Chapter 13

Lissa, Christian, Dimitri and I went to the backyard of the house. I just looked at them then Lissa nodded.

'Go ahead.' She said.

I took a deep breath then I unblocked them. The headache got to me fast; I pushed my fingers hard against my temples. Dimitri looked as if he's ready to catch me if I fainted, but I never did.

I saw them: The ghosts. Some of them I didn't know at all. I waved them off.

"Go away. I don't need you." I still have a killer headache. "Queen Tatiana? I need to talk to you."

And there she is, appearing right in front of me. She was still the same old Queen Tatiana I used to hate so much, except now she had my stake hanging from her chest. Lissa and I gasped aloud in unison; she must've been listening to my thoughts. Christian looked at Lissa and Dimitri looked at me, both of them had the same look of concern on their faces.

The Queen looked at me disapprovingly.

"What? I didn't kill you." How stupid of me, she knows that of course.

She rolled her eyes at me as if saying 'Really? No shit.'

"Um, okay. You know I didn't kill you." I stated. "So, who did?"

She opened her mouth as if to speak but no words came out. She shut her mouth and shook hear head. Great, no voice.

"Okay, are they still in the US?" I asked and she nodded. "In Court?" she shook her head. "Are they strigoi?" she nodded then shook her head. She shook her head and pointed to her chest after that she pointed to the ground and nodded.

I didn't get it. "What is that?"

Lissa answered me, "I think what she's trying to say is that they weren't strigoi when they killed her but they are now."

The queen nodded.

"Okay, is the killer a him or a her?" I'm going to ask too many questions today. She mouthed 'him'.

"Before he turned strigoi, was he moroi?" she nodded. "A royal?" another nod. I thought of all the royal families. "Zeklos?" she shook her head. "Conta?" she shook her head. "Ivashkov?" she shook her head and looked offended that I was accusing her family of killing her. I ignored that. "Dashkov?" she nodded.

"Victor Dashkov was in Court?" I looked at Lissa then back at the Queen who nodded.

"And he's strigoi now." Lissa whispered, Christian wrapped his arms around her.

"How will we tell and convince the council that Victor killed Tatiana?" I asked them. They didn't say anything so I looked at the Queen who made a rectangle shape using her fingers then she placed it in front of here eye. Then she placed a finger on her lips as if telling us to be quiet.

I didn't know what the hell that was. Even Lissa looked confused. "I'm sorry, I don't know what that is." The Queen just rolled her eyes and shrugged.

"Where is Victor now?" I turned towards the Queen. She couldn't answer. I looked at Dimitri, "Can you please get me a map?" he nodded, and he was back in a flash, holding a map. "Queen Tatiana, where is Victor now? Please point his location." She then pointed to Mississippi, which was not very far from Florida.

"He's on his way to Florida." The Queen nodded. I looked at Lissa, Christian and Dimitri; they all froze.

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