"Oh my god!" I gasped. "Adrian? Adrian!" I yelled. He groaned and I lifted his head. I could see a small gash from the side of his forehead to just below his temple. "Who would do this to him?" I asked myself.

I used all my strength to lift Adrian onto his bed. When he was finally on the bed I examined his head closer. The blood was starting to dry up around the cut. I went into his bathroom and got a washcloth and ran it under some warm water. When I went back in the room, I gently wiped the blood off his head.

When all the blood was gone I could see the cut clearly now. It didn't look too deep, but it did look painful. Whoever had done this didn't have intentions to kill him. I looked at him closely. His eyes were tightly closed. I couldn't believe this had happened to him.

I was snooping around for some gauze and bandage tape, when Adrian came walking into the bathroom. "Rose?" He said wearily. "Adrian, you need to go lay back down." I motioned him towards the bed. He looked like hell. "But, I'm fine really." He tried to say with confidence. "No sir, you really need to lay back down." I asserted. He looked at me with squinted eyes, like he was trying to see in bright light. "Okay, okay." He muttered before going back in the room.

I followed after him, finally finding a first aid kit. "This out to stop the little bit of bleeding." I said to him. He looked up at me and attempted a smile. "What did you do to yourself?" I teased. He chuckled weakly. "Well, I certainly didn't want this. Some bastard snuck up on me. I could barely hear his cackling on the way out. Oddly it sounded like Reece, but I know it wasn't him." He said and I froze.

"Wait what did you say?" I asked rapidly. "Reece, remember him. I said the laugh sounded like his, but I know it wasn't him. He's my great uncle." Adrian said. I looked at him. So Reece had killed Tatiana and now he was coming for Adrian. Why? Was he out to get the Ivashkovs, seriously? I thought silently as I put gauze on the side of Adrian's head.

The gauze looked very out of place on his perfect face. It hurt me to see him like this. I had never seen a bruise on Adrian, let alone a gash on the side of his head unknowingly caused by his own great uncle, Reece Ivashkov, a crazy, power hungry psycho.

I laid next to Adrian on the bed. I curled up next to him. I would imagine he would have a headache, but when I thought about it, Lissa could heal him. I just had to call her. I picked up the phone next to Adrian's bed and dialed Lissa's number. She picked up after the second ring.

"Hello?" She said with a surprised tone. "Lissa! It's me!" I exclaimed. "Rose? Is everything alright?" She asked cautiously. "No, Adrian's been hurt." She gasped. "Don't tell anyone, can you please just come over?" I asked hurriedly. I heard the phone click and I set it down. She was already on her way. I set the phone down and a second later there was a knock at the door.

I jumped up and opened the door. "Lissa!" I shouted. "Can you please help him?" I asked. She looked at me with a worried expression. "What's wrong with him?" She asked, looking over at him on the bed. "Well, I came to see him and I found him lying on the floor unconscious." I pointed to the small bloodstain on the carpet. I had to clean that later, I mentally noted.

She grimaced at the sight of the blood. "Well, let me look at him." She said, walking over to Adrian. He was awake now. "Ah, Lissa so nice of you to stop by." He said smoothly. She smiled. "Sure cousin, I'm going to heal that nasty cut of yours." She told him. He moved his head slightly. She removed the gauze that I had just put on and examined the cut. She carefully place her hand on it and closed her eyes.

When she lifted her hand and let out a breath of air, she staggered back a little. Adrian's cut was completely gone and he was now sitting up on the edge of the bed. "Good thing we have your healing power, otherwise I would've been scarred." He said thankfully. "No problem Adrian." Lissa replied cheerily.

I realized I was biting my fingernails when Lissa tapped me lightly. "Hey, what's the matter?" She asked. "Uh, nothing. I just think that whoever killed Tatiana is after the Ivashkovs. I mean first Tatiana and now her favorite nephew. This isn't a coincidence." I pointed out. They both nodded.

"Well, Rose I need to go. I'm meeting Christian at eight and it's almost seven-fifty." She inquired. I smiled at her. "Go ahead. I'm glad you two finally made up." I grinned. She hugged me and then left, leaving us alone. I went over to Adrian, who was sitting back against the pillows. I crawled up next to him and rested my head on his chest.

"You came back for me?" He asked doubtfully. I looked up at him. "Why wouldn't I? I made a promise to you. I've been a bad enough girlfriend as it is, I can't fuck this up." I told him. He smiled. "Great. I couldn't have asked for anything better." He said running his hands through my hair.

Every now and then I would get a flashback of Dimitri stroking my hair, or my cheek, but I knew who I was with for now and that was Adrian. We laid like that for about an hour, before I heard my stomach growl loudly. "Hungry little dhampir?" He asked sweetly. I laughed. "I think so." I said back. "Well, let's go eat." He said getting up. I got up with him and we walked out the door hand in hand.

When we sat down at a nearby restaurant, I could feel the stares and hear the whispers about either us or me, maybe even both. I really didn't care, but it annoyed me that people still thought of me as a killer. We were eating contently when I spotted him out of the corner of my eye. Dimitri. He was chewing on a turkey sandwich and reading a book that I could only guess was a western.

I looked immediately back at Adrian so I wouldn't be tempted into memories or fantasies about him. I couldn't deal with that right now. Adrian smiled at me while he ate his chicken. I slurped my spaghetti and tried to focus on something other than Dimitri. Adrian and I tried to talk, but our mouths were too full to speak. When I looked back over, Dimitri was gone and a sense of relieve washed over me.

When we were done eating, Adrian paid the waiter and we left. I wanted to stay with Adrian, but he had to go talk to his parents, but he said he could come over when he was finished. Being content with that he kissed me quickly and walked off towards his parent's house. I walked back to my room. I walked inside and the room was dark, except for the bathroom light streaming one ray across the carpet.

I searched for the light switch and when I found it, flipped it on. I walked over to the bathroom and was stunned when I saw Dimitri completely naked in my bathroom.