When I saw you at the graduation ceremony I thought you would know better."

"You were at the graduation ceremony?"

"You looked right at me."

"So what are you gonna do now, you found me."

He walked forward "What I had planned to do after you refused to make the change."

I backed up towards the town. He lunged at me but I moved to quickly, I started to run back towards the house, but he caught me first. When he grabbed me I screamed as loud as I could. He let me go and I fell to the ground. I began to run again hoping my screams were heard by someone. I heard Dimitri coming up behind me, so I tried to run faster. As I go closer to the house saw Adrian running out. When he got close enough I grabbed his hand and we ran onto the porch. I looked back and saw Dimitri standing by a tree in the yard. He knew all too well the house was protected my ward and he couldn't come close to it.

Adrian finally asked the question I know he was waiting to ask

"What happened."

I turned to him and looked him in the eye knowing he wouldn't like my answer

"Dimitri is coming after me."