Rose

We sat in the car and the tension was palpable. I could almost taste it. Dimitri drove-again- and we went back to the hotel. Amy was rubbing her back crazily. Lewis put his arm around her as we drove. They were so cute together. Lissa was sending me things through the bond.

Her aura's really upset. Well, what was I supposed to do about it? Stupid one way bond. I couldn't say anything back to her. I gave her an aggravated look and Dimitri, who always noticed everything, raised an eyebrow at me. I simply shook my head. That could wait until we got back.

We trudged through the hotel which consisted of a plain hallway, a tiny cafe and corridors and corridors of rooms. Nothing special. You would've thought that Lissa would use her fund to let us stay at a Hilton or something, but no. Apparently that wasn't necessary. Oh well. It's not like we were spending much time here, anyway. We unlocked our door and plonked ourselves down on the big double bed. Amy and Lewis scurried off into the other room to do something else.

"Do you think he was the cause of the problems in this place?" Christian asked.

"That would be good," I answered, gaining a few looks. I tried to convey my point. "Because that means we've now solved the problem. However, there was more damage than just one Strigoi. I think there might be a couple spread around the nearby cities. Local newspapers are getting a lot of business."

"What are we going to do?" Dimitri mused. Good point.

"Well, I still have my Strigoi radar." Blank looks surrounded me. "You know, the sickness from being near them. We could try to track them down..."

"Not a good idea. We don't want anybody getting hurt." We had two Moroi and two novices. Hmmmm. What could we do?

"We could just wait for another attack before we grab'em," Christian suggested.

"That's the only sound plan we're going to get," I confirmed.

"So, that's it. Just wait?" Lissa seemed troubled by our simple plan. If Sydney had been here, she would've had a heart attack.

"Yeah. Pretty much."

"Well, will we tell Amy and Lewis?" I listened closely and could hear faint voices and a bit of banging around. Dimitri looked concerned, but they were only teenagers. I had a fairly good idea what they were up to.

"We'll tell them later," I decided. Not much would happen between now and then. I'm sure they'd manage to stay safe.

"Where will we get more information?" Christian asked. "About the adoption?" Lissa held up her notepad.

"I got some places from Mrs. Toran," she explained. "Where she adopted Amy etc. We could go there and talk to the people that run it."

"Brilliant." We all nodded in agreement. I turned to Dimitri.

"Shifts?" He nodded simply. Of course, being the gentleman, he went first, so I hopped into the shower, allowing the warm water to rinse off today' troubles and Strigoi blood. Eww. Let's hope we don't get into much more trouble.

Sorry it's short. I don't have much spare time at the moment. Please review!