Adrian POV:

What the hell! I had been previously asleep, with my hands bound above my head and my feet bound to the posts at the bottom of the cot. Now however I was sitting in a steam room, or a sauna, or I was an Adrian Kebab because I was heating up substantionally.

"Lily, that's it, hold the heat I am away to blast the water. Three...two...one!" Next thing I know I am absolutely drenched and that's when the chains snapped.

I got up then and looked at my 'saviours' one was a tall guy, quite slim, very blonde hair and brown eyes, he was the one with the water. Moroi, I said in my head, there's a surprise. The girl 'Lily' was my height, she had fiery red hair and gleaming blue eyes. Both of their skin colour was pale, sickly pale.

"Nice to meet you, this is Lily and I am Eric, you are Adrian, that right mate?" Eric seemed alright, quite friendly, I just nodded.

"Sorry seems to lack a little oxygen in here and moisture but Lily needed the oxygen to keep the flames and I needed to manipulate the moisture."

"It's fine man." I croaked out, he wasn't joking around, it was so dry in here I felt like scraping my throat for relief.

"How did you guys both get in here? And any idea where here is?" I looked up at them both and they looked shocked for a few minutes before composing themselves and telling me.

"We are in an old 'concentration camp' or something similar, it's been converted, these rooms were the gas chambers and you go down the line of corridor and the control room was the storage room. That's what we are guessing. I and Lils have been here for a few months now."

I just stared, months, camps, freaking chambers, what was this place?

"They have been keeping moroi here, working out our powers, trying different experiments on us, see how we tick I guess. Dhampirs are stored here as well. There a lot harder to keep though, most Dhampirs that they need are guardians and guardians are noticed when they go missing."

I nodded. "I need to get out of here; I need to go get a boy, three year old Dhampir Nickolai."

The Lily girl walked up to me and laid her hand on my shoulder, suddenly she didn't look so young.

"I and my brother think we need to get out first and then come back for the boy, there's only a small allocated time where we can escape and times a ticking."

Lily pretended to point to an invisible watch on her arm. I tried protesting but that was soon soused when screams started. Outside of the room, I heard the running of boots, and shrieks of fire from men. I looked at Lily as she continued to stare at the door, she was strong, I had seen Christian with his flames but nothing to the size of burning a building without being near to it, or even seeing it.

Lily then walked up to the door and hit it with her foot and it swung open. "It's not only Dhampirs who want to learn to fight for those they love."

That was all Lily said as she disappeared through the door. Me and Eric looked at one another and shrugged, following her out into the flames. I looked down the now burning corridor.

I will return for you Nicky, I will bring everyone; I will get your daddy and mummy.

Max POV:

I grabbed Nickolai and ran at full speed out of the compound, the flames that had erupted meant only one thing, a moroi had gotten free. I cursed silently but continued through the compound. Nickolai, the little child, was gripping at me with fear in his eyes, he was young but he wasn't stupid he knew something was happening. I tightened my hold, he was too important for me to risk dropping.

"Sir, left exit after chamber five is still reasonably clear." I nodded my head and continued down, Simon was right behind me, followed by Caleb and Shaun, some other hunters followed as we scampered to the exits. Before I had left I had grabbed a handful of equipment. I was nearing the door when in the corner of my eye I noticed them.

Three moroi had just skipped the fence; my men lay on the ground burnt to a cinder. The red head, the blonde and the Prince. Perfect more problems on the horizon, I thought to myself.

"Take the boy Simon and get the jeep and get out of here!" I shouted orders at Simon; we didn't have time to grab the keys to the jeeps so my quick thinking told me Simon could hot wire a jeep easily, so I handed over my treasure and allowed someone to take my weapon to safety.

Simon cradled the boy, who was now crying, and struggling against Simon.

"PAPA!" The young boy screamed! "Uncle Aid-way-in!" He shrieked into the air around him. I turned quickly, I would not stoop so low to feel sorrow for a Dhampir, they had taken everything away from me. My own son didn't get given a chance, so neither would one of theirs.

