Chapter Twenty-One

EPOV

With her safe in my arms, I thought about how beautiful she was. She was leaning against my chest and her soft golden hair blew around her face. I somehow resisted the urge to lean down and brush my lips to hers. I figured that probably wouldn't make Adrian too happy, and I didn't want to lose any time with her. We continued trudging through the snow and ice until we saw our cabins far in the distance. I sighed, knowing that I'd have to put her down soon, when I noticed Rose was awake and talking to Dimitri. I saw such love and adoration in both of their eyes, that I suddenly felt excruciatingly lonely. Everyone was happy here except for me. What twisted mind did I have to think that she would actually love me?

RPOV

I slowly came into consciousness and Dimitri's gentle brown eyes looked down at me relieved.

"You're awake! Good. I thought I'd have to carry you the whole way back." I playfully slapped his arm and grinned.

"I'm not that heavy. And I'm not getting down. I'm enjoying this way too much. And this time, I can actually be conscious through some of it. Unlike when a bench took me down." I had meant it jokingly, but his eyes darkened at the memory. I sighed and stroked his cheek.

"Hathaway! You're in plain sight. You might be pleasing, but for everyone else it's sickening. Please keep your hands to yourself." Stan said sighing loudly. I was mentally yelling a ton of un-lady-like phrases at his back. Dimitri chuckled. I think he knew what I was thinking,

I looked around to see where everyone was. Ahead of us were Stan and Adrian walking and not talking. If Adrian was ahead… Where was Lissa? Being unconscious was very annoying. Then I looked to my left, and saw where Liss was. Eddie was carrying her. Lissa looked content, but Eddie had a weird face. He looked… sad. Through the bond, I felt a little bit of regret. What could Lissa regret that concerned Eddie? Eddie and Liss were always on their best behavior. What did they do wrong? I mean I had plenty of things that I regretted, but Liss was different. I looked up at Dimitri with pure adoration. He smiled down at me. I snuggled into his chest and closed my eyes contently. I heard Dimitri sigh in relief and I opened my eyes curiously. Up ahead, the cabins came into view. In my peripheral vision, I saw Eddie put down Lissa. She ran up to Adrian and threw her arms around his neck. I heard Eddie sigh unhappily as he witnessed the scene. I felt a flash of pity for him. I would feel exactly the same way if I saw someone with Dimitri. But then again, I might go up and punch the hell out of them, so maybe not. Liss and Adrian were now holding hands, and I felt worse. I wiggled out of Dimitri's arms and went to go see Eddie. I could feel Dimitri watching me, so I turned around and smiled. I headed back to Eddie and threw my arm around his shoulder.

"Hey, Eddie. You okay?" He rolled his eyes at me.

"Is it that apparent?" I knew what he was talking about, but I shrugged.

"Not really. I was just watching your face. You just looked a bit upset." Eddie glanced over at me. He had a mischievous glint in his eyes. "What?" I was confused. He was supposed to be upset…

"You can read Lissa's mind, right?" I glanced at him.

"Yeah… Why?" He grinned.

"Later on, ask her what happened the night that she and Christian broke up." I suddenly felt a sinking feeling in my stomach as I looked at his smug expression.

"Oh, God, Eddie. What did you do?" He again rolled his eyes.

"Chill. It was nothing. I'll just let her tell you."

I looked up to see Liss turned around and looking at Eddie and me. Eddie shot her a smug look. I saw her eyes widened. Whatever happened this upset her. Her eyes got all red and I saw a few tears escape her eyes. Before I could react, Adrian was beside her.

"Liss. What's wrong? Oh, don't cry. It's going to be alright." Adrian said pulling her close to his chest. I walked a few paces ahead, and turned around so I was right in front of Eddie. He had to quickly stop so that he wouldn't run into me. Dimitri was at my side at a seconds notice. I made sure I was out of earshot before speaking.

"What the hell did you do to her?" I hissed.

"Mr. Castile, what's going on?" Dimitri said.

"Nothing. Why don't you go ask Lissa?" Eddie shot back.

"Why would we do that? You're right here, and she is upset. Whatever you did…" I said.

"Wait. Someone back up please. I have no idea what we are talking about." Dimitri said confused.

"Excuse me, Guardian Belikov, but if you don't know what a conversation is about, could you please stay out of it." Eddie said. I lifted my hand and punched Eddie his face. I heard a crack and blood started gushing out of Eddie nose.

"You do not talk to Dimitri like that," I said smirking.