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GPOV

Liam appeared at my side instantly.

"I told you to stay away from her." Liam said wrapping a protective arm around me.

"I know. But I couldn't stay away." He smirked and turned his eyes on me, "You should know better than to provoke me. Especially like that." He nodded back towards the stage.

I flinched and Liam drew me closer to him.

"Elle, baby," Liam murmured in my ear, "Run, and take Ivashkov with you."

He let go of me and I did exactly what he'd said. I ran. I anxiously cast a glance backwards and I could see the two of them were squaring off. It was horrible. The two men I feared the most, together. But at least one of them was protecting me. As I raced past Adrian's table I grabbed his hand and pulled him out with me. He didn't ask me what was going on. He had probably realised I couldn't speak. I could hear footsteps behind us, but from the speed I could tell they were Guardian's, not Strigoi. Once they'd caught up with us they matched our pace, not wanting to put any space between us and them.

Once Court was inside I slowed down to a fast walk. But I didn't feel fully safe until we were inside the wards, understandably. Dimitri and Rose were waiting just inside. And as soon as I was safely inside the wards I fainted.

RPOV

"What happened?" Dimitri asked Adrian.

"I don't really know." Adrian admitted anxiously running a hand over his hair, "She suddenly came out, running, grabbed me and off we went." He sighed and slumped in his seat, "I have no idea what happened."

Just then the Doctor came out. We all turned to her.

"She's going to be fine." The Doctor said slowly, "I think her body was reacting from a shock."

Adrian sighed and I let go of Lissa who I had been comforting for the past hour or so.

"When will she wake up?" I asked.

"She's awake now. But I'm warning you. One visitor at a time. Too many won't be good for her." The Doctor walked away.

We all looked at each other.

"I think Adrian should..." I started to say.

"No. Rose, I think right now, you'd be better for her." Dimitri said slowly.

I nodded and so did, surprisingly, Adrian.

I walked into the infirmary.

GPOV

Surprisingly Rose was the first person to come in. That was probably Dimitri's idea. Which was good because I wasn't ready to face Adrian just yet.

"Hey," She said sitting down on the chair by the bed.

"Hi." I said purposely not looking at her.

"So what happened?" She asked.

"I fainted."

"Not that." She sighed.

I smiled, "I know."

"Are you going to tell me?" She asked sighing again.

I shook my head. I wasn't ready for that either.

Rose sighed for the third time and left. Next it was Adrian. And he didn't even bother asking me anything. He slid into the small gap I'd made for him in the bed and wrapped his arms around me. I cried into his chest.

"It's all right." He murmured, "You're safe now."

His words didn't particularly help. I wasn't safe. Not until he was dead. But, it was good to hear his voice, to have his lips against my ear and to have his arms around me. Eventually the tears stopped, but the shaking hadn't. Adrian gently ran his fingers through my hair and patiently waited for me to calm down. I pulled back to look at him.

"Do you want to talk or do you want me to send Lissa in?" He asked quietly.

I sighed, "Lissa...I can't...I can't do this yet."

"All right." He gave me a small kiss on the lips and left.

Lissa came in looking...really upset. She practically ran over to me and dropped onto the bed.

"Are you...are you all right?" She rushed.

"I'm fine." I said smiling a little, "Perfectly healthy."

"What...what happened?" She asked hesitantly.

"I don't want to talk about it." I snapped, not actually meaning to but it was starting to get to me.

"All right." She said quietly, "Do you want anything? Food or a feeder or something?"

"No. I'm all right." I smiled at her.

She nodded and left. A couple of seconds later Dimitri walked in. He silently said down and just waited. For a while I ignored him but then I turned to him.

"What do you want?" I asked.

Dimitri smiled a little, "I'm just here if you need me."

I nodded and turned my attention back to a spot on the wall.

"So..." He prompted.

"You said he was dead." I whispered.

"What?" He asked softly.

"You told me N..." His name caught in my throat, "You told me Nathan was dead. But he's not. He was there."

A/N: Wow...a whole chapter just to give you a single name; must be a record!

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