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I had forgotten just how warm and safe I felt laying in Dimitris arms. The world could be falling apart around me and I wouldn't have cared.
His thumping heartbeat was regular and the relaxing rhythm was enough to lull me into a deep sleep.
"I'll love you forever" I whispered to him in the candle lit room.
A cold chilling chuckle greeted my ears "I will posses you forever Roza."
I sat up in alarm and looked at him he smiled at me but it looked forced. I knew what I was seeing but my brain refused to process the information for it to make any sense.
He was the Dimitri that I had loved but his face was rapidly changing into that of a monster. His lightly tanned skin began to pale and those beautiful brown eyes that I had fallen into so many times became cold and ringed with red.
"No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I screamed as he smiled once more showing the fangs that he had tried to hide.
"Come join me Roza, We can be together forever."
The nightmare began to waver as I ran and I eventually found my self back in the Academy's canteen.
Now this wouldt have seemed so strange if it had not been for the fact that A, I was asleep and B I had graduated six months ago.
I looked down to see what I was wearing, huh I should have known.
"Come on out Adrian, you cant hide from me forever."
A low chuckle issued from one of the high backed chairs and Adrian emerged from it like a ghost.
"Ah little Dhampir I never could hide from you. You look beautiful as always."
I frowned at him as I took in my attire properly. He had dressed me in skin tight low slung jeans and a top that showed far two much skin for my liking especially my considerable cleavage.
"Oi my head is here not in my chest!"
He looked up slightly ashamed and the grinned at me.
"I have to say Adrian I certainly look a hell of a lot better than you. When was the last time you slept."
His bloody shot eyes regarded me warily as he shrugged his shoulders.
He grinned up at me and started to walk over staggering slightly. He stood in front of me swaying so much that I was afraid that I would have to catch him.
"Urgh Adrian you're drunk!"
"Ah yes well, I'm as pissed as a newt if you must know and what do you expect given my circumstances at the minute?"
I ran a hand over my face quickly growing tired of this conversation before it had even begun. I could see where it was heading and I really didn't want to revisit that.
"What is it you want Adrian. I thought that we had said all we needed to say yesterday."
"I want to know what sort of relationship you are having with Abe Mazur? Why you decided to use him instead of Damon. What have you done promised to be his own personal blood whore? He almost skipped out of the holding cells this morning."
I looked at his smug face and couldn't help my reaction. I swung my hand back and slapped him. Because he was too drunk to retaliate or even stay upright it knocked him to the floor.
"How fucking dare you insinuate anything like that? I would never lower myself in that way. I have a hell of a lot more self respect. And for your information the only relationship between Abe and I is that of father and daughter!"
"Oh shit, Rose I'm so sorry. I'm feeling so insanely jealous of anyone who can get close to you right now. I cant help it."
Adrian looked mortified at the things that he had said and I felt myself soften slightly as I saw the glimmer of tears in his eyes.
"I understand Adrian truly I do. But please trust me when I say that its for the best. Abe has managed to garner some information that may hopefully secure my release."
"What information? How will it help?"
"I'm sorry but I cant tell you yet, I cant let anyone know as it may compromise it. I hope you understand that."
The scene and Adrian began to blur and go out of focus, I knew that one of us was beginning to wake up.
"I'm sorry Adrian."
My dreams for the remainder of the night were peaceful and dreamless for which I was grateful.
I was awoken by a familiar voice calling me.
"Rose, Rose! Come on rise and shine."
"oh go fuck off and die" I mumbled into my pillow wanting to stay asleep and not wake up to the hell that was my life.
"Come on Rose, I brought you food."
I groaned and rolled over, opening one eye I scowled at the friendly figure at the front of my cell.
"Oh man this is not fair. Let me sleep."
"Nope! Sorry."
I decided to venture down and see what shite they had decided that I deserved to be fed this morning.
"Alexander! Oh I am I so glad to see you instead of that miserable sadistic bastard that I had to cope with yesterday. Fuck I wish he would stick a rattle snake up his arse and die then I'd be happy!"
He laughed at my description of the previous days guard.
"I have to give it to you Rose that is an accurate description. He isn't well known for his compassionate nature."
"You're not fucking kidding" Come on then what crap have you brought for me to try
and force down my throat as a sorry excuse for breakfast."
"Well after your lawyer saw what you were brought yesterday he decided to have words with the main guard and gave orders that you are to be fed what he called0 "Proper food." and from what I can gather there was no way that he was going to take no as an acceptable answer."
"Hmm yes Abe can be a force to be reckoned with when he's riled enough.!"
"You can certainly say that again. I definitely wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of him. I have to say though that you two are so very alike in personality its kinda scary."
"What do mean? I asked slightly worried as only my mom, Abe and I knew that he was my father. Oh and Adrian of course now.
"You both have such a strong will and determination and you also share the same stubbornness. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that you related somehow."
I couldn't help my smirk at just how close he had come to the truth.
"Right enough of this talking I'm starving." True to my word my stomach began to growl.
He pushed the food tray through the slot in the bars, I could have kissed him as sat in front of me was a banquet fit for a king. Three chocolate glazed doughnuts, A blueberry muffin and a can of coke.
