For a while we just sat there laying in each other's arms until I hear Dimitri sigh loudly.

"What?" I asked looking up from where I lay on his chest.

"We should probably get going; we've already been in here too long." He said sadly. I pouted and he smiled. "Not that I want to leave" he decided to add.

I smiled too and kissed his soft lips.

All thoughts of my mother and Adrian had left my mind when I was with Dimitri, its part of the reason it annoyed me to have to leave him now.

I spoke what I was thinking out loud. "It feels like we're not going to get much time to spend together" I said in a soft voice looking away from him. "Even though we don't have to work full time, we'll probably be off work at different times"

It was taking him a few seconds to answer, like he was thinking. I felt his jaw open and then close again.

I squeezed my eyes shut and swallowed. He must have had the same thinking as me.

His hand stroked my arm softly. "You know that don't you" I said, it wasn't a question, it was a statement.

It felt as though he wasn't going to answer me, obviously his answer being a yes that he knew that we wouldn't have much time together.

"Rose? Look at me" he said softly. I opened my eyes to look up into his deep brown ones.

He looked at me intently before giving me a strong and passionate kiss, it lasted a while and then he pulled back. "We'll make it work" was what he said.

~oOo~

"I thought you were coming?" Lissa asked Christian in shock. Lissa, Christian, Eddie, Dimitri and I were all standing in our room about to leave to go to the meeting with the Queen.

Christian had just told Lissa that he didn't want to go with her to see the Queen. I honestly couldn't blame him.

Christian sighed. "Lissa, there is no reason for me to be there anyway" he said running a hand through his black hair.

"Uh, for support!" Lissa said as if it was the most obvious reason.

He rolled his eyes. "You know I don't like all this Royal cra— stuff" he corrected himself "going on with the Queen. Besides I doubt she would really want me there anyway."

I definitely knew what he meant, I hated all of the Royal crap as well, but Lissa obviously didn't get it.

"But I want you there" Lissa complained then looked up on the wall at the white clock. "Whatever, we have to go now anyway" she said and without looking at him she turned and walked away.

Eddie followed her out but I just waited a moment. Christian stood there, an annoyed expression on his face.

I gave him an apologetic smile. "Don't worry, she's just stressed" I told him.

He looked at me. "Yeah, I know"

I didn't say anymore to him since I had to go with Lissa. "I'll see you later?" I asked Dimitri. He nodded.

Now that Christian chose not to go see the Queen with Lissa, Dimitri wouldn't be coming either.

When I caught up to Lissa she was walking down the hallways, Eddie was close behind her listening to her rant on about Christian.

"What's the big deal anyway?" she sounded like she was talking to herself rather than Eddie. "I mean it's not like he would have to talk to her" she said meaning Christian.

"I don't know" is all Eddie said. When he saw me he looked relieved.

"Rose what do you think?" Lissa asked obviously noticing id caught up.

I sighed. She was really overreacting. "I don't know Liss" I answered like Eddie.

We entered two double doors that two of the Queens guards were holding open. And in there sat Queen Bitch, looking as old as ever sitting in her throne-like chair.

Seriously as a guardian I probably shouldn't be thinking like this about the Queen of Moroi, but I really couldn't help it. The Queen hated me and I hated her, that probably started with the whole her thinking me and Adrian were having an affair.

Speaking of Adrian, he was here as well.

He was standing in front of his aunt having some kind of conversation. When they saw us enter they stopped and Adrian gave me a smile.

I ignored him and kept my face blank. I knew he would have been thinking about this morning when I saw him with some Moroi chick.

I stood off to the left side of the walls while Eddie stood off to the right it was standard procedure. Lissa just walked straight up to the Queen standing next to Adrian.

"Princess Vasilissa" the Queen greeted. She smiled but it always seemed fake looking.

"Your majesty" Lissa said with a slight bow.

I tried not to fully listen to their conversation since I was surveying the area doing the whole seeing without seeing thing, it was also known as respect to the Queen.

We were there for about 6 minutes the three of them talking when I heard their topic change from Royal Courts politics to Lissa after graduating.

"Well, I'm still considering going to college" Lissa answered one of the Queens questions.

"Hmm" Tatiana rubbed her chin. "I thought you had already made your decision, to attend the College here."

That wasn't true, Lissa had never officially told the Queen that she would be going to the College here, the Queen was just playing her and it's not like Lissa was going to argue with her.

"I'm still considering the circumstances" Lissa said politely.

The Queens eyebrows rose. "But what is there to consider" she said. "The college here could give you everything you need, a good education, a good future" a good pain in the ass checking in on you. I silently added for her.

I felt Lissa getting a bit nervous through the bond. She was about to respond but the Queen suddenly changed topic again.

"What about your guardians?" she randomly said glancing at Eddie and then me, when she looked at me it felt like she was glaring.

Lissa was confused, well that made both of us. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"Didn't these two attend school with you?"

"Yes they did" Lissa answered.

"So they are only newly trained guardians" the Queen said. Where was this going....

Lissa was silent for a second. "Yes they are, but they are very good, they both graduated as two of the top students" Lissa said. Which was true.

"Still..." she seemed be thinking about something. I myself was starting to feel nervous. I caught Eddie's eye and he had on an expression between worried and confused.

Lissa didn't say anything but I saw her quickly look to Adrian as for help.

Adrian cleared his throat. "I have to agree with Lissa, Hathaway and Castile are both fully qualified guardians, Lissa is safe with them" Adrian said. Lissa nodded quickly.

The Queen straightened up in her chair. "Maybe they are both well qualified guardians but what I'm saying is that the original plan was to have one guardian you knew from school, Princess. And another guardian who has more years in experience." She said.

I stiffened. She was right the plan originally was that I was going to be Lissa's guardian along with Dimitri who is a very experienced guardian, but after Dimitri got reassigned so he could be with me, Eddie had gotten assigned to Lissa instead.

A long silence filled the room.

"What are you saying?" Lissa finally asked.

The Queen didn't hesitate. "I'm saying that one of them will not be guarding you any longer."

AN: Sorry I hadent updated for a week.

Omg who read Spirit Bound? I did!

I finished it in a day and a half. Everything was so unexpected!

I won't say anything incase some people havent read it, but right now im going crazy for Last Sacrifice!

I will say one thing though..it's kind of weird for me to write about a character who is actually dead in the original series (some of u will know who I mean)

Anyway, you know what to do. Review, Review, Review!