Chapter 10

RPOV

"Dimitri…"

I stared wide eyed at the beautiful creature that I loved. This wasn't possible Dimitri couldn't still be a dhampir. Unless Blondie lied. He must have because there stood my god staring back at me in shock and panic.

Blondie came over and stroked my face. I flinched at his touch but didn't move away. He signaled the strigoi behind him that wasn't holding Dimitri.

The strigoi dropped his bag and came over. Kneeling behind me he untied my hands and stepped away. I got to my feet cautiously not sure what was going on. I looked around my eyes landing first on Dimitri and then Blondie.

I watched as a sick smile formed on Blondie's face and I got it. I got why there was a group, I got why Dimitri had a panicked look in his eyes and I got why Blondie was smiling the way he was.

I felt sick. No, this couldn't be happening. They couldn't do this. Blondie stepped towards me and I stepped back.

He kept advancing on me until my back hit a wall. He stood inches away and skimmed his nose along my jaw line and down my neck. He stopped and I knew what was coming.

Strigoi or not he was still a man so I kneed his groin as hard as I could. I darted around him into the middle of the room but kb was waiting.

I stood in a defensive position and scanned the room. The two strigoi holding Dimitri were still where they started. KB was on my left and to my right was Blondie who was starting to come at me again his face filled with rage.

KB came at me from the side. I dodged around behind him and hit him hard in the head. He fell unconscious to the floor.

One of the two strigoi holding Dimitri came at me I backed out of his reach and backed into something else. I froze and before I could bolt away Blondie wrapped his arms around me pinning my arms.

I couldn't get out I kicked and tried to hit with the little arm movement I had I even tried to bite him but he didn't let go.

He pulled me back until we were against the wall. By this time KB had woken and all three of the other strigoi were standing at the ready.

I knew I didn't have a chance. Blondie shifted to holding me with one arm and I struggled again to no avail. With his free hand he grabbed my head and turned it so that my cheek was resting on his shoulder.

He brushed my hair out of the way and brought his mouth to my neck. At first he didn't do anything he just rested his lips there then without warning he plunged his teeth into my neck.

I let out a pained gasp that quickly faded into a moan as bliss filled my body. I glanced at Dimitri who looked horrified. Blondie kept drinking taking more and more blood. The endorphins were pulling me under and I knew I wouldn't be conscious much longer.

Suddenly I heard shouts brining me back I looked around and saw Dimitri had broken free from his captor and was proceeding to fight him. I saw him grab one of the stakes out of the back pack KB had dropped.

He immediately staked the strigoi he was fighting and turned to the second strigoi that had held him. Blondie did not stop to help with the fight and I knew he wasn't going to stop until I was turned even if it meant losing the others.

I didn't know how much blood Blondie had taken but I was weakening. I watched as Dimitri took down his strigoi and moved to KB. With one easy motion the stake reached his heart.

Dimitri turned to Blondie who removed his teeth from my neck and let me fall back against the wall. I sank to the ground as the fight started.

It was close I couldn't see if anyone was getting the upper hand so I decided to intervene. As Blondie backed away from Dimitri I stuck my leg out and before he knew what happened he fell.

In a flash Dimitri was on him and had the stake through his heart. I let myself fall until I was completely lying on the floor.

Dimitri rushed over to me calling my name. I smiled as he crouched next to me.

"I thought you turned." I said weakly.

"No." he said

"Thank you." I whispered shakily.

"Rose? Roza!?" I smiled up at him reaching out my hand to stoke his face. He was about to say something but I placed my fingers softly on his lips.

"I…I lo… love… I love you" I whispered as the darkness claimed me.