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Richelle Mead invented the characters and all of that

This one is for Rose-Dimitri-Hathaway-Belikov because I liked her review in particular :D

Roses POV

I kept my head down and avoided eye contact with everyone and I kept as far away from Andrew as I could, as if we polar opposites.

I ended up being left without a partner and Matinova stepped towards me, a smirk on his smug face.

'Can't have you getting lazy Rose; let's see what your made of.'

Immediately I crouched into my fighting stance, eyes narrowed and for the first time in days I felt the animalistic lust to fight, my lips curled back in a sneer as he lunged, I dodged and landed a blow on his back as he stumbled, almost knocking him to the floor. I then roundhouse kicked him upwards, my foot landing square in his chest and he was knocked backwards by the force, but he recovered quickly and came at me again, catching me off guard as he landed a punch to my face, causing me to stumble back a step, he then aimed another hit to my sternum which knocked me over; winding me, I hurriedly sat up to see Matinova looming over me.

Oh Hell no!

So before he could move, I slipped my legs between his and hooked them behind his knees and bent; ignoring my bitching muscles. As he fell I leaped up and pushed him the rest of the way down, using my full weight; my stake at his chest.

He conceded with a nod and I got off him, panting heavily and watching as he stood up. There was no pride in his eyes that Dimitri would have. Instead, a cold indifference, as if he didn't care that I just aced combat.

I hadn't noticed at the time; but while we had been fighting, the other groups had stopped and crowded round to watch, so they all heard Matinova's spiteful call as I pushed my way through the circle to get to the door

'You just couldn't wait to get on top could you Rose?'

The class was stunned into silence for a second, before breaking out into shocked whispers and giggles.

I turned around and laughed once at the resentment on Matinova's face

'You know, that just hurt your reputation way more than mine.'

'Only because you can't sink any lower' he said, face contorting with anger

I just winked at him and filed out the door; ahead of the rest of the class.

By the time it got to Stan's class I was severely pissed off. The combat class had told everyone about 'me and Matinova' and I had heard that Matinova got called to see Kirova. I smiled a little at that; I had a feeling that I was next though and didn't allow myself too much glee in case Karma came to bite me in the ass.

I walked through the door to Stan's Hell hole and the first thing I heard was

'Ahh, Hathaway! So nice of you to join us today; you know, I thought you had better things to do seeing as you've skipped a couple of classes.'

I clenched my fists, ignoring the titters, and headed to my seat