Chapter Ten

The caves where dark, but not dark enough.

I could recognize him anywhere. It felt like my world froze, but really this was all happening so fast. He looked just as shocked as I was but he couldn't be because I was told he was supposed to be....dead.

His brown eyes stared into mine. He looked beaten and bruised but he was alive, he was here. My Dimitri was here.

"Rose?" his voice spoke and it was just like that I couldn't stand still anymore I needed to be near him I needed to have his arms around me.

We both must have been thinking the same thing because before I knew it we had run up to each other, he brought his arms around me and I buried my face in his chest.

I small sob escaped my throat. I think he must have heard it because he pulled me tighter to him, I could feel his slow breathing and his fast beating heart from where my head was on his chest.

I knew that Christian was here and I knew that there were others around but I didn't care it felt just as though we were alone.

I pulled back so I could look into his brown eyes. They were held with unshed tears something that only I could notice. It was hard to find my voice but I managed it.

"Y-you...they said you were d-dead." I managed to stutter in a small voice. I could feel my eyes watering.

Dimitri's face showed a bit of shock and a lot of concern he obviously didn't know they had reported him dead. I felt a tear spill from my eye.

"Oh Roza" he said as he pulled me to him again I felt him rest his head on mine. God I missed him.

I never wanted to let go but I knew I had to. Dimitri knew it to and we both reluctantly complied.

"We have to get out of here, and they're all weak" Christian said, he stood with four other people. I recognized them all from around the academy three were Moroi and one was another guardian but I didn't know them all well.

"How did you two get here?" Dimitri asked us. I could see he was going into guardian mode.

Christian was the one who answered. "Well I got caught in the third attack, and Rose got caught in the forth."

"Third and forth?" Dimitri asked in shock. It was only really three attacks because it was only me who got kidnapped in the forth one but I wasn't going to say that.

But in a way it was all true there was the first time they attacked when Mason warned me, the second in the caves which was really us attacking them, the third was the one straight after the caves when the wards were broken again and then the forth was my own stupidity when I walked deep in the forest alone.

"Yeah, they just keep coming back." Christian said. I felt like I couldn't find my voice again, Dimitri was so close beside me I just wanted to be in his arms, I just wanted to relive the night in the cabin.

Thinking of that just made it all the more worse. I looked up at him and our eyes both locked, it was like he was thinking the same thing, his eyes held lust and desire as I'm sure mine did the same.

"How are we going to get everyone out?" Christian said we both snapped out of our daze to look at him, me and Dimitri would have to wait we still had problems ahead.

"It should be okay if we just follow the route we just took" I explained. "There were no Strigoi down in that entrance so I'm guessing that this cave is a lot bigger than we thought, this room is a lot closer outside then the room we were held in."

Dimitri gave me a questioning look as though he just realized that we were held captive as well. He looked me over and even though I knew he wasn't checking me out it still sent a shiver down my spine but he was seeing if I was alright and that felt just as good to know how much he cares.

"So how are we going to do this?" Christian said I turned my attention back to him again.

"Well we will have to fight." Spoke the female guardian for the first time. I hadn't even been paying attention to all the other people in the room.

"We might not have to" said Christian. "Like Rose just said the way we took to the outside there were no Strigoi in sight."

"None at all?" the female guardian asked in disbelief.

I spoke. "Well we had to kill a few when we first escaped but that wasn't around here"

"You both killed Strigoi without stakes, on your own?" she asked.

I could see next to me Dimitri slightly smiled, it was a proud smile. It must have reminded him of all the Strigoi Christian and I killed in the first attack.

"With the help of Meredith." I said. I just remembered about her, but I knew she would be safe out in the sun.

"Yeah, and no help from Jesse." Christian added. I glared at him to shut up.

"There were others?" Dimitri asked us.

"Yeah, just those two but there outside now, Meredith's fine but I don't know about Jesse I think he will just need to go to the feeders." I said. Dimitri nodded.

"We need to contact the academy." The female guardian said. I still didn't know her name. She pulled out one of those devices that they used to communicate together. I went wide eyed she wouldn't be as stupid as to not have used that would she? I mean did she have that all this time!

She must have seen my very confused expression as well as Christians because she added. "It lost reception, if we get outside I might be able to get enough, it's pretty broken though so I'm not completely sure."

"Do you have one?" Christian asked Dimitri.

He shook his head. "No mine must have come off in the attack."

"What are we going to do with the Moroi?" Christian asked. He would have made a great Dhampir, guardian with his attitude about this, but then again he wouldn't be fire boy.

I looked over the three Moroi that were sitting on the ground two boys and one girl they were all from a younger grade I could tell, and they looked as weak as hell, I have no idea how we were going to get the out of—

All of a sudden there was a rush of noises outside, all of our heads snapped up to look out the door in the direction it came from. It sounded like fighting.

Dimitri tensed but straight away came to stand by my side since I was closer to the door but to be honest he looked like he wanted to stand in front of me.

Shuffling in the grounded dirt came close and I tried to be ready for a fight.

I expected Strigoi. But was absolutely relived when it was Alberta with a couple of other guardians.

Finally we were being rescued.

AN: Im SO Sorry it took me so long to add this chapter but I hope you like it, ill try to make sure I update a lot faster from now on.

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