Hey guys.
As it turns out,
Only a few liked ch. 9
I apologize if it sucks.
I'm just really not in a writing-mode at the moment.
Here's ch. 10,
If you don't like it, tell me.
And if my chapters isn't good anymore,
Tell me and I'll stop writing.
-jo.
Chapter 10
It's been two days since I talked to Sidney. I still haven't heard back from her. I am now a little bit worried. What if Sidney didn't find anything? How am I supposed to find whoever it is I'm looking for? And worst of all, if I never do find Lissa's half-brother or sister will I always be a wanted criminal and will I always be on the run?
I don't know what to do anymore, and honestly I'm so bored. Lissa and Christian pretty much spend their days in their room. Viktoria is now back in her school. I get to spend time with Dimitri, but not always. He's either with his mother or reading his cheesy old west novels. And Adrian, oh Adrian, I haven't talked to him since last time, and that was 2 days ago. He hasn't visited my dreams ever since. He couldn't call me or Lissa; we had to leave our mobile phones at Court because they can possibly track us.
'Don't go crying over Adrian, Rose.' Lissa said. 'And you might want to know that we are bored. Abe told us to never go outside and we couldn't do anything but lie on the bed. Join us? Now would be a good time to tell us what you're supposed to do.'
'On my ways, Liss.' I said, already walking to their room. It took me less than 10 seconds as their room is only opposite ours.
I opened the door, not bothering to knock anymore and besides, they weren't doing anything I wasn't supposed to see.
Lissa is sitting on the couch, legs crossed with a magazine on her lap. Christian is lying on the bed staring intently at a candle on their night stand.
"Hey, what you doing, Christian?" I said playfully ruffling his hair.
He seems too concentrated because he didn't bite my head off for messing with his hair.
"Just watch and see." He just stared at the candle and I did the same. Before I even had time to tell him that this was a complete waste of my time, the candle lit up with flame. So Christian can now set something on fire without the fir actually coming out of his palms. Being the Rose I am, I was supposed to tell him that the trick sucks but actually it didn't. It could be very useful in a fight.
"Nice trick, flamey." I said, grinning at him. He grinned back then went back to staring at the candle. It took me a while to figure out that he was trying to take the flame away. I stood up from the bed and went to sit beside Lissa.
"What you reading?" I asked.
"Oh nothing, just the same magazine I've been reading for the past 2 days. I dead bored, Rose. I've been reading really slowly because I'm afraid of finishing it because I won't have anything to read then." She said, never taking her eyes off the magazine.
"I'm sorry, Liss. I'm sorry you're bored and I'm sorry if I haven't done what I'm supposed to be doing." I feel really ashamed. Do she and Christian think that I'm slacking off?
Lissa touched my hand, "I said I was bored but I never blamed you. Come on, Rose. You know me better than that. And as for your question: No, we do not think you're slacking off. You need a break every once in a while, you haven't took one in what? 3 months? It's nice to rest."
"Thanks, Liss." That made me feel better.
"No problem. And speaking of what you're supposed to do, will you tell me now? Will you tell me about the Queen's letter?" She said. Even Christian stopped playing with fire and turned to look at me.
"Uh, well. I will tell you but first I have to go to my room to get the letter. I'll be right back.
I returned to their room and automatically handed the letter to Lissa. Christian stood up and went to sit with Lissa to read the letter.
After they read the letter, Christian looks as if he doesn't want to say anything so he kept his mouth shut. It was Lissa I was worried about, I expected her to be upset but instead she laughed.
"What are you laughing?" I asked incredulously.
'Well, I have heard about this before actually. My dad admitted it to us. We never really made a big deal out of it. My dad just gave them money for the baby then we didn't talk about it again." She was still laughing but I can feel that she felt betrayed when she first found out about this.
"Liss, why didn't you tell me?" I felt hurt that she didn't tell me about this.
"Like I told you, we didn't make a big deal out of it. It was not important at the time. But still, I'm sorry for not telling you." She said sincerely.
"Never mind. There's more." I then told her about what Sidney said. I told her that someone stole her father's records and they still didn't know who and why. She now felt worried because her family didn't want anyone to know about this.
