Rose

I woke up the same way as I always do. In the clinic. I tried to cover my eyes from the light but something was stopping me. My arms and legs were strapped to the hospital bed that I was laying on. The strigoi side of me instantly took over, as it tends to when I'm in danger or feel that I am. I started struggling. Shaking and tying to break the ties. I screamed in frustration and continued to fight them.

People started rushing through the door at me. They yelled for me to calm down, saying that I was safe. If I was safe, then why was I tied down! I bared my fangs at them and growled, most of them stepped back in fear.

"Let me go!" I screamed at them, still struggling. I continued to growl, but quieter now. I felt someone grab my hand and looked over quickly. Dimitri was standing there with a look of worry, but none of the fear or disgust you'd expect. "Rose, please calm down" he said quietly.

The growls subsided and I stopped struggling. I continued to look around quickly, searching for a threat. I saw Alberta, Dimitri, my mother, and the doctor, but still, I was scared.

No one's going to hurt you Dimitri said in my mind

"When why the fuck am I'm tied down!" I yelled at him, responding to his question.

Alberta came into view "Because we were afraid of what just happened" she said calmly.

I glared at her and tugged on the ties "I only reacted that way because I woke up tied to a fucking bed" I said coldly "wouldn't anyone else have had the same reaction" I said while studying the ties intently

She looked shocked the looked at Dimitri "I guess we all would have done the same. I'm sorry" she said and started moving towards he bonds that still trapped me.

"Don't" I whispered, still thinking.

"Roza, she was only going to untie you" he said. I nodded

"I know" I answered, then twisted my wrist so that I could grab the rope, and pulled. The binds broke easily. I did the same to the other ties. "I just don't need help" I told him. I grabbed his hand and pulled him down onto the hospital bed, so that he was sitting on it, with his back against the wall. I sat between his legs, as he wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck. I could feel protectiveness through the bond.

My mother looked at me "Rose, what happened back at the house?" she asked

I took a breath before going into my story. "I'm half dampher and half strigoi. Victor Davashkov was planning to marry me, but I had a conflict with a strigoi whom I had known when she was human and she tried to change me, hence the half strigoi thing. Victor treated me like a doll, buying me things, flirting, and calling me his flower. I finally snapped. it seems the strigoi side only comes out when I need to fight, or if I'm in danger, and that's what happened. The only difference was that I was out for his blood, and I had wanted him to suffer. It felt like I wasn't in control."

"Why did you try protecting Dimitri from us?" Alberta asked

I gave her a level look "My mind wasn't my own, it was the mind of a strigoi" I said and felt him tighten his arms around me "And Dimitri is Mine" I told them

The looked confused "What do you mean Rose" my mom asked

"The strigoi side of me recognized that he's mine. My mate. He's mine, and the strigoi side didn't want anyone taking him from her" I said with a faint haunted tone in my voice. Dimitri stopped breathing and tightened his hold on me.

"Really?" Dimitri whispered, huskily in my ear. I could feel his lust through the bond now and I smirked and turned to look at him.

"Yeah, she's a possessive little bitch" I told him. It seems more appropriate to refer to the strigoi side as a person itself, as a 'her' or 'she', because to me it felt like another person.

My mother cleared her throat "I think Dr. Oldenzki would like to check you over, and examine you a little" she told me

"Yay, let the fun begin" I said in a sarcastic tone

Dr. Oldenzki stepped to the front of the little group. She did the usual tests for my breathing and heart rate. She checked my reflexes and when she was finally done she looked at me shocked.

"Well it seems that your breathing and heart rate are low, but that may have to do with the fact that you're half strigoi and they don't have a pulse, not have the need to breath. On another note your reflexes are almost doubled in speed. I believe that you may also have to consume blood to survive, but it shouldn't be much. Just a small amount every day or so" she told me then left.

"So what do we do now?" My mother asked Alberta who shrugged

"I don't know. Word has gotten out about her. There have been multiple accounts while she was sleeping where a strigoi had ran from a guardian. They are afraid to do anything that may anger her. The strigoi are afraid" she said.

"Do you think that this is what the prophecy was talking about? The strigoi are stopping their fighting. Could this be the end of the was?" my mother asked.

"Well damn I'm kind of disappointed. I was hoping that there was going to be some huge epic war and I was going to determine the outcome. One of those 'a single decision can change the world' situations. Damn I'm disappointed" I leaned against dimitri pouting. He kissed my head.

"I'm pretty happy that there's no huge war. Now I don't have to worry about you so much" he whispered to me. I smiled and snuggled into him more.

My mother and Alberta looked at us with smiles on their faces. they both gave each other a knowing look and started walking towards the door but not before I heard one of them mutter "young love".

I went back to just being with dimitri in a comfortable silence. The songs Snow Patrol by Chasing Cars started playing in my head. I was with the love of my life and the war between dampher's and strigoi was ending. There's nothing else I could ask for.

WELL THATS WHERE SHE STOPED SO FROM HERE ON ITS GUNNA BE ME, ILL TRY AND KEEP IT LIKE HERS SO ITS NOT TOO CONFUSING. READ ON AND REVEIW FOR ME PLZ ND THNX!