Rose POV:

I had just had a conversation with the ancient St. Vladimir; my life had honestly gone berserk! I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I followed my thoughts to Dimitri. I needed to connect to him again. I needed to see he was alright, if he had found Nick yet. I imagined materialising to him, cradling Nick in his arms, smiling again. I was wrong though. I materialised in time to see Dimitri and Victor Dashkov going against each other in my living room.

Dimitri looked angry and defeated again. He stood right in front of Victor, I could barely here them, but I knew from Dimitri's face that the news was not what he was expecting. I decided to allow them to fight, I floated about my house, I missed everything so much, I remember when I and Dimitri had found this house.

"Roza, I can't just stop the car."

"You have too! Look it's for sale! LOOK!" Dimitri had smirked at my excitement but had complied, slowly down and pulling into the side of the country road. He looked out the car window and then back to me.

"It's screaming too us Dimitri, do you think they would let us see it." It was beautiful, fairytale cottages in the middle of know where. Dimitri nodded and climbed out, I had jumped to follow and we both walked up to the cottage hand in hand.

An old woman answered the door and had introduced herself as Lucy Annie, she had showed us around, laughing as she went from room to room, and her love of the cottage was obvious.

"This is the best part of the house, the back yard is fenced in, totally safe and secure, and could you imagine little feet playing out there, maybe in a sand pit or swing set." She said it so wistfully that I had an image of me and Dimitri running around after a little brown haired boy.

Dimitri must have had the same vision as I did back then because he had bought it, right there and then. I didn't know how he could have afforded it and I had complained that it was 'our' house, a home, that I should pay half for. He hadn't let me though, saying he got a guardians wage and he had no one to spend it on, he had plenty of money.

I drifted to our bedroom, I could still hear fighting in the living room, I wouldn't fully materialise till everything was quieted down. I remembered back to the memory's in this room.

"We need to break in this room, It needs that homey feel to it" Dimitri had whispered seductively in my ear and that was enough for me, we had each other stripped down, skin on skin and on the bed within seconds.

"Comrade, welcome home, I love you." I had stared Dimitri right in the eye then. He had smiled, dimples showing a little on his cheeks. "Welcome home Roza, my sweet and beautiful wife, I love you." He had pulled me closer and we had just lay there on the pillows facing each other, just speaking, talking about what we were going to do tomorrow. What we still had to do, colour schemes, and that's when Dimitri had suggested we make the room across the hall into a nursery. I had playfully hit him, telling him to slow his horses. Inside though, my heart clenched, would I be a good mother?

I felt ghostly tears run down my face, how had our relationship turn out so badly, why did I have to go and get myself killed. I would do anything to go back and relive all the moments I took for granted. Too just see the light in Dimitri's eyes, or the squeal of my beautiful baby son.

I carried on with my reminiscing, I had finally got to the living room, Dimitri and Victor were no standing glaring, I was still invisible to them, and I drifted to the couch though and just looked down at it. So many memories, sad, funny, romantic, this is where I told Dimitri that I was pregnant and he had gotten up and whirled me in the air, laughing. This is where on Valentine's Day Dimitri had taken the day off being a guardian and had spent the entire day with me snuggling with duvet covers watching the cheesiest of films. It was getting to hard holding back my sobs, so I let the tears run down my face. I then remembered my favourite memory.

I had just got in from guardianing and I had walked into the living room, the TV was on cartoons, the lights were dimmed and I had looked over to find Dimitri and Nickolai curled up, Nickolai being his tiny one year old self being held protectively by his daddy and both were fast asleep. They had looked so peaceful and so alike then. I had gone over switched the TV off then I had went to bed.

I couldn't stay hidden much longer, so with one last wistful look around I materialised in front of Dimitri. I smiled at him and began to walk towards him. All I could see was my comrade, I had forgotten Victor was even around.