Hey guys n' gals, here's Chapter Ten. I REALLY apoloigize with taking so long, but my school work has been a pain in the ass lately because of English and such.

I really hope you all continue to read and support! And I hope to write a bit faster on the next one!

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Chapter Ten

When the car stopped moving, I looked out the window to see that we had arrived at a small two story home in a wooded area. The drive had taken a while, so I guessed it was a fair distance away from the base we had been on. The two guys in front got out and opened out doors.

"Come on, get out."

I got out of the car and walked with Lissa and the two men to the home. It was daytime, and neither of them seemed harmed by the sunlight. We got to the door, and one of them put in a code to a keypad next to the door, it beeped and the door unlocked.

The room we entered was a small entrance area, with a few chairs to one side and a heavy door with another keypad and a camera above it. I guessed it was sort of a waiting area. One of the men appraoched the door and input a code, it beeped and unlocked. We entered a larger room, but I didn't really have time to observe the surroundings, as we were taken upstairs to what I guessed was an office for the head of the household. We entered to find a desk with a lamp on top of it, and a few books on a shelf to the side. There was a chair behind the desk and two more in front of it.

"Just wait here, our father will be in to see you shortly." It wasn't a request, it was an order.

The two brothers exited the room and left me and Lissa alone for a few moments. I really didn't understand waht was going on or what these people wanted with us. Suddenly, the door opened again and another Moroi man stepped in.

This guy was older, looking around his late forties to early fifties. He was tall, with short white hair and glassy blue eyes.

"Please, sit down. We have quite a lot to discuss."

I looked at Lissa and she moved over and took a seat in front of the desk, I followed.

He looked at us pleasantly and smiled, "Don't be worried about us doing any harm to you. We have no reason to hurt either of you. Especially young Vasilisa." He sighed, "I'd like to get this out of the way though, so if you have any questions, ask them now please."

I had no idea where to start, so I asked the most obvious one, "What do you want with the two of us?"

He chuckled, "Well, what I want is to make sure that you two are kept safe. You see, originally, my wife and I saw your family as a nuisance. Your parents had a habit of ruining our plans by sheer dumb luck on multiple occasions, and we really couldn't have that. So, we decided that a nice assassination was in order."

Lissa breathed in heavily, "That crash. It wasn't an accident."

He frowned and sighed, "Exactly. We really didn't want to hurt you or Rosemarie, but we had no choice. The brake jammer we installed on your parent's car made damn sure they couldn't stop for that turn. Of course, after we arrived to secure the jammer's components and remove them to ensure our secrecy, we realized the power you had. And at that point, we decided that you had to lvie. And if you had to live, Rosemarie did as well. We have been manipulating events from the background, always making sure you were both safe. When Mr. Belikov came along, we decided that he would be the best backup plan to keep you both safe, so we used our own abilities to our benifit."

I looked him in the eye and saw the glint of regret that shone clearly through.

"What did you do to me?" I asked in the most menacing tone I could use.

He sighed, "We modified your mind to an extent. Our own abilites with Spirit are well developed, and we have one very particularly useful skill that has helped us on countless occasions. The so called "Memory Charm." We implanted a command in the back of your mind. One so well hidden that you could not access it, but so powerful that it overrode any decision you made regarding either of the two girls, and made damn sure that you wouldn't do anything to inadvertently harm them. However, the drugs that you were administered by those Moroi scientists seem to have diluted the effect of the charm, allowing you to let Rosemarie go. This has caused unforseen complications that we must immediately rectify."

I just sat there, wondering how all of my life since I met Rose had been nothing but an unconcious order to keep her safe. Then, I realized I had to ask him one thing.

"Was the love I felt for Rose created by that charm, or was it real."

He smiled, "Oh, that was real. We made sure that it wouldn't effect your emotions, simply your logic."

I breathed a sigh of relief. So, not all of my life had been a true dream, just some of it.

Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang, and the man answered it.

"Yes?"

He had a short conversation that sounded fairly uninteresting up until the end.

"Yes, I have Belikov here. Yes, I can let him know, but how? Oh, I see. Alright, I'll let him know, look forward to seeing you."

He hung up the phone and stood up, with a quick glance at me, he spoke in a cold, emotionless tone, "You two are doomed. Rosemarie is dead."