I don't love you and I always will

by 0utlier

SET DURING/AFTER SPIRIT BOUND. After being told that Dimitri no longer loves her, a distraught Rose returns to Russia, one goal in mind. But when a tragedy brings her back to everyone she left behind, will she find that true love doesn't fade? And will it change anything? FIRST FANFICTION. May be OOC periodically. In different POVs.

4. Chapter 4

(2 years later)

My stake has pierced her heart within just a few minutes, but I feel exhausted.

My eyes find Denis, Artur, Lev, and Tamara and I quickly join them, staking Lev's Strigoi in the back, piercing his heart. He didn't even hear me coming. I feel the same pang of sadness I always feel. This Strigoi had been a human, but it didn't matter. Whether he'd been turned forcefully or had been ''rewarded'' with a life of miserable eternity, he'd had a life somewhere, with people who'd probably cared about him. I'd lost someone who I loved to this life once; I knew what it felt like.

I can't help but feel a little fear, too. Humans helping Strigoi could really mean our races were well outnumbered. By our races, I mean moroi and dhampirs.

Denis and Tamara split up, a Strigoi for each of them. I couldn't believe how much we'd lucked out tonight, finding a pack of Strigoi. It was kind of a double edged sword though.

I decide to aid Tamara-she's probably the worst injured tonight. Her Strigoi surprises me however. I've seen this one before. "Ah, Marlen. Nice to see you again," I grin, landing a blow, and easily avoiding his attempt to grab my neck. I keep my tough exterior going, but seeing him hurts-it brings back memories of when I'd been Dimitri the Strigoi's prisoner. And then when he'd fallen off the bridge...

I refuse to let myself get caught up in memories when my-and Tamara's-life is on the line. "You to, bloodwhore." The term, even after all these years, still makes me flinch, even more than it had when I'd been 17. I had been one, for awhile.

Despite my troubled feelings, I feel a little bit smug. I'd tortured information out of him, escaped a luxurious prison he was guarding…Yeah that really didn't do much for your ego when you were supposed to be a big badass Strigoi.

Tamara hides her surprise and stakes Marlen, after we both have both given and taken enough blows for me to hold him long enough for her to pursue the deed. Denis has also staked his Strigoi. "Let's go home," I say. I can tell all of them want to keep hunting, with an exception of Tamara, who looks like she's ready to fall into bed.