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As they climbed the hill, all three of them could hear screaming. Everyone looked at each other and picked up their pace. Obviously Dimitri was torturing Lissa….sadly he was probably enjoying himself. Sadly Rose thought to herself that this is what that asshole Nathan had turned her Dimitri into. A monster.

Part of Rose knew saving him wouldn't be as easy as she'd made out. But still, a girl could dream right? Fighting him would be tough, especially without having the element of surprise on their side. Dimitri definitely expected them at any moment . If he didn't, Lissa probably wouldn't be breathing.

Now, they were only a breath away from the entrance to the cave. His enhanced strigoi senses must have told him they were their. Lissa's screaming stopped, and all that could be heard was a low plea for help. Everything inside the cave was pitch black. Rose knew, without a doubt, that Dimitri stood lurking in those shadows, silently stalking his prey. Unlike Rose, Adrian, and Christian, Dimitri had the ability to see through the darkness as if it were daytime. There would be no sneak attack happening tonight. Since he already figured out she was there, Rose decided to confront him with her voice. Make him think he didn't scare her.

"Dimitri I know your there and that you have Lissa." Rose's voice echoed off the dark, cavernous, walls. "Can't you just leave Lissa out of all this. Everyone here is well aware that she didn't do anything to you. I did" She could hear Adrian who stood next to her muttering about how stupid it was to say something like that, that she would only provoke him. But that's exactly what she wanted. If he forgot himself in his anger, maybe he would come forward to the edge of the cave where she could see him. Then it would be easy take him down. Since Adrian had spirit, maybe he could compel him enough to where he wouldn't fight. Yet Rose couldn't help but think that if it were possible to compel a strigoi….Lissa would have already done so.

Dimitri's cold, high voice rang out from the cave. "Roza, do really believe me to be that ignorant? Of course Lissa did something to me. She took your heart. His voice sounded like it was drawing nearer. "If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't have wanted to remain a dhampir. You would have allowed me to turn you strigoi. That way we could actually be together. Blame her for the unhappiness we both feel right now!" Fighting to speak past the painful lump that had formed in her throat was difficult, but she had to do it.

"No Dimitri, Lissa never took me away from you." Telling him what she was going to say next was agonizing. "It isn't possible for her to have done that when I didn't love you anymore to begin with. If anyone is at fault for our unhappiness it's Nathan and fate. Nathan turned you into a strigoi and-" Her began breaking.

"fate willed it to happen."

By now Dimitri had reached the end of the cave. Christian ran forward, using his fire to shield Rose, while Adrian started attempting to compel him. Quickly, without even thinking Rose ran inside the cave.

Allowing her eyes to adjust, Rose turned from side to side looking for Lissa. She was in the farthest corner crying, a bandana covering her eyes, and her leg appeared to be broken. Running over to her, Rose quickly cut the rope that had kept her hands tied together.

Lissa began to shake when Rose's hands made contact with her. Realizing it was probably because she thought Dimitri had come back, Rose removed her bandana. "Lissa it's me," she said gently. "Can you see me? I'm here to save you."

"Duh Rose." She sounded shaky and was crying, but still managed a look of fearlessness. "I'm not blind, I just couldn't see past that ugly blindfold. I thought you were Dimitri.

"Lissa, why didn't Dimitri want you to see ? I can understand the whole tying you up part, but what's the bandana for?" Rose felt almost sure about why he did it….but wanted Lissa to answer her anyway.

"He said strigoi aren't immune to compulsion, so I would assume that's why. If I can't see then I'm left completely defenseless." Taking a deep breath and surveying the room, Lissa looked for signs of Dimitri. "Rose where exactly is he….if he's not dead?"

"Adrian has him." He may have thought about your spirit abilities, but he obviously forgot Adrian. Oh yeah, Christian's here too."

"What?" Lissa quickly glanced up at Rose, glaring at her the whole time. "Are you crazy? Christian can't take on a strigoi!"

"Lissa, he's not all that defenseless. Fire remember?" Lissa still seemed pretty angry. " All he did was pose a distraction. Ok? I promise he's fine."

Lissa was about to respond when Christian walked through the door with a very happy looking strigoi.

Forgetting everything, Christian ran to Lissa hugging her. "Next time we tell you something isn't safe how about you listen Lissa, instead of storming off?"

Lissa was too happy to care about being lectured.

Standing in the corner, Adrian quietly made sure Dimitri was under his spell at all times. "Rose, what do we do with him?" Adrian asked, sounding unsure.

"First we book a plane ticket to Pennsylvania where Victor Dashkov is being held prisoner. Or better yet, maybe we should drive.

"This is the craziest thing I've heard, but if I can keep him compeled it just may work."

"Thanks Adrian," Rose said happily.

"Anything for you, little dhampir," Adrian responded immediately.


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