YAY I finished last sacrifice. It was a great book. For those who haven't read it you have to read it. That was so unexpected at the end. So I now know that it is now being made into a movie and the auditions are being help for fans who want to try out. To bad I can't get all the way to America to try out but if they do come to Aussie I am defenaly trying out =) hope you enjoy this chapter and please review.

DPOV

Why am I not doing anything? I know my father has died a few days ago and today it is his funeral. My mother was in my sister's arms. They had all come home. My sister with her prince. I looked over at her. She had Pual with him. He was growing up into a fine young man. I had only seen him once or twice over the years and now he's seven and he respects everything. He just sat there in the seat. He was so respectful. I sat down beside him. He was staring at his crying mother "Why is momma crying?" He asked me and I sighed "Well your grandfather has died" He looked at me and his eye's drooped "I remember grandfather. He was very kind to me" He looked back at the floor and I sighed. "It will all pass. We all thought it was a cold but he was old and it was just his time to pass" he looked at me.
"And what of grandma?" He asked and I looked at my mother. She was talking to some people but she was not crying but the pain was all over her face. I leaned towards Pual "I must show you something" I whispered. I got up and Pual followed me towards towards the palace. My father was to be buried in the palace guardians where the other royals had been. I walked towards the grand hall and opened the doors. There was about fifty people in here. The moroi and dhampires were their names. I looked down at Pual and his eye's were shinning bright at the practice fighting that was going on in front of him. I squatted down to his height and he looked at me. "Pual this is my secret army. No one outside these palace walls know about them" He looked down at me and nodded. I placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled "So you must keep it a secret from your mother and father. They must not know" I know. It was my own sister "But I trust you with this information because I know that when your older you will be a good fighter" He grinned up at me and ran off to who knows where.

RPOV

I was staring into the face of death as he neared my neck. His lips and teeth brushed my skin. It was all in slow motion. One second he was going to bite me. The next he's laying at my feet. Dead. A arrow strait threw his heard. My eye's widened and I looked up. There was a man with a bow and arrow. He looked at me and nodded. He turned to and walked away. I scurried after him "Hey wait" He kept walking. I scurried to his side "What are you doing?" He looked at me.

"Saving your life" He looked me up and down "And it is very clear that you are untrained in any art of fighting" I stopped walking but he kept walking then I scurried back to his side "Well then if your so smart. Train me. My mentor was killed so I have a lot of free time" He let out a burst of laugh and looked at me.

"You have no special power. You are not strong like a lion or fast like a cheater" He stopped and turned to look at me "In my eye's you are nothing more then a common human being wondering the earth. Wanting to be something she is not" I grabbed the front of the shirt. He staid calm and relaxed "You are lucky that-" He cut me off "Take your hands of me" He commanded. I did and he kept walking. I carried on chasing him "Agilest let me know where the nearest village is" I asked and he sighed and looked at me.

"You do not want to go anywhere but where I am going. Is that not true?" Damn he was right. I crossed my arms.
"Well I-" A drop of water landed on my nose and I looked up. The sky was dark yes but I could see no stars. More droplets fell down and we hurried to the nearest shelter which happened to be a cave. He looked at me "Now you have trapped us"

"well you gave me no choice. It is just rain" I said.
"More like a storm" He gestured to the lightning coming down a few feet away. Oh he was right. I shifted on my feet rather uncomfortably "Well my name is Rose. Rose Harthaway" He frowned at me "I know someone with the same last name as you"

"OH well it may be a cousin" I said throwing my arms around and leaning ageinst the wall then resting my head agienst the cold wet stone. "I'm Ambrose" He said and I turned to look at him. I studied him "It is very nice to meet you" He chuckled.
"You sound so much like a princess when you say it like that"

"Well I-" I was interrupted by a loud bang of lightning and we both jumped then laughed.

The storm had died down and now we were walking again. Except we were heading back towards the cave. The sun was out and we crept that way. I swallowed as we came closer and he looked at me as we reached the entrance "There may be strigoi in there" He warned me and I nodded "But I don't know where everyone else went" I said and he raised an eyebrow.
"Well you must have a home around here somewhere" I nodded.

"I do. It is just I don't know how we would get there" He studied me for a moment then I heard a loud thunder of hooves and he scurried off into the trees. I frowned. I looked up at three men. One of them was my Dimitri. He slid of his horse and stumbled over to me. I must look strange to him "Be careful Dimitri" A man said from behind him. I blinked at the sight of him "Roza" He breathed and he reached an arm forward but I grabbed his wrist to stop him from touching my cheek "Why have you not come for me sooner?" I asked.