"See, Liss. That's why we need to find him. Who knows what others want with him." I said.
"her." Was all she said.
"What?"
"She's a her, not a him."
"Oh okay. Wee need to find her for your council position and for her own safety. Do you know her name?" I asked, hoping she does.
"No, I don't. I don't think my dad did either."
"Well, we have to find out. I'm waiting for a call from Sidney, she's an alchemist. She might get something."
"I hope she does." She said, suddenly feeling passionate towards her unknown sister.
"How old is she?"
"I'm not sure, but I know she's older than me. Might be 20 or something."
"Okay, we'll find her. I need to go, you guys should sleep. It's late."
Lissa hugged me, "Goodnight, Rose. I really am sorry about not telling you before."
"Don't worry about it, Liss. It wasn't important before anyway." I hugged her back.
I was on my way out when Lissa said,
"Oh, Rose. Last time I heard they were living in Florida, if that helps."
"It might. Goodnight, you guys." I went to our room and sat on the bed.
At least we had something: She's a girl, and older than Lissa. That may be irrelevant to finding her but Lissa also said that they live or lived in Florida. Is it possible that they are still living there after all these years? And if they are, Florida is a big place too, will we even have a chance of finding her without Sidney's help?
I hope Sidney calls tomorrow. She said she'll get back to me in less than 3 days and tomorrow's the 3rd day. Did she find anything? Is it relevant to finding her? Did she found out her name?
So many unanswered questions! It making my head hurt. I lay down on the bed, I want to sleep now. I quickly fell asleep and that's when I saw him.
"Adrian!" I yelled, running to him to hug him. I was really happy to see him that I hugged him hard, so hard that we fell, me on top of him.
"Hi little Dhampir." Said a giggling Adrian.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." I helped him up.
"Don't worry about it. I would gladly take a fall for one of your hugs." He hugged me again.
I let go of the hug and I glared at him. "Why didn't you visit me in 2 days? 2 days I've been gone and you already forgot about me." I put on a mad face.
"No, I would never forget you, not even after a hundred years. I've just been sick these couple of days and the doctor gave me some medicine that weakened Spirit so I can't dream-walk."
I felt bad, he had been sick for 2 days and here I am mad at him. "Oh, how are you now?"
"Better, now that I'm with you."
I rolled my eyes. "I just….." I immediately regretted what I was supposed to say.
"Miss me?" He finished my sentence for me.
"Yeah, I do actually."
"Because you love me." He said seriously.
I wanted to slap him but honestly, he wasn't far off. I won't admit it to him; it will just hurt us both. "Nah, I just haven't gone a day without seeing your annoying face." I said playfully.
"Okay. You just miss me, I'll settle for that." He took my hand, "How's everything?"
"Everything's fine, just a bit boring. We pretty much spent every time together without doing anything."
"Ugh! I should have been with you. I just can't go."
"What do you mean can't?"
"My mother ordered all the guards to not let me out of their sight or out of Court. She knows that I had something to do with you breaking out and she doesn't want me to be involved anymore."
"She's right. I've involved enough people as it is. I don't want to involve you." I looked down.
He cupped my chin, forcing me to look in his eyes. "As long as it's you we're talking about, I'll always be involved."
"Just please obey your mother and don't get out of the Court's wards. But please be safe, whoever killed the Queen might still be in there." I felt worried.
"Yeah, I know. But don't worry, as I said, a lot of guardians are keeping an eye for me, so is Eddie." He said, smoothing the crease on my forehead. It didn't convince me though. "Seriously, don't worry about me little dhampir. Just worry about yourself and keep yourself safe for me."
"I will. And you should keep yourself safe for me, too. I can't….. I won't forgive myself if anything happened to you." I closed my eyes and he hugged me hard.
"Don't worry. I'll always be here for you. Always. No matter what you need, just call me. I'll be in touch every time I can." He kissed my forehead. 'See you soon, little dhampir. I love you. You already know that of course."
"See you, Adrian." Then with on more kiss on my forehead, my dreams went black.
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-jo.
