CHAPTER SEVEN!!!!
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AVERY POV

I watched the city slide by through the nearly black windows. Tasha and Reed were on either side of me, and Simon was driving.

"Are you sure this will work?" Asked Tasha.

"Positive. Are we nearly there, Simon?" I asked.

"Yes. About ten more minutes," He said.

I felt that guy - Dimitri's - phone vibrate, and flipped it open. 1 new message, it said. Roza. Ah. That stupid nickname for Rose.

You better let Dimitri go. Now.

Oh, not a chance. But then, this was a plan to get both Dimitri and Rose. Simon got his phone, I tell Rose we have him, she comes to save him. We, of course, will overpower her and Dimitri will come to her rescue, then Tasha can have him. I really don't understand her infatuation with him, but he will make a good ally.

You know my conditions. I replied.

I will hunt you down. You will wish you were never born. Intimidating? Not really.

I find that hard to believe. Goodbye. I flipped the phone shut and glanced out the window. We had just arrived at the hotel.

"Avery. I smell...another Strigoi." Said Reed. I sniffed the air, and, sure enough...there was another Strigoi near by.

I opened the door and stepped into the luxurious hotel lobby, and, across the room, I saw a Strigoi with dark hair walk across the room toward me.

ROSE POV

I stayed in my room that next day, appalled at what I had done, afraid for what I had to do. Would I get there in time to save Dimitri? Did I even have a chance at survival? I just didn't know. It was all so...confusing. It was times like now that I longed for Dimitri - so much that it hurt. Why, why did he get captured? Why him? I heard a light knock on the door.

"Go away." I said, loudly enough for whoever was at the door to hear.

"Rose? It's me, Lissa. Can I come in?" She asked timidly.

"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." I said. I flipped over on my bed, facing away from the door. I heard Lissa walk over hesitantly.

"Are...are you ok?" She asked.

"No."

"Can you talk about it?"

"I...well..." I couldn't tell her. She would insist on helping, and what kind of guardian would I be if I put her in that kind of danger?

"I just...I feel awful about last night. Like...like I betrayed Dimitri somehow." I felt a tear slip from my eye. Damn, I hated crying.

"Rose, Adrian did that. Not you. Stop beating yourself up about it! Dimitri would understand." She paused. "It was Adrian...right?"

"Of course it was that bastard! Do you think I would honestly kiss him if I had a choice? No."

"Ok. Sorry." She looked down. "Rose...something else is wrong. I can feel it." She said.

"Nothing. Nothing else is wrong. Hey, we go to Missoula later, right?" I tried to sound happy.

"Yeah...you're right. I'm just imagining things. It's lunchtime, so let's go eat, ok? I'm starving." Her stomach growled for emphasis.

"Ok, Liss." I sat up and followed her out the door.

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I saw my mom across the cafeteria talking to two other guardians - one had long, midnight hair and the other had long red wavy hair. I told Lissa I would be right back, and walked over to the trio.

"Mom?" I asked. "Who are they?"

"Oh, hello, Rose. This is Melanie Moone," She gestured to the girl with long black hair and violet eyes, "And this is Clarissa Jordan." She pointed to the redhead, who had emerald green eyes. They were both very...almost exotic? But pretty. "They've just been assigned to the school."

"Hey...don't I know you guys?" I said. They looked really, really familiar.

"I don't know, do you?" Asked the redhead, Clarissa. She was sarcastic. I liked her already.

"Wait...did you go here a few years ago?" That was it. They were seniors when I was a freshman.

"Yeah. Oh, yeah! I remember you." Said Melanie. I remembered she was a lot like me.

"Oh...you're the girl that, like, escaped with Dragomir, right? Cool. Must've been fun." Said Clarissa.

I laughed. "Yeah..."

My mom cleared her throat. "Anyway, they are some of the best guardians, and they will be accompanying you and your friends to Missoula."

"Cool." I said. I said goodbye and went to sit back down.

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