Disclaimer: Richelle owns hers, I own mine.
Adrian's POV:
I hadn't heard her right. "Turn what?"
"She wants to become Strigoi." She hit me. "I TOLD YOU TO LISTEN!!!! You could have stopped this."
A guard grabbed her. "Do NOT hit the King."
I shooed him away. Roza was upset and could hit me if she wanted. "Are you sure?"
She nodded. "You have to save her Adrian! Please... I can't lose her."
I sighed. "Get on the plane." I followed her up the stairs. "Change of plans. We aren't going to the Poconos. We need to Oregon and get Lissa and Christian."
Rose looked at me. "Why are we going there?"
I didn't know how to tell her... "AJ ran away..."
"I know. What do Lissa and Christian have to do with this?"
I sat down next to her. "Oh Little Dhampir...."
"Why are you calling me that? You only call me that when something is wrong..."
"We think Alissa is going to try and get herself turned."
Rose looked at Roza who nodded in confirmation. "Why... Why would she do that?"
Roza sighed. "She has been hurting for a long time and I think she just wants acceptance wherever she can get it."
"But this?"
"Can we get going? We're running out of time!"
I stood back up and looked at Roza "Do you have any idea where she could be going?"
She nodded but didn't say anything.
"Roza, if you want us to help AJ, you have to help us. Where do you think she went?"
"My best guess is that she is going to go to Turkey."
"Why would she go all the way to Turkey just to turn?"
"I think she is going to kill her father after she turns."
I could tell Roza wanted to say something else. "Roza... What else?"
"It's nothing really, but a small part of me says let her kill him. He deserves it."
"Why would she want to kill her father? She loves him."
Roza looked at me like I was insane. "I can assure you she does NOT love him in any way, shape, or form."
"Well, it seems from my point of few she loves him. She reminds me he is her father all the time."
"Yes. She tries to remind you what he did, but you never want to listen. You like to tell her that YOU are her father. She doesn't need another father. She doesn't want it to happen again." Roza cut herself off.
"Doesn't want what to happen again, Roza?"
"I promised I wouldn't say."
"Roza, please tell us."
She looked down and then back at me again. "When she was five, I had to stop Hugo from allowing Alli to get raped."
I always feel so bad when I think about that day. Poor Roza for having to keep that secret all these years.
Looks like we are going back to Turkey after all! I hope that they can save her in time. I am not really sure what is going to happen! I guess even I'll have to wait and see.
