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Dimitri POV

I couldn't believe Roza kept this from me but she did have a right to. Im the one who left her heart broken and alone. But at the same time I was alone and heart broken as well. Tasha and I tried to date for a bout 2 years but we both realized that we were only meant for friendship. After she met Carter her husband she said she didn't need my as her guardian anymore so I should go back to Roza. But I couldn't I knew I'd hurt her bad by leaving her the way I did so I went back home to Baia to see my family. I stayed there until I was asked to come back to guard the Academy again. I had no idea Roza, Lissa, and Christian were living here let alone teachers. Lissa maybe but Christian and Roza yeah right. When I first saw Corey I thought she looked like a miniature Roza with curly hair and pale green eyes. I assumed Adrian was her father because their eyes were similar but now that I really look her and Eli have the same eyes. Must be because of their bond. As I look at how Eli looks at Corey it's so obvious he's in love with her. I wonder if Corey knows this. Corey closed her eyes and took a deep breath when she opened her eyes I was shocked to see that her pale green eyes were gone. Her whole eye was as black as night. Honestly it was kind of creepy. I watched in amazement as she lifted her right hand as it became engulfed in flames. She shook her hand and the fire was gone. Then all of a sudden Adrian began gasping for air while Moriah and Eli chuckled. At first I didn't think she would stop until Eli placed his hand on hers and squeezed gently. The air around Adrian went back to normally as he shot Corey a glare. She raised her right hand again and the water in the class in front of me froze solid. Then the ground began to rumble under our feet.

"Kiz, that's enough," Roza said. Corey blinked and her eyes were back to normal and the ground had stopped shaking.

"You do know there are no earthquakes in Montana right?" Eli asked her.

"Shut up," was all Corey said for Eli to stop talking.

Eli POV

After we all cleaned up the mess Corey made me and Corey decided to go for a walk. Curfew was about an hour away so we had plenty of time. We had been walking for about 4 minutes in complete silence. I slipped my hand into hers and pulled her closer to me as the snow crunched under our boots.

"So I bet when you woke up this morning you never thought that this would happen," I said to her breaking the silence.

"Got that right. I just can't believe he would leave her like that and then they all lied to me. I don't know how many times I asked my mom about my father. But all she ever said was he was a good man and a great guardian," she said quietly.

"She did what she did because she loves you and wanted to protect you from getting hurt the way she did," I told her. She stopped walking and looked at me.

"You think so?" she asked me quietly.

"I know so," I replied to her. We stared at each other for what seemed like forever but was really only a few minutes. My eyes traveled from her eyes down to her plump lips that even though it was like 30 degrees outside they still looked warm. I found myself leaning down toward her lips wanting to know how they would feel against mine. A second later I got my answer as I softly kissed her full pink lips. I felt a tingling sensation run through my body as soon as our lips connected. I wrapped my arm around her waist pulling her closer to me. I felt her mouth open slightly so I slowly slid my tongue into her warm mouth. She tastes so good. Most people say above everything to a Moroi drinking blood is what they want the most but in this moment right now all I want is Corey. This kiss slowly began picking up speed as are lips and tongues moved together as one. I felt her bite my bottom lip, which caused me to groan deep in my throat. She immediately pulled away from the kiss but she was still wrapped in my arms and we were still dangerously close.

"What's wrong," I asked her breathlessly.

"That noise you made it sounded like I was hurting you," she said quietly while looking down. I placed my fingers under her chin and moved her head up until we were face to face.

"That noise meant that I liked it," I told her honestly. She bit down on her bottom lip and blushes a deep red.

"You know when you bite your lip like that it makes me want to kiss you again," I told her.

"Well there is nothing stopping you from kissing me," She whispered right before she wrapped her arms around my neck bringing our lips together again.