Sorry I haven't written in a while. Enjoy!

Chapter 7

He grabbed me by my elbow and dragged towards my room. When we got inside I said "What the hell are you doing here?"

"I think you know why I'm here."

When I didn't say anything he said "Rose there's a lead."

Abe was standing inside my cell leaning against the cell bars. Acting so cool…

"So who is it?"

"Before we get ahead of ourselves, how the hell did you escape?"

"Funny story bout that."

"Mmm-hmm let me guess Lord Ivashkov broke you out?"

I nodded.

"Figured. So I suppose he told you?"

"All he said was that you found evidence that I couldn't be me but it would take a while to put the pieces together."

"Well there's new news."

He stopped looked down at his vibrating phone and answered it.

"Hello?"

"No I told them not to. Well fix it then!" his voice was filled with anger, scared me a little. He hung up.

"What's wrong?"

His voice calmed. "Nothing, back to the lead…We think it might be Ambrose."

"What evidence do you have?"

"Well we checked the security cameras, nothing. But after Lissa used compulsion on one of the security guards apparently someone paid him to hide the tape. All he remembers is taking the cash and hiding the tape he doesn't remember who gave it to him. After we checked the video we saw that Ambrose was the last one to go in her room. He was also the one who reported the queen dead."

Unconsciously my hand lifted up to my mouth. "Oh my god."

"There's just one problem."

"What?"

"A security guard entered her room but never left."

"Well have you checked her room?"

"We had other guardians check because we don't have access. They didn't find anything."

One of the guardians guarding my new maximum security cell came up and said "Your times up", it looked like they never blinked. I now miss that tiny little barred window in my old cell. The thick cement wall looked pretty hard.

"I need just one more min…"

"You need to leave now."

"Just go, looks like if you stay any longer he'll tear your head off." I said.

He shrugged. "I'll be back soon."

Minutes passed that felt like hours. My hands around my knees sitting on the cold cement floor instead of the bed. My eyes closed trying to focus on something other than my surroundings.

Trying to picture the cities in Russia. They looked like something I'd never seen before. The buildings we're different much more different than ones in the U.S.

"Hey" another guard knocked on the metal bars. "Another visitor."

I looked up to see my mother walking in. "What do you want?"

"What I can't see my own daughter?"

"What are you up to?"

"I just wanted to see you. Why so suspicious."

"Mom there's always a catch when it comes to you."

She looked at me with her hands on her hips. "Rose I don't want anything from you, all I want is to see you and talk that's it."

I looked at her suspiciously. "Ok fine."

She had the guard open the cell door, and like always she wore her usual guardian outfit, black turtle- neck sweater and sweats.

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Rose I need you to be honest with me. Okay?"

I nodded.

"Rose on the night Tatianna was killed where exactly where you? And I know many people have asked you this but I need to hear it myself."

My mind flashed back to the night I spent with Adrian, we were in bed and we almost made it all the way.

"I…I was with Adrian."

"Where were you with him?"

I paused; this was so not happening right now. I wasn't just going to tell her 'hey mom I was in the bedroom naked with Adrian almost about to have sex.'

"We were in my room…uh hanging out."

She raised her eyebrow "Uhhh huh. Rose you didn't do anything you're going to regret did you?"

"No mom."

One of the guards shouted "I'm sorry sir you're not allowed in yet! Lord Ivashkov!"

Then I heard his voice "Rose!" he screamed.