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Chapter 4

"You saw the future?" Dimitri asked in disbelief. Makes me feel like I'm crazy.

"Um…more like a premonition now that I changed the end result. But yeah…that's pretty much it," I answered quickly. After, I sighed and Dimitri sighed as well. Stan just looked out of it.

"Alto, take her back to her room. I'll report to Kirova about all of this," Stan nodded and headed to me as Dimitri left.

"Dimitri, wait," That got Dimitri to stop and turn to me. "Guardian Alto, can you report to Kirova instead?" I gave him a certain look and he knew what it meant. He gave me a gentle look, almost a smile before he left.

"Sure. Take your time," He placed his hand on my shoulder and left to head back inside. I stared at Stan as he left, making sure he was far enough from hearing distance. Then I turned back to Dimitri.

"Five minutes. You said five minutes so you have it starting now," I told Dimitri since we were alone now. He shook his head though. He wasn't going to take it

"Not tonight, Roza. You need your rest and to be honest, I'll need more than five minutes at this rate," All of a sudden, he started to walk away.

"Then give me a kiss," I increased the ante now. He turned back to me again. And again, he only smiled. I stood firmly but Dimitri just shook his head and started to leave. "Don't say I haven't tried being nice about it because I'm not giving you a choice," I ran and tried to tackle Dimitri. That was stupid when I added a battle cry. Soon Dimitri pushed me further and before I fell, he caught me. Just like he did when Lissa and I were dragged back to the school. Then he pulled me close and constricted me.

"Rose, listen to me. If you don't feel safe in your room, I can accompany you tonight. All you do is ask. But I won't kiss you and I won't make a move until I can explain everything to you. You hate me already right? And I can't do that unless you're willing to listen. Now, do you want me to stay the night?" I gave him a look.

"Answer me, Rose. You have two choices," I scoffed.

"You know what, forget it. You had your chance," I started to walk off.

"Listen to me!" He yelled. I stopped. "I'm done. No more half-assed answers. But you have to prepare for one very big answer and that means time. I need time. I still need to get used to this life. Rose…"

"No, no more waiting. I went to Russia for you and you can't even give me an answer without thinking about it for what? A few days?" I sighed. "Dimitri…I can wait. But I can't wait on forever…remember that," I started to head back inside, looking for Adrian. Maybe he could humor me for a bit. When I got back into the dorms, I knocked at Adrian's door.

"Come in beautiful," I cracked a smile before heading inside. "Well hello little dhampir. Give Adrian a kiss," He laughed out.

"Adrian, are you drunk? Because I can come back later if-" He suddenly cut me off.

"I'm not drunk. Come here, I know what happened…" He pointed to his head.

"Yeah…what's going on? I actually wanted to talk to you about it," I told him.

"Darkness? It comes with the territory. Your powers are getting stronger. Taking more Strigoi down turns up the power, but also raises the ante. It'll have a serious toll on your body. You have to be careful. Future sight, it's really useful at moments. But other times, lose your timing and space out, could cost you your life. Rose, be careful. Strigoi are going to be after you for that special talent because it can prove useful, but they could care less about your safety nonetheless the health issues that comes along with it unless it inflicts so much damage that it risks your death. That's when people stop pushing. Now, you can use this info to your advantage. But don't do it too much. That's all I can tell you and that's all I know." For a person like Adrian, that much info is pretty much like hitting a gold mine.

"You can see into my mind right? Dream walking?" I asked him.

"Dream, not mind. It has to be you asleep and your mind thinking," He reminded me.

"I want to try something. I need you to see in my mind. There's a person that's a bit suspicious to me," Adrian laid me down on his bed and he rocked me a bit until I was tired enough to relax. He touched my head and before I knew it, he was shot into my memories.

"What am I looking for?" He asked in my mind.

"Anyone suspicious. Check the priest. I was in the trees and he came from nowhere," I saw Adrian walking through my mind and he stopped my memory of the priest. "He looks alright. Wait, wait a sec. His robe. Underneath, black. What does that remind you of?" He ask.

"Strigoi. He's an inside man. Man, I'm going to kill him," I threatened.

"No. You don't kill him. You don't touch him and you don't rattle him. He's a priest. Or so he is here. Meaning, you hurt him, you get pinned for everything. You will get into a boatload of trouble and you're going to be in more danger than you want to be in. What you should do is just ignore him…let him wander and let him spy. Just don't let him catch you saying anything dangerous or suspicious…and obviously don't let him near you. If he wants to talk, say you're busy or that you'd rather think on your own. Little dhampir, I know for the life of you, you can lie. You'll have to keep them company now. Don't trust anyone. If anything guardian related, Dimitri, Stan, Alberta and Kirova are your safeguards. No one else. Regular folk, Lissa, your group of friends, and me. No one else. Understand?" He told me before leaving my head. "I'll call Dimitri. Let him tell the others about this and we might be able to overturn this entire thing on its head. Go get some rest," I nodded and started to leave Adrian's room. And suddenly the danger game was on again. As I was slowly walking down the hallway, I slowly drew out my stake. God, just when I thought I was all clear and out of this.

Suddenly a vision came again. I saw myself heading to my room. A person was following me. Damn. I started to run to my room and right before I turned, I grabbed my stake tight. When I turned, I tried to cut and slash whoever it was.

"Woah! Put it down! Rose, stop!" I slowed and saw the shadowy figure. It was Stan.

"God, gave me a heart attack. Got the call from Adrian and the others?" He nodded.

