Rose POV

I watched the guards come in, a homicidal look on my face that made them flinch when they met my gaze.

I looked at all of my friends around me; they all looked so scared, even Mason, who was trying to hide it. I had to get them out of this. I've been through worse pain in my life, the kind that you suffer every day when you see your love with someone else.

I whispered quietly, low enough to that the guards wouldn't hear us.

"Once it's morning and we have all our strength, we're going to try it. Christian, you're going to pretend to bite me, like seriously just make a tiny bite, and then melt my cuffs off. I'll take care of the rest," I told Christian. I couldn't tell anyone else, because I had to make the guards believe that he was actually going to do it.

Christian nodded, he already had a hungry glint in his eyes, and I could tell that the blood he had last night was wearing off already. Right now I probably looked like a juicy hamburger to him. Well, at least it'll make it more believable, I thought.

I slumped over on the floor, leaning on my side, and slowly fell into a painful sleep.

In the dream I was wearing the same dress, all tattered and the marks on my back were still there. I couldn't make that pain go away. To my surprise, Adrian stepped out of the shadows of the trees.

"Little Dhampir, are you ok? Everyone's been worried sick!" He told me, pulling me into a tight embrace. But then, he stiffened.

"You're not OK, what happened to your back? It looks like a whip bit you!" He exclaimed.

I sighed, "That's exactly what happened, Adrian. We're captured by Strigoi, and we're kind of stuck, but don't worry, we'll make it out."

He shook me, "Where are you Rose?"

I looked around, "Where ever this place is."

He shook his head, exasperated, "No, where are you located in the real world?"

Suddenly, the basement came into focus again, the dim lighting, the Strigoi, my plan. And I was pulled away from Adrian, back into my own body, and I was painfully awake.

Christian was shaking me, "Wake up Rose, let's do this."

I nodded once.

Dimitri POV

I was patrolling the halls when Adrian ran up to me, painting. I really didn't have time for him, hell, if he pissed me off I would probably kill him right now. I couldn't even think straight.

"Guardian Belikov, I know where Rose is, she's in a house, a basement, a Victorian Mansion, in Spokane! And she's in trouble, some bitch got a whip and like slashed it across her back!" He exclaimed.

My body went cold, "How do you know this?" I asked quietly.

"I can dream walk, I saw her, she was all messed up, blood on her dress, slashes, seriously I'm not lying!" Adrian yelled.

My Roza was hurt, I thought, no! Whoever did this to her is going to pay, and they're going to pay when I cut out their heart and burn them alive. Nobody hurts Roza without receiving a punishment.

"Do you know exactly where?" I asked him, tuning into Guardian mode.

He hesitated, and shook his head, "She woke up before I could get the address from her," Adrian said sheepishly.

I spat out a line of Russian swear words that would probably have made Adrian faint if he knew what I was saying.

"Then how is this going to help us?" I asked him sharply.

"Well, you know what the house looks like now," Adrian murmured.

I sighed, he was right, it would narrow down a lot of things, and there couldn't be many Victorian houses in Spokane, especially the one Adrian explained.

I nodded my thanks and walked away from him, towards Alberta's room, if anyone could find Roza, these two women can.

Rose POV

Christian looked around our group, everyone was awake, and he put on a surprisingly good act.

"Alright, I can't take this anymore, I need food!" He turned to me, his mouth stretching into a blood curling grin.

"Christian, it doesn't have to be this way!" Mason yelled, his voice filled with furry.

"Yes it does, Rose and I have never liked each other, and this is the best way to go," He spat out.

The guards looked down at us, "He's really going to do it," One of them muttered.

The one that had been nice to me when I came in shook his head at Christian several times, but Christian wouldn't listen.

The guard gave me an apologetic look, and mouthed the words, "I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have been a part of this."

I shook my head once, tears in my eyes.

Christian brought his mouth down on to my neck and I felt him station me so that my hands were directly behind me, in the darkest corner of the room.

I felt his teeth gently touch my neck and nip at it only a little bit. But the only pain I felt was at my wrists. I could feel the plastic melting, and I bit my lip back against the pain. I felt the fire licking around the plastic cuffs, and heard the plastic dripping onto the floor, but the guards didn't seem to notice. They were too mesmerized by what Christian was doing.

Finally, when I was "drained" of all blood, and my cuffs were off, I fell on the floor, my arms still behind my back. I heard the guards come to me.

"Is she dead?" The one with the whip asked.

"I don't know," The other one said, his voice filled with sadness.

