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I approached the doors of the court and flung it open. It was chaos. Just like the hall, there were people everywhere discussing what was happening. I spotted Adrian near the back row talking to an old friend, Tasha Ozera. They both looked lost and confused. Out of the corner of my eye, sitting at the back was Dimitri lost in thought, guardian face on. He flicked me a glance at me and my heart leaped. I knew I should be mad at him but it was an instant reaction. I couldn't control what my heart felt. I turned away from him.

Beside me, Christian was scanning the room. I pointed over at Adrian and Tasha. We made our way through the crowd and when Tasha looked up from when she was sitting and saw, she jumped up causing Adrian to fall silent. She practically ran over to us and hugged Christian.

"This must've been so hard on you." She said. Christian was far too taken aback to respond to her hug.

"It's harder for Lissa." He pointed out. Tasha let him go and did the same for me. She gave both of us an encouraging smile. I turned away, letting them have their moment.

"I was worried about you Little Dhampir." I looked over at Adrian. I suddenly felt bad that I've been ignoring me for the past hours.

"I can take care of myself Adrian." I gave him a little smile.

"I know but, I'm your boyfriend, I can't help it, can I?" I was about to respond to his question when Nathan Ivashkov called the court room to attention. Clearly he was running this questioning session.

"Calm down everyone. Take a seat and we'll begin." He ushered. Everyone hurriedly took their seats. I sat down next to Adrian.

"The Questioning of the Disappearance of Princess Vasilisa Dragomir is now in session." Declared Nathan. "Guardian Croft will lead the questioning." Huh, I guess I was wrong about Nathan leading the questioning. He nodded over to Hans which stood up and took his spot at the front.

"I want to call Miss Rose Hathaway to be questioned please." Heads turned toward me. I stood up, head held high. I knew that I had to be questioned but people stared at me like I was a freak. Hell, maybe I was, But I couldn't blame them since I was still the suspected murderer of Queen Tatiana. I slowly took my place and the stand. I suddenly had déjà vu from the time of my hearing. I held my head high and Hans came over and stood by my stand.

"Miss Hathaway," He started, ignoring the drop of my title. "You have a physical and emotional bond with the Princess. Am I correct?"

"Yes" I didn't dare say anything else. The power of the stares was so powerful.

"And at the time of her disappearance, she was blocking you?

"Yes" I repeated. At the back row, I saw Dimitri deep in thought and confusion.

"Can you explain this to the rest of us?" he asked.

"Ummmm….." I didn't know how to explain it, it was something that I didn't fully get wither. "Well, when she's blocking me, I can't feel her emotions or slip inside her head." I saw confusion on the faces of the audience.

"What do you mean 'slip inside her head'?" he continued

"Well, if her emotions are too strong or if I concentrate really hard, I can 'slip inside her head' which means that I can feel her emotions along with seeing the world though her eyes." I explained, trying to make it clear as possible. The confused faces didn't leave the crowd.

"Hmmm…" replied Hans, clearly dumbstruck. "Then if you can feel her emotions, what was the last emotion you felt from her before she blocked the bond?"

"Fear." I replied

"Of what?"

"I don't know. Maybe fear of her kidnapper." I suggested.

"Hmmm…Okay, and the note you found as evidence." He held up a plastic bag containing the note I found in Lissa's draw. "Why was your name on it?"

"I don't know that either." I admitted

"We did a DNA testing." He said, mostly to the court room then to me, "And we found that it was written in Princess Vasilisa's blood, but the 'Rose' part." I flinched at the mention of Lissa's blood on the note. He turned back to me. "Was written in your blood Rose. Can you explain how this happened?" I was clearly shocked by this.

"No!" were they naming me as a suspect? I was angry. "I don't fucken know how my blood got on there." I told him. Gasps filled the silent room. Nathan quickly silenced the room and turned back to us signifying for us to continue.

"Right. Well, Miss Hathaway, that's all for now. You can step down." I slowly stepped down and joined my friends at the back.

"I will now call Nathan Ivashkov to be questioned please." Nathan looked shocked that he would be questioned but unlike me, he didn't hold his head high while going to the stand.

"Now you were the last one to see the Dragomir Princess. Am I—"

It was like as if a thunderbolt strike went through my body. The power was so overwhelming, it burned into me. The pain was excruciating. I was being sucked into Lissa's head.

A/N: HEY GUYS, I KNOW IT'S A HUGE CLIFFHANGER. THE NEXT CHAPTER WONT BE COMING OUT AT LEAST UNTILL NEXT WEEK. SORRY GUYS, DON'T BLAME ME, BLAME THE SCHOOL! WELL, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER, I MADE IT A LITTLE LONGER SO U'LL BE SATISFIED UNTIL NEXT WEEK (LOL). AS ALWAYS RATE AND REVIEW! xoxo