Chapter 10

Last Sacrifice: Love Fades

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Recap: Rose and Abe have escaped Court. They are now on their way to HQ (Head quarters) in Russia. Sydney is meeting them there. What surprise does Sydney have for Rose? We will see

I had never ridden in a helicopter before. I'll admit though, it was nothing what I expected it to be. It was loud and took FOREVER to get to a landing pallet.

I took a look at my surroundings after we landed. Whoa, it was gorgeous and kinda chilly.

"Where are we?" I asked Abe.

"We are in Germany right now. We are going to get on a plane, go to St. Petersberg, and get on a plane." He answered.

"Ok. Sounds good."

"Oh! But first we are going to go meet with Sydney. We have a surprise." He gave me a half smile, half smirk. What was that about?

"Abe I hate surprises. You should know that by now." What the hell did those two have in mind?

"Oh Rose. I know. Just like your mother." He looked off for a minute. Then looked back at me. "Ok. Lets go."

There was a small, blue Volkswagon parked a few feet away. Abe pulled a pair of keys out of his pocket and led me to the car.

About two hours later, we arrived at what looked like a very modern business building. Abe told me that it was for Alchemist, and that I would soon find out my surprise. Greeeeaaaat.

I heard her, before I saw her. I wouldn't say she was HAPPY to see me. But she sure wasn't unhappy about it.

"Rose! Finally! How are you? What happened with your boyfriend? Did everything go ok?" So many questions!

"Slow down! Slow down! I'm fine. Yeah everything went planned." I told her.

I couldn't answer what had happened with Dimitri. Not yet anyway. So I ignored the question.

"Good! Ok. Come on. Time for your surprise. Its going to take a while so we need to get started now." Wait… What?

We walked into a room that looked to be like her office.

"Ok. What's the surprise?" I was getting nervous. She and Abe exchanged looks.

"Well.. You cant go walking around anywhere looking like you. They have spy's everywhere looking for you. Even though the story is that you died, I have heard rumors of people think your still alive or something. I don't know its weird. Did you know no one has ever escaped court?" Gosh! Get to the damn point!

"Syndey! Just fucking tell me! I have places to be and things to do!" I didn't mean to piss her off or make her feel bad, its just that my whole life, and Lissa's, is on the line.

"Always so impatient. I was just asking a question. I mean its not like you even bothered to talk to me after we split in Russia. But whatever. Like I said, you cant be walking around, looking for Lissa's sibling like nothing ever happened. Cause supposedly you died."

She just kind of stopped and stared at me, expecting me to say something.

"Don't tell me you haven't guessed it yet! Are you really that stupid?" I looked at her like she was speaking a language I didn't know. I heard Abe chuckle. I shot him a glare and he shut up.

"Well I guess I shouldn't expect more from a creature of the night." She sighed. "Rose. I'm giving you a make over." She said.

"Uh.. Hell no your not."