Ok, so I have been horrible to you lately. I'm so sorry :( I really don't have an excuse for you, but I just started a new year at a new school. So yeah, I haven't written in a while, and you people fully deserve to hate me. Please keep reading my storied though, and review so I will get the email alerts and update faster. Special shout out to SassYNoles, for adding this to their favorite stories and reminding me that people actually read out there. Anyway, on with the chapter. So everyone take a chance this holiday season. I did, and it certainly worked out :) hehe.

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PS: I changed the summary because I changed where the story is going :)

Chapter 10

I woke up in my bed with Lissa hovering over me. "Oh thank god." She breathed, sighing as she sat down next to me.

"Wha-What happened?"

"I'd like to ask you that question." I sat up and moved my hair from my neck, shocked to feel bite marks all over it.

"I had Scott and Luke tailing us. I had a bad feeling about all of this." I collapsed back onto my pillow, too tired to sit up for too long.

"No wonder. I didn't see who it was; they got me in the car and took off. I was so scared."

"I know. I'm sorry."

"You're sorry? I'm sorry, you're the one who almost died from blood loss. Apparently before Luke and Scott got there they were feeding off of you."

I shuddered, pulling my hair in front of the scars. Lissa got up and opened the door right as Adrian was about to knock. She left the room after a quick hug, leaving me and Adrian to talk.

"I know where we're getting married." I said, sighing as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Really?"

I rethought this. "No. Not after what happened."

"That's what I thought." He pulled my hair away from my scars, examining the damage. "Four of them." He muttered, scowling.

I pulled his hand away. "It's fine." I smiled. "I'm tired. I really have to go to sleep."

"Go ahead." He said, shifting so I could lay down better.

He held me until I fell asleep. When I did, I was with Adrian in a spirit dream.

I was wearing a dress, short and white, one I'd seen in a store at the mall once. I knew it was expensive, and designer. Adrian was in a dress shirt and black jeans, his hair messed to perfection, And we were on a beach. There was a small pavilion with a white roof and wooden flooring. The waves almost reached it, but always stopped short, creating a beautiful image. "Adrian?" I asked, "Is this place real?"

"Yes. It's a moroi island, off the coast of Hawaii."

"The water's so blue." I said, running my hand through the waves.

"You get sappy sometimes." Adrian commented, and I turned around towards him, hitting him in the arm.

"You should see me in practice. Nothing sappy about kicking people's asses."

"Nothing at all." He replied, kissing me on the lips.

"Adrian, this is it."

"I know." I already put down the deposit.

I woke up to Lissa shaking me.

"Rose. Rose!"

"Yeah?" I said, groggy.

"There's been an attack." I was out of bed in a second, those words all to fermiliar to me. "At court. I don't know who's alive and who's dead, but April and Violet were freaking out this morning, apparently Scott's been hurt." She told me all the information she knew as I practically flew around the room, pulling on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, ruffling through my bag to find my stake and knife.

"Wha-whats going on?" Adrian said, finally sitting up.

"Attack." I said, and then I caught myself. I couldn't leave Lissa at a time like this. What if the Strigoi came here? I decided the living room was the most safe, the least amount of windows, and started to move everyone there. April and Violet were on their phones, trying to get as much information as possible, death count, number of guardians, anything that would help them find out about Scott or help us defend ourselves.

"Rose." April said. "You may want to talk to John."

I took the phone from her and began to pace the perimeter. "Do you have any numbers? Amount of Strigoi? How many are dead? What about the amount of guardians. How many were on the queen?"

John stopped me. "I don't know the court's in lockdown. I'm stationed guarding a few moroi families. But Rose that's not what's important. Rose, the attack wasn't by just Strigoi."

I stopped dead in my tracks. I knew Strigoi sometimes were helped hy humans, but from his voice, I doubted that was the case. "Humans?" I asked to verify.

"Moroi." Was his answer. Not one I wanted to hear.

My mind was spinning. How could Moroi cross over? Were they planning on turning? How were they not scared that they would be killed by the Strigoi? Were they powerful spirit users compelling the Strigoi? Were the Strigoi compelling them? Were they getting along? What was their goal? How were they planning on attaining it?

"Rose, I think the queen is dead." John informed me. Ok, so maybe their goal was to kill the queen. Were they supporters of Lissa? Did they want to corrupt the government? Were they going to kill Lissa too?

"ROSE!" Lissa yelled. My head whipped around to look at her. "Calm down. You're getting carried away."

I took a deep breath and asked John a couple more questions. He ended the call when there was a knock on his door. I was worried for him. I didn't even know the guy, but I was scared. Was there anyone we could trust?

"Lissa." I started. "Listen to me, don't freak out." She stayed perfectly still. "The people who attacked court weren't only Strigoi."

"What do you mean?"

"Moroi, Lissa, some moroi were with them."

"They captured moroi?" Lissa's mind was spinning with the same questions mine had earlier, but she was refusing to accept the fact she knew was true.

"No. They were helping them"

And, just like I told her not to, she started to freak out. Christian was by her side, rubbing her shoulders and holding her close. "How am I supposed to govern the moroi when there is a band of them helping the Strigoi? I mean, I have a while to prepare, but still."

I didn't tell her she didn't have a while. The queen was most likely dead, and she was going to have to start to rule as soon as the court was safe. I would bet the royals would start to plan her coronation tomorrow.

Srry for the short chapter, but I wanted to get it to you ASAP. So another one will be coming to you soon!