"We're guarding you through the night. Dimitri and I are going to trade shifts every few hours. You can sleep soundly for sure though," He told me. I laughed.

"I know…I know," I quickly changed in the bathroom and got myself ready for bed.

"Lights out yet?" Stan mocked.

"Shut up. I'm going to bed. Goodnight," I told Stan.

"Goodnight, Rose. Sleep tight," He whispered quietly now.

"Yeah…goodnight…" I laid on my bed, staring at the ceiling. As Stan dimmed the lights for me, I started to close my eyes. To be honest, this wasn't relaxing at all. Knowing that you're the treasure for a group of Strigoi? Not relaxing at all. I slept really lightly. Sure, my eyes were closed, but I heard everything that moved in the room. Even after fifteen minutes, I sat up gasping.

"Rose? Are you okay?" Stan sat on my bed and stroked my hair aside.

"Yeah…just restless…" My heart rate was fast. It was really uncomfortable like this.

"Look, how about I call Dimitri. You've slept with him before so you'll be better with him. We'll both guard your room but at least with Dimitri holding you, you can get some sleep," And so he did just that. Within five minutes, Dimitri knocked at the door with a certain pattern. He turned on the lights for a bit.

"Roza? Sweetheart, it's me. Everything's going to be okay. You don't have to be worried," I turned to him a bit.

"I'm scared…" I whispered to no one in particular. "I'm really scared…" I curled up as I could hear Dimitri's footsteps come closer.

"Relax…we're here. No one's going to get to you," I laid back down on my bed and Dimitri got in. He slowly wrapped his arms around me and rolled underneath me so that I was lying on top of his body. Gently, he pressed my head to his chest and I could hear his heart beating slowly. It was soothing and if anything, it was definitely something I missed. As Dimitri stroked my back, I think at some point in time I completely fell asleep.

"Don't leave…" I whispered.

"I won't. I promise," I heard Dimitri's voice as he pulled the cover over us.

Next morning…

"Beep! Beep! Beep!" I smacked the alarm clock. "Another day…" I opened my eyes and looked around. No one was in my room so I quickly drew my stake. "Stan? Dimitri?"

"Out here!" They yelled back. I opened the door and they were just outside my door, talking.

"Come in. Don't stand out there. I need you guys in here," I told them. They came in. "So how is this going to go? I have a target painted on my back and I have class. Also, no way am I staying cooped up in here," I told the two of them. They gave me a sly grin. I think I just asked the wrong questions.

"Oh…no…no, no, no, no, no! No, I am not doing what I think you want me to do," I told them, trying to leave the room.

"Nuh uh," Dimitri grabbed me.

"We don't have a choice, Miss Hathaway," Stan told me. "You're wanted by evil people who are trying to kidnap you. Plus, everything is covered by the school now. You don't even need to touch your dad's money," Stan told me. "Plus you and Dimitri, should get some time to…talk. Make up perhaps?" Stan looked at me. I groaned.

"So in other words, I'm supposed to just pack up and go to where ever you guys I have to go," Dimitri put his hand on my arm and caressed my cheek. Slowly he pulled me into a hug.

"We don't like this anymore than you do, but we talked to Kirova last night. That's what she said. Because of your newfound ability…you're…" He hesitated and that meant I would be pissed at what he would say.

"What? I'm what?" He asked. "You're…" I tried to continue for him.

"You're also an asset to the school. Like spirit powers, yours are the complete opposite. It's an interest," I sighed.

"Great. I'm a trophy now," He brushed through my hair and I calmed instantly. "Fine. We're going it your way. Where are we going?" I asked.

"Russia." Dimitri answered. I froze on the spot and all the memories of Russia came to me.

"Russia? Are you kidding me? What about your gang of Strigoi from there?" I asked.

"Don't worry. We have a spy op going on right now. Turns out, my gang and their new boss, are here in the US. So, we're going to lose them. And even if they get to Russia, I contacted some people already. Your dad knows the situation too so he lent us a few of his bodyguard because he doesn't want his pretty little daughter hurt," Dimitri found the opening to kiss me and even though I didn't kiss him back, I also didn't push him away. "Plus, Rose, you wanted an apology from me right? You'll get it when we get there," Dimitri was really trying to sell this.

"How long are we staying there, Alto?" I put some of the heat on him.

"Depends if anyone catches on. Our ideal time is a month. As for classes, for all anyone knows, you already passed all of your classes. Take this time as a cultural course I guess," Stan told me.

"Ok. One more question. When do we leave and who else knows about this?" I asked. I was now worrying about how to break it to Lissa.

"Who else knows? Um, Princess Vasilisa and your gang. But no worries about saying goodbye. Because, they are all going on a one month field trip with you. We figured because you were targeted, they're targeted all the same. It's better if we keep track of the people close to you. Except your dad because well, we all know he can take care of himself," Stan answered and that's when things changed.

"Wait, they get to come?" I exclaimed.

"Yeah. They're coming with you. Figured you might get lonely. It was his idea," Stan pointed at Dimitri. I looked at Dimitri.

"Thank you," I told the two of them. "So I'm assuming I have to get packing then, don't I?" I asked. Both of them nodded. "Alto, are you coming with us?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Nah, got some Strigoi to kill here, you know," I laughed.

"Got it. Then let's get packing," I told Dimitri.

Hm…gang's on the trip to Russia. Wonder how that will go? Stay in tuned, and please, please, review. It dropped from 6 reviews per chapter to like 2. I need reviews to keep this going so I know people are still interested. Thanks. So maybe 6 reviews for the next chapter?