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321 days ago

Tasha POV

They didn't know I had foresight, they didn't know I had the girl who was connected to Adrian, they weren't aware that Adrian had been shadowkissed to Jill, they didn't have this knowledge, I was winning and I was going to win.

Rose POV

"Your on the front page again" Adrian says, handing me a newspaper, it screams, 'ASSASSINS STRIKE AGAIN', with a photo of me and Dimitri enlarged on it, even though Dimitri had nothing to do with it this time.

I look away from the newspaper and down to the floor, it didn't say who was murderd just that someone was. We were back at the bungalow, but we had to get out as soon as we could, it was getting harder for us and everyone we loved, they had caught my mother and was questioning Eddie and his involvement. We had taken precautions about everything but the stupid damn cameras, but how did she know?

"How did she know? How did she know to use Avery?" I said in frustration, I was biting my nails, I had no answers and it was driving me insane.

I could see Dimitri deep in thought, he hadn't spoken much since the failed attack. I walked over to him and placed my hands on his shoulders, "What are you thinking?" I whisper in his ear.

He doesn't answer straight, " Jill" is all he says.

"What do you mean Jill?" Adrian asks, he seems worried, which raises an eyebrow.

I don't say anything, as I am confused as to why Jill has anything to do with this.

"Have we heard from Lissa lately? I mean Jill was meant to be with her correct?" Dimitri says.

Christian nods, " She was, but last week she went to her moms, something about her wanting to be by her side" He says. Which seems odd as they should be hiding.

Dimitri's face doesn't look promising, "Adrian that time Jill got shot did she die?" He was onto something, something big, something that was still confusing me.

" Well I-I dont think so?" Adrian asked, he was doubting himself, were we on to something?.

"Are you saying that, Adrian accidentally saved Jill, and she's been shadow kissed to him this whole time" I'm about to scream, if this is true.

"But wouldn't you have felt it?" Christian asks.

"My emotions were everywhere that day, I could have done it and not really thought about, Jill never said anything." Adrian looks like he needed a drink or ten. I could imagine how felt, even though I was locked away that day, I still got the news and I was nearly in tears, Jill had been shot by a moroi who didn't want Lissa queen and was opposing for Tasha to be queen, but luckily they didn't get away with it.

I gasp, " That would make sense, she hadn't found us here because she only got to Jill a week ago, meaning how did she work out?" I say, knowing deep down that this horribly right.

Dimitri sighs, " If its true, then we are going to have do this without Adrian, just to be safe, Christian, I think you should go too, things are going to become worse, and you should go be with Lissa" he says, like the true guardian he is.

I could have choked, when they both obeyed him. Adrian said he would get to the bottom of this, and find any information he could to help us, and that Christian would tell us if our theory was correct, they both left and we also decided to leave just in case if our theory was true and Jill was tortured to tell Tasha where she was.

We decided to go to another place of fathers, which was off the grid, we got into one of the cars and just drove, we let down our guard a bit but we had hope we would get there without any interruptions.

Once at the little cottage, we get out the car and start kissing, we dont even care where we are, but we need this we haven't done anything in a week, I want him and he wants me. We barge through the door, lips still locked and find the nearest comfortable bed, which happens to be a single bed in the first room.

he pushes me onto the bed, and rips off my thin cotton shirt with his teeth, and starts kissing my neck down to my breast, I give a small moan, I rip off his shirt and then I know it we are both stark naked.

Then we make hot steamy love, we make love until the sun comes up, like we hadn't done it before.

A few minutes later

he is stroking my hair and planting kisses all over my neck, I giggle " Dimitri" I squeal we are rugged in bed, just finished making love, I'm ready to pounce on him again.

Then he looks serious, "Rosa, they're going to keep coming after us you know that" I nod and bite my lip. buzz kill dimitri.

"We are guilty of murder, Just not who they think" I whisper.

" They probably know by now it was Avery Lazar murdered" he breathes in my ear. I just want to stay like this forever, never move just be in the arms of my beloved god.

We stay picture perfect still embraced in eachothers arm until, one our emergency phone starts ringing.

"I better get that" I grumble, and move out his warm embrace and over to my Jeans that were sprawled on the floor, the Name flashing on my screen was Lissa, I kind of was expecting Adrian, but this didn't surprise.

"Princess" I murmur, " What can I help you with?"

"ARE YOU INSANE" she screams " Doing that plan, without even telling me?" she sounds hurt, I feel a little bit guilty, but hardly.

"We need to keep you safe Lissa" I say.

"Well maybe, you should let me keep you safe Rose" she says with concern in her voice.

"I called anyway to let you know, that the rumour of Jill is true" I sigh, fear building up in me.

"How so?" Is all I can manage.

Lissa goes on to tell me, how Christian told her everything, and how she immeidatly rang up Jills mom, who claimed she never messaged Jill to come back home, then they asked Ambrose to let the Queen know that rumours were circulating she had kidnapped Jill, which strangley enough Jill was reunited with her mom, with everything away from the tabloids.

" Rose one more thing" Lissa said, she sounded choked up.

"Go on Lissa, its okay" I said fear pitting in my stomach.

"T-They have your mother" she stumbled, " and they are going to kill her, if you don't hand yourself in" she whispered the last part.

"Shit" was my first words, " How much time do I have?" I asked frantically, this was the last thing I wanted to hear.

"You have 24 hours Rose, we will help you, we can try and get your mother out" Lissa said, I know she was trying to help but I knew what I needed to do, I had to stop running.

" Not this time Lissa, Not this time" We hung up and I knew Dimitri heard the whole conversation, we embraced for a while, but had to get back to where everything started, we got back in the car and drove back to the royal court where I surely would truly be dead in next 48 hours.

But I had to help my mom, I wouldn't let her die, not when I could stop it.

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