Love Bites

by Adrian's little Dhampir girl

In this title 'bites' is used as an adjective like stinks, sucks, or hurts. Adrian was so hurt when he saw Rose and Dimitri kiss in Last Sacrifice that he ran away. Trying to drink his hurt away, he ends up draining a human and becomes Strigoi. Now his sadness is accompanied with anger and rage. What will he do when he kidnaps Rose and wants revenge? Rated M for violence and abuse

10. Nothing to Worry About

Rose's POV

I told Christian about Adrian coming to kill Lissa. He was so angry and I could tell he wanted to go out and burn Adrian up to nothing but ashes but there was no way he could do that. It would take all his energy to produce that much fire and it would be too dangerous. "Christian, she will be fine." I assured him. "Dimitri and the other guardians are protecting her. You have to stay out of the way. Lissa will never get over it if something happens to you."

There was a look of frustration on his face. Just like me, he couldn't stand being on the sidelines unable to help. He took a deep breath and sat down in the chair next to me. "There has to be something I can do to help her."

"Just stay out of the way. She will be fine."

Lissa's POV

I tried to ignore the commotion going on outside. I kept reminding myself that everything would be fine. The place was surrounded by guardians. I decided to check to see if Christian was asleep. He was. Apparently, he had just dozed off. I pushed through and entered his dream.

"Christian."

He turned around and I saw his eyes light up when he saw me. "Lissa," he ran towards me. "Are you okay?" I could hear the fear in his voice.

"I'm fine, there are plenty of guardians. There is nothing to worry about."

"Lissa, you know I can't stop worrying. I need to be there with you. I need to be able to protect you."

I took a deep breath. "There is nothing to be afraid of." as I said this I knew my voice was shaking. "But I do want you to be here with me."

"Come on Lissa, there must be like a back door or something for me to get inside without Adrian noticing."

I hesitated before answering him. "There are tunnels underneath every building at Court. They all lead here. Where are you?"

"The infirmery."

My mind immediately went to one thing. "Is Rose okay?" I asked him nervously.

"She's fine. How do I get to the tunnels?"

I told him where the entrance was before I had to go. I needed to be alert if I had to evacuate for any reason. I left the dream and returned to the real world. I heard a loud crash as the door flew open and I saw him standing there with his red eyes.

"Hello your majesty."