So here's the next chapter, sorry its takin me so long to update but my life is like crazy busy at the moment. Soooo I hope you enjoy!

Chapter Twenty One

I could feel Lissa's panic and it was threatening to pull me back into her head, but I tried my hardest not to get sucked in, I needed to be in my own head right now. We were running to the balcony to escape down the fire exit when the door burst open. About a dozen guardians piled through the door, one of them spotted me and ran forward shouting at the others to stop me. I was the last one to go down the fire escape with Eddie going first so he could protect the others until I got there. I had just climbed onto the fire escape when one of the guardians grabbed me from behind and pulled me away. Mia who was in front of me tried to grab me but she wasn't strong enough.

They pulled me back into the hotel room, I was completely surrounded. I could see the others coming back up the fire escape to try and help me but I shouted for them to leave. I knew they would be in trouble for hiding me. I didn't want them in anymore for trying to help me escape again.

"Did you really think you would get away with this Hathaway?" One guardian laughed sarcastically.

I didn't answer him, I shifted into a defensive stance as the first guardian tried to get his handcuffs on me.

I could still feel Lissa's panic, she had found the others and they had told them what had happened. I shuck off her feelings and carried on fighting. I beat the first three, they were barely older than me and weren't very experienced. But the next two came together and double teamed me. I knocked one of them out with a round house kick to the head but the other got his arms around me from behind and squeezed until I couldn't breathe. He carried on squeezing, I could feel myself starting to feel dizzy and black spots were appearing in my vision. I tried to throw him off but my strength had faded with the air in my lungs being squeezed away. I heard some kind of bang and I heard someone cry out but my vision had gone black as I passed out.

I could feel the sound of a car speeding and I could feel the uneven surface of the road beneath the car when I came round.

My first thought was panic, I couldn't believe that I had gotten caught. Then I realised that I was under Dimitri's duster, I could feel the heaviness of it covering me and I knew it was his duster because I could smell his sent surrounding me.

I opened my eyes to find myself laid in the back seat of a car, with my head in Lissa's lap. I could see that she had been crying, she had tear tracks running down her face. I looked to the front of the car and found Dimitri driving and Abe sat in the passenger seat.

I rolled over and sat up, groaning, my rib cage felt like it had been crushed and I was so stiff. I saw that Christian and one of Abe's guardians were sitting in the back of the car.

Lissa grabbed me and pulled me into a hug, it was awkward because there wasn't much room.

"Ohmigod Rose, are you ok? I was so scared! He nearly killed you, if I hadn't healed you, you would have died."

"How did you get me out? I don't remember." I asked confused

"Dimitri got you out." Abe said coldly.

"He did Rose, him and Eddie, but mainly Dimitri, you should have seen him, it was amazing the way he saved you."

"Thanks comrade." I croaked, apparently being squeezed nearly to death takes its toll on your voice.

"It was nothing Roza." Dimitri said back softly.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked suddenly realising that they weren't in the car.

"In the car behind us, we couldn't fit everyone in one car." Abe said turning around "Don't ever do that to me again Rose, You scared me half to death."

"Sorry dad." I replied smiling.

I had no idea where we were going but Dimitri didn't seem in any hurry to stop the car. I leaned back in my chair and fell asleep.

What must have been hours later Lissa woke me up by shaking me.

"Rose, wake up were here."

"Where's here?" I asked looking around. I didn't recognise anything around me. I got out of the car and saw a massive house just a little way down a drive.

"This is one of my safe houses." Abe said. "Nobody knows about this place other than me and my guardians , we will be safe here for now, but we need to sort everything out soon."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Lets go inside, we can talk about everything then." Dimitri said coming over and putting his arm around my shoulder and kissing my forehead.

We started walking into the house as the other car pulled up. Everyone piled out of the car and ran towards me. Eddie was the first to reach me and he slammed me into a hug.

"Jeez Rose, don't ever do that to me again! I was so scared."

The others reached me and pulled me into hugs. It was nice of them to be so worried about me but their hugs were hurting my ribs so I quickly pulled away.

"Guys it's freezing out here, let's go inside." I said leaning on Dimitri. I was tired and the cold was also making me shiver, which was hurting my ribs.

We climbed the stairs to the front of the house. Abe got out a massive key ring with about fifty keys on them and started going through them until he found the right one. We walked into the entrance hall, and I couldn't help but gasp, it was massive and so beautiful. It had two staircases at each side that joined together at the top, it was made completely out of what looked like marble.

Abe showed us through to what seemed to be some kind of den, where we all found somewhere to sit.

With Mia and Eddie the last to make themselves comfortable we all looked towards Abe.

"Well I won't say that that went well, because clearly it didn't, but I do think that we got some useful information before everything happened." Abe said looking tired.

"What do you mean good information?" I asked. "All they did was denied it all, and then they dropped that little bombshell, that nearly got me killed may I add."

"Rose, I am so sorry, I didn't think that my parents would do something like that, if I'd have know I would never have let them come." Adrian said looking at me with those big green eyes.

"Adrian, seriously, it's not your fault, I don't blame you at all." I said walking towards him and giving him a reassuring hug.

"Anyway, I think what they said during our conversation may have given them away." Abe continued as if he had never been interrupted.

"What do you mean?" Dimitri said looking up shapely. "You don't think that they killed the queen?"

"I do not." Abe replied.

"What!" Adrian practically shouted. "They couldn't be more guilty!"

"What I mean to say is that I don't think that personally stuck the stake in. They're right, a Moroi isn't strong enough and not skilled enough to do it."

"So you think they compelled someone to do it?" Christian asked.

"Correction, I know they compelled someone to do it, and I know who as well."

"Who?" Everyone said at once.

"Ambrose." Abe replied gravely.

So let me know what you think? I need you to let me know if you want me to carry on. Especially since the real Last Sacrifice is out soon! Let me know :)