LPOV
My breath quickened as I walked down the stairs and entered the hallway with the cells on it. As I got further down the hall I could hear voices.
"I don't like this at all, Dimitri," I recognised the voice as Dimitri's best friend. Ivan, I think his name was.
"We have no other option," Dimitri grunted. He sounded like he was strained.
I passed the guard desk and saw a cell with the door open, so I walked cautiously towards it.
Tasha was stood in the cell doorway, watching the commotion inside with a worried expression. I put my hand on her shoulder and her head whipped round.
"Lissa," she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was me. She looked less stressed now she'd seen me, I was glad to see. I smiled reassuringly at her then cast my eyes over the rest of the room.
Ivan, standing in front of something Eddie and Dimitri were holding with great difficulty.
"I'm here. Ivan, could you please move?" I asked. Three more sets of eyes landed on me but I just looked expectantly at Ivan. He considered what I'd asked and slowly stepped aside. I immediately looked at what he'd been blocking from my view.
I froze. It wasn't from fear, but shock. Rose was standing in front of me, being held tightly by Dimitri and Eddie, but that wasn't what shocked me. Her eyes were a vivid red, different to what you'd normally see on a Strigoi. That, however, was also not what shocked.
Tears of blood ran slowly down her face. They stopped at her chin then dripped either onto the front of her already bloodied dress or onto the floor. I had never heard of a Strigoi that cried. Ever. And I'll be honest, the fact that she was crying blood was creeping me out.
"Princess," Dimitri nodded at me.
"Lissa," I said absently. My eyes were still transfixed on the mess that was my best friend.
"Hurry with whatever you're doing, the Strigoi isn't properly restrained and the cell door is wide open."
"Don't be alarmed at anything I do," I told Eddie and Dimitri. Ivan and Tasha were standing well back, Ivan at the ready with his stake.
I slowly put my arms around Rose's shoulders in a hug. I wanted to give her one last hug, in case this didn't work.
"I'm so sorry, Rose," I whispered in her ear. She had frozen the moment I'd come within a step of her.
Suddenly she started thrashing around. "No! I can't! Let me go!" she kept saying over and over again. I was starting to get worried about if she broke her holds so I braced myself for what would come next.
My hand went in my purse and I took out the only thing in it.
Steadying my feet on the ground, I took a deep breath and lunged at Rose.
RPOV
I couldn't see Adrian. Not now, not ever. I'd thought I was ready, but I'll be damned if I'm anywhere near it.
After hearing Adrian wasn't actually coming to see me I retreated back into my mind, blocking out my surroundings. I have no idea how long I was like that before I heard a new voice. A woman's voice. Its familiarity stirred my memory but I'd had enough remembering to last a lifetime. I paid no attention to it until a fresh wave of body heat came close to me. That also brought a new scent.
One was unfamiliar to me but the one laced over that went me into another frenzy.
Adrian! my mind screamed at me. I wished so hard for me to be imagining things but as I inhaled deeper there was no mistaking it. I became aware of my surroundings again with a jolt.
I thrashed and tried to break free of the hands that were clenched on my upper arms but with no success. The next few moments were a blur.
Several voices shouted out.
Hands flew everywhere.
Someone's body was flung against a wall.
A flash of silver and a blinding light.
I know I know, it's so short! I think it's really good cliffie though. It was really hard writing from Rose's Strigoi point of view in the last 2-3 chapters because she's not had much on her mind and getting all the emotion that she's actually feeling is so hard to put into words. Another reason I've left the chapter here is because the writing style will be a bit different in Rose's POV and I want the chapters to be pretty consistent. Some people will definitely know why it'll all change. I'm so excited to get writing it all!
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