Now, I know my time line is a little off right here, but just bare with me okay? It's only a few hours off. It has to be like this if you want Lissa to survive Avery.
Lissa's POV
I was standing on the edge of Avery's bedroom window, ready to jump out when something in my head went off like an explosion. I froze on the spot as the pain subsided but only a little. It was still a throbbing headache. Worse than any hangover; I knew what those were from the past few days since Avery has been feeding me alcohol non-stop-
Avery! The rational part of my submerged and fought off the compulsion that Avery was pushing into my head. Jump, the thoughts said, Jump and be mine. I fought them off the best I could and Avery just pushed harder. Her compulsion was strong; there could only be one reason for that: she was a Spirit user. I pushed harder and harder and finally got down from the window and looked her in the eyes.
That's when Adrian stormed in. Without turning from Avery, "Adrian! I need you to push her compulsion back with me!" He took one look at her and me. He had an internal battle. He was trying to fight off the compulsion she was using on him.
Adrian's POV
She loves me. Or so I thought. I stormed into Avery's room and saw the Spirit war that was raging from within. Both their auras were lit up gold. That's when I realized Avery was a spirit user. "Adrian! I need you to push her compulsion back with me!" I was about to when Avery's compulsion hit me strong. She loves you, Adrian. She loves you. You should leave, and forget this happened. I fought against it and finally broke through. I walked towards Lissa and helped her fight it. Avery had a look of terror on her face. We were stronger than her together. That is until Reed and Simon came into the room.
"Attack them!" Avery screamed. They lunged at Lissa and I, but I turned toward them and took some of Avery's compulsion with me to attack them. They stopped and froze.
"Hold them a little longer, Adrian. I almost have her." And like that, a few seconds later, Avery screamed and crumpled to the ground. Lissa turned and looked at Reed and Simon prepared to fight them, but when I let go of the compulsion, they screamed and dropped to the floor too. That was when Alberta came crashing in with 3 guardians behind her. She looked around and told one of the guardians to remove us. We willing went, almost about to fall over from how tired we each were from using that much power. They let us both go to my room because it was closest and we both fell on opposite sides of the bed.
Lissa POV
I laid there with Adrian. We weren't going to sleep but we were sure going to rest. Then I remembered how that fight started. I thought back to the pain and still felt it twinge in the back of my mind. I looked deeper and realized that something was missing. I sighed, unable to figure out what it was. Only if Rose was here, she could tell me. Rose. I looked again. There was no Rose. I forced myself to look deeper yet and found her and a picture flashed through my mind. I was sitting up on the bed now, and Adrian was asking what was wrong.
Tears started to stream down my face. "Adrian, Rose is gone." I thought again. "No, she's not gone. Not yet." I started crying harder. "She's Strigoi!"
Rose POV
I shut the door and ran to Yeva at the same time Dimitri did. We both hugged her and squeezed tight. Yeva struggled for a moment and then accepted that she was going to be hugged no matter what.
"Yeva, I might think you're a mean old lady, but I have never been happier to see you!" Tears built up in my eyes and I fought to keep them in. Me and Dimitri let go and intertwined one of our hands together.
Dimitri got right down to business. "How did you know we were here?"
Yeva straightened up. "You don't talk to your grandmother that way!" She spat at Dimitri. He looked ashamed of himself automatically.
I tried to contain my laughter with a cough but it came out as a strangled giggle. "Oh, Dimitri, you just got told." I thought again. "By an old lady." And with that, I couldn't it in any longer. I laughed so hard my sides hurt. When I finally composed myself, Dimitri had a smile on him face and Yeva was as cold as ever. We were still hold hands and we looked at each other, knowing what we had to do.
"Babushka?" Dimitri said. "Will the family be frightened?" I tightened my hold on his hand. "Will you talk to them and explain everything so we can see them?" I felt bad for Dimitri. He hadn't seen his family in years. And the last time I was there, I had to deliver that painful message of his death.
"It will be nice to see them. I hope Viktoria isn't still mad at me." I said more to myself than anyone.
Dimitri was about to say something but Yeva spoke first. "I have already told them that you are different but they did not believe me. I will tell them not to be afraid. That is all. The rest is on you two." She walked over to use and kissed us each on the cheek. "Be there in 20 minutes okay?" She said after she kissed Dimitri.
"She talks so differently to you." I said to Dimitri after Yeva left. "I don't think so likes me."
Dimitri chuckled. "She likes you. You are just too much like her. No one will go up against her but you."
"I am not like her!" Then I studied our familiarities. "Oh. Okay."
He shook his head with a smile on his face. We walked into town, with the sun on our skin. When we got to the main street, we saw that there was a flea market. I smiled when I saw a booth with a whole bunch of hats and parasols. I walked over and bought a hat for Dimitri and a parasol for me. I walked back and gave the hat to Dimitri and opened up my parasol and rested it on my shoulder. Both shaded from the sun, we walked through the streets until we came upon the Belikov's house.
We both stared at the door like it was an open mouth ready to consume us. We both looked at each other. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me off my feet to his face so we could kiss before going inside. We walked up to the door and knocked. Sonya opened the door with her big belly and saw us. She slammed the door shut. "Ouch. Rejected." I said trying to lighten the mood. Then the door open again to reveal Viktoria. She looked at us and then the screaming started.