I stroked out and landed a punch in the guards stomach, hearing him groan and flew to my feet, not waiting for him to get his breath back. I kicked him there again, then took his head and slammed it against the wall while Christian covered his mouth. The guard fell to the floor, unconscious.

I looked at the one that helped me, he had relief on his face.

"Get out of here, you have to get out, your Emma doesn't love you. No Strigoi can love, she's using you to build up their army to destroy us, we're the good guys, they're evil, technically, they aren't even alive, so get out before you die, please," I told him.

He looked at me, his eyes boring into mine, and he nodded, "Thank you, that explains why we're disappearing, thank you so much."

I nodded and smiled. I motioned for my group to go towards the door. Mason caught my hand.

"Rose, no matter what we're in this together, and when we're done with this, we're gonna figure this out, ok?" He asked me.

I nodded, "Yeah, we will figure this out. We're all going to make it out together, all of us."

We crept to the door and I opened it softly, seeing the hallway clear. I could even see the door, and the sunlight looming out of the paneled windows.

"Ok, you guys will go out the door, get help, don't turn back for me no matter what you hear, don't come back," I told them, my voice low.

They nodded, even Mia had tears in her eyes. Mason looked uncertain.

I signaled for them to run and hide just as two Strigoi came into the room. I leaped out of the door, in front of their hiding spot.

"My, my, you're fast, I was waiting for you to escape," Isaiah chuckled.

"Yeah, I can't be locked up forever," I told him.

"Isaiah, she smells delectable! Let's eat her!" The woman next to him said.

"Not now Elena, she needs to be taught what really happens outside this door," Isaiah said to his mate.

He launched himself at me and missed by half an inch. I saw Mason creep towards the door, with Mia and Eddie in tow. Christian was still there, looking at me with worried eyes. I jerked my head towards the door and he nodded and followed them out.

Elena and Isaiah launched themselves at me, they pinned my arms to the ground, and Elena's mouth leaned in towards me. I kicked her off, and Isaiah held me down, punching me once in the stomach.

I groaned, the punch was five times worse then what Dimitri put me through at practice, no, ten times worse. I thought I heard a crack.

"Get back into the door with your little group, they're waiting," Elena hissed.

I shook my head as her nails slashed my dress apart. Shallow cuts appeared on my smooth skin and I felt the pain sink in.

"No, I'm going to fight and get out," I told them.

Isaiah dragged me up by my hair, making me cry out and he stood pinning me to the wall.

"You can't escape, girl," It's not possible.

"No one escapes from us," Elena seethed.

I heard the door close and smiled, "I think my friends just did."

Christian POV

As soon as we were outside, we took off running to the road, and sat down, all of us breathing hard. I couldn't leave Rose in there, she would die. But she was doing it to save all of us, she was so brave, and she was risking her life for us.

I pulled out my phone and called Guardian Belikov.

"Belikov," He answered.

"Oh my god, thank you! It's Christian, Guardian Belikov get to Spokane, you have to! We got out, but Rose is still in there, she could be dying! She risked her life for us!" I yelled into the phone.

"Where are you Christian?" He asked me, his voice urgent, "We're on our way, just got out of the airport."

"143 Gunther Avenue, it's the Victorian white house, can't miss it! Please, hurry!"

"We will, do you know if Rose stands a chance?" He asked me, the worry was clear in his voice.

"I'm not sure, she's taken a lot of vicious hits already, I can see from the window. Crap! The Strigoi just like punched her in the stomach, the female one's about to kill her, hurry!" I hung up.

Rose POV

Isaiah and Elena turned around just in time to see Mason's red shirt fly out the door. He cursed out and glared at me, throwing my head against the wall so hard I tasted blood in the back of my mouth.

"I am going to destroy you, you've tested my patience long enough, and now you're going to die!" He screeched.

I didn't care, I wasn't afraid of death anymore. My Dimitri must have been halfway to court now, and he wouldn't even know that I was dying, and my friends were safe to call for help. There was nothing I had to live for anymore. No one that loved me anymore, I could die, and I wouldn't care.

Dimitri POV

"Christian we're coming," I told him, my face was now a dark shadow.

The rest of the Guardians had heard the whole conversation, and they were murmuring about what to do. I ran to the silver volvo parked outside and gunned the engine while they got in. Spokane was pretty damn far, but i would get there in a few minutes. I wasn't going to obey the traffic limits when my love was in danger.

"Hold on, Roza, hold on," I whispered and pulled out of the airport, tears pooling out of my eyes. Good thing no one sat next to me.