"Oh man I'm in heaven" I muttered just before I dived in.
I inhaled the doughnuts that fast that I surprised myself, I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to taste them but in all honesty what did I expect I hadn't seen proper food in what had felt like a lifetime.
I took my time with the Muffin, determined to savour every bite of the soft bun. The rush from the combined sugar of, muffin, doughnuts and coke made me feel like I could bounce off every wall.
Standing I left out a huge burp, I just couldn't help myself.
Alexander turned around to face me laughing like a hyena.
"How the hell can a noise that large come out of someone so slim?
I shrugged my shoulders and began to giggle, joining in with his laughter.
My laughter was abruptly cut short when the inner door opened and my mother walked in.
She stalked over to me looking as though she had been electrocuted, her red hair crackled with energy and her eyes flashed with fury.
"Rose! What the fuck have you done?"
Well that wasn't the hello that I had been expecting. I didn't think that the famous Janine Hathaway ever lost her control enough to swear.
"I'm just fine thanks so much for asking." I couldn't help the sarcastic response, she always brought out the worst in me.
"Don't even try and use that tone of voice with me young lady. How could you do it? What the hell did you think that you were going to achieve?"
"Oh thanks for having for so much faith in me mother. Do you honestly think that I would kill a Moroi, Especially the Queen even if we didn't get on. I have spent all my life training how to protect them."
"Rose I know you..."
"No you do not!. You know nothing about me you have never spent enough time with me to be able to claim that."
"Let me finish! I know that you are impulsive, Reckless and irresponsible. You don't think before you speak and you show a total disregard for authority. What the hell am I supposed to think."
"You are my mother you are supposed to have faith in me and believe in me without asking questions. I mean for fucks sake if my own mother thinks that I am guilty what hope do I have of the Royal council finding me innocent. Thank fuck for Abe, at least one of my parents has faith in me."
Janines head snapped up. "What's that about Abe? What the hell does he have to do with all of this?"
"Abe is the lawyer that is representing me."
My mothers face went from pale to puce in a matter of seconds, I had never seen her loose her cool so fast.
"What the hell do you mean he is the lawyer that is representing you? He doesn't have a clue about the law unless its how to break it."
"Actually mom you would be impressed. Abe has been fantastic and is using every resource he can to get me released and to prove my innocence."
We had been so engrossed in our argument that neither of us realised that there was another person in the room with us.
"Excuse me but who the hell are you to speak to my Roza like that?"
I looked away from my mother to focus on the individual who had just spoken.
"Olena!" I gasped, "What are you doing here?"
I was so happy to see her here but shell shocked at the same time.
"I'm not here alone Roza the whole family has come. Dimitri called in a panic the minute that you were arrested and we made arrangements to come as soon as we could."
"But What? Why? How?" I was seriously confused by this point. "Why would he ring you? Why does he even care?"
"My sweet Roza we have so much to discuss. I need to say something first though." I looked at her trying to work out what she had to say.
"I want to say thank you for bringing me son back. You went through hell to restore his soul and I can never say thank you enough."
"OK What the hell is going on here? Who the hell is this and what is she talking about when she says thank you for bringing her son back? What the fuck have you been doing Rose? Did I not raise you to be responsible."
"No because you didn't raise me the Academy did! You have no right at all to question me and what I do."
"How dare you speak to Roza that way. Let me introduce myself I am Olena Belikov. Rose saved my son, she returned his soul from a Strigoi to a Dhamphir."
"You fucking did what?"
Thankfully Alexander decided that now was the time to step in between the two highly opinionated women before a physical fight occurred.
"Guardian Hathaway I think its time that you left."
"You haven't heard the last of this Rose"
She three one last look of disgust and stormed off through the already open door. Oh man I pitted anyone who got in her way for the next twenty four hours.
I smiled my thanks to Alexander and received a smirk in return.
"Now I know where the temper comes from."
he laughed at me as I stuck my tongue out in a childish gesture.
Olena watched our exchange with an unreadable expression on her face.
"Roza I have to ask, what is your relationship with him?"
She gestured with her eyes to Alexander.
"None I reassured her, he has been kind to me and helped me keep my sanity whilst I'm here."
Oleana turned to Alexander and thanked him profusely in Russian.
"Now Roza, we need to talk about Dimitri. What have you done to my son, What has happened between the two of you? He was so broken when he called."
"What have I done to him!" I stormed unable to help myself. "I risked my life to save him, I loved him constantly even though he was no longer alive, I gave him me. All I ever wanted was his love and he took that along with my heart and crushed it."
Olena moved back slightly stunned by my outburst.
"I refused to give up on him even when it seemed pointless. I kept on telling him I loved him believing that it would be returned but instead he told me that his love was dead. His words to me were love fades. He took my love and he threw it away."
"Oh Roza he loves you so very much."
Tears began to cascade down my face.
"No he doesn't, he told me clearly enough."
"And you believed him. I thought you knew him better than that, better than he knew himself."
"I thought I did too but obviously I was mistaken."
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