Took me a little longer but here is the newest chapter!

I open up my eyes and all around me is darkness. I'm not in my own bed. Not in my own room. Where am I? What is this? I try to move but my arms are tied together above my head. I try to move my legs but they are tied together.

Don't panic. Don't panic. Breathe, just breathe. If you panic you can't think. Think Rose, think. How tight are the ropes on my wrists? Move them. Just do it. They are pretty tight but I can move my fingers. Maybe I can do something with that.

I have a knife in my boots. But how do I get in my boots when both my hands and foot are tied. Move your feet. Are they tied to a wall or anything? I move them. They aren't tied to anything. Good. That way I will have more chance to get my knife.

I swing my feet and wrap myself almost double. Trying to get my feet to my hands. A sharp pain shoots through my belly and back. Moving my feet as fast as I can toward the first positon. What is going on? Why is my belly and back hurting?

I take another deep breath and swing my feet up again. Trying to ignore the pain. I bite my lower lip until I can feel the blood. But I can't swing my feet high enough. I try again and again until the tears of pain and frustration are flowing down. Come on Rose. You can't give up. You just can't.

I swing my feet up again screaming out of the pain. Don't make a sound. Don't make any sound Rose. You don't know who is there. I bite my lip harder and I finally reach my hands with my foot. I pry the knife out of my boot and lie flat again. Relieved that that is over.

With the knife I start cutting the ropes on my wrists. I can't help but find the person who tied me up here pretty stupid that he or she didn't searched for more weapons. The gun and my stake are gone but after working for Abe for a couple of years I always carry a knife with me.

My wrists are feeling raw and are bleeding lightly. I start feeling my body for any wounds. My face feels normal. There is only a painful spot on my temple. Was I knocked out before I was dragged here? I can't remember. I can't remember anything but coming back at the academy.

Neck and chest feel normal. But there is a spot on my belly that hurts like hell and it feels wet. What is it? Blood? I feel further around the wound. It's a small and round wound. A bullet? I feel around my body and on my back. There is another small and round wound. Definitely a bullet. Luckily it has an exit wound. But I should get out of here and fast.

I don't know how long I have been here and how long I have this wound. But if I wait too long I will blood out and I can't tell if the bullet has hit any organs. Other than that I don't feel any other wounds. I push myself up and against the wall. Bending lightly to cut the ropes around my ankles.

Good. More freedom. Now I need to find the exit of this damned place. But there is no light. No cracks telling me there is a window or door. I stand up and place my hands on the wall. Breathing heavy. I lost a lot of blood already and moving will cost me more. I need to hurry.

I feel around the wall and take a couple of steps. A corner. Should I go back and they the other way or move further. Move further Rose. Don't go back. Take another step. And another. Go on, please go on. Don't sit down. All of sudden if feel crack.

Giving me another shot of adrenalin I feel further. A door. Where does it open? A heck. I pull it open and it creaks a lot. Please don't let anybody hear it. I just want to go back and find Dimitri. Yes. I need to tell him what I feel.

I walk into the hallway. There is light here so I can finally see where I am going. I am in the basement and I can't help but feel the irony of it. I need to go up the stairs. Step by step Rose. Remember Dimitri. Remember Adrian. Remember Abe. And even if that's not enough think of Lissa.

'Are you that stupid?' a voice behind me asks and I spin around. Only gasping if I see who is standing there. Mo. What is he doing here?

'You can't escape Rose. Not this time. Not from me.' he says with an evil smile on his face. And then I can only start to realize it. But why? Because I choose Dimitri? Because I denied him?

'Why are you doing this?' I ask with a weak voice. Pushing my hand against the wound on my belly. With my other hand I take a better grip on the knife. He laughs and he aims a gun at me.

'I was told to kill you Rose.' he says with that evil smile on his face. Told? Who wants to kill me?

'You know when you work for people like your father that you are an easy target. Your father made the mistake to mess with mine. And he has to pay.' He says. This is about my father? How does he even know that Abe is my father? Most people don't even know that.

I need to distract him. I need to let him focus on something other than that gun that is aimed at me. Think fast.

'What has that to do with me? I don't have a father.' I say. It comes out better than I expected it to be. Good. I switch the knife between my hands behind my back and press the other to the wound. I'm losing more and more blood.

'Don't fool me Rose. You had a chance to safe yourself. But you wanted that Russian over me!' he says and takes a step closer to me. Only in seconds I have aimed my goal and thrown the knife at him. Straight to the heart.

But before it can hit him he has released a bullet. I can hear the shot and feel the pain only moments later. It feels like it happens in slow motion. A bullet has hit me straight through the chest and I feel myself falling to the ground.

It feels like I can feel Dimitri close to me. Even hear his voice. But I know that that's not true. I am alone here. And I am going to die alone. Without telling him what I feel. Without giving him truly that chance. The world is fading and turning black. And the only thing I can feel is regret...