DPOV

A storm. Oh god. I could not leave my Roza in this. I ran down to the stables and grabbed the nearest horse "Prince Dimitri" It was a guard from behind me "What are you doing?" He asked as I jumped on the chestnut brown saddle "I am finding my Roza and bringing her home" I said and then I was being accompanied by Zac and the guard. Zac told me about the cave and that he had seen my Roza. I followed his directions and I saw her. She looked like she had been fighting in a war. Her dress was gone well it was shredded around her legs now. I slid of my horse. She looked like a worrier. I walked towards her slowly and the guard called "Be careful Dimitri" I did not listen to his rant and reach for Roza. I was almost touching her when she grabbed my wrist. Her hands where stronger then I remember "Why did you not come for me sooner?" She asked. There was pain in her voice and it made my heart break. I shook my head "I did. So many times. I was under so much stress. My father died a few days ago" Her face fell even more "Dimitri I am so sorry" She said. She really did mean it and she pulled me into a hug. I embraced her sent. She still smelled like her. After weeks and weeks of looking I have found her. I sighed into her hair "I have missed you so much Roza" She snuggled further into my chest. Like she was trying to get more protection. I took of my cloak and wrapped it over her fragile shoulders "Come on" I watched her as she glanced one last time into the woods and then let me hoist her up onto my horse.

A celebration went on at the palace. The dhampires and moroi are starting to build their houses near the forest or just outside the palace gardens. Rose seemed overwhelmed by the changed and I helped her to her room where she sat on her bed shivering "Rose. You must rest" I said sitting next to her.

"But I just got home" I shock my head.
"It does not matter. Your health does. I shall watch over you" I nodded as I spoke. She shook her head and stumbled towards the bathroom. I followed her as she started to strip before my eye's. She was be very tired. I watched her sink into the steaming hot bath water. I stood there. Watching. She sank down lower with a sigh. She glanced over at me with sleepy eye's "Can you help me wash up Dimitri?" I nodded as I grabbed a sponge and a bottle of shampoo. I shoved off my boots and rolled up my trousers and slipped my feet in. I started rubbing the sponge on her back and she sighed in delight "Do you think that they will come to get me again?" she asked me. I thought for a moment. "No. They will not get through this time. We have dozens of guards placed all around the palace" She looked up at me "Including the dhampires and the moroi?" How did she... She turned to face the side and rested her chin on her arms that where resting on the floor beside me "Yes Roza. Including the moroi and dhampire" She smiled.
"I was trained by a dhampire. She helped me fight the strigoi and escape" She twisted her head towards me "She died" I blinked at her. She looks hurt. Like when she lost Mason. She must have been very important" She chuckled at a memory "We used to hate each other. She would call me a dressed up sparkly princess" Rose was no where near a princess. Nothing like my sisters anyway or Lissa "But we settled out differences when the time came... They were going to turn me strigoi so I could turn you strigoi" Oh Roza. I sighed and stroked her hair. She swam away from me and sunk into the water. I watched her as she came back up and swished her hair around "Pass me a towel Dimitri" She asked and I grabbed one and held it out for her as she came out of the water. I didn't dare look at her body though. I am not like that even though I love her deeply. I followed her back into the bedroom and turned around as she got changed and turned back when she aproched the bed. I walked towards her and take of my jacket "Roza" She sunk under the covers's "Hmm?" She asked looking at me.
"I am very glad your home" I said with a smile and she smiled back. She sunk into a sleep and I watched her as she slept.

ABE POV

I got massage of my daughters return but I still wanted to see her. We left the inn and started for Russia. It was going to take a while but I did not care. This was my daughter. We had arrived in the matter of days and you could see there had been an increase of people at the palace. It was surrounded by houses and people chatting and laughing. I walked straight though them and into the palace where I met the queen. Me and my men swept a bow "Your majesty" We all said at the same time. She waved a hand towards us "You must be commander Abe" She said reaching for my hand and shaking it. I nodded to her "Is my daughter well?" She smiled to me "Ask her for yourself. Commander" I turned towards the steps and there was my Rose. She grinned her massive grin "PAPA" she shouted running down the steps in her very nice dress. I swept her up into my arms and she nuzzled into my shoulder "How are you?" She said pulled back.

"I am well"
"What about mother?" And then I was blasted with questions. She must be fine. The prince was by her side now and she was grinning like a cat when it had catches a mouse "Rose" I said "You are asking so many questions. We are all well and trying to clean up the post as well as we can" She gentled her grin into a smile "Well I am very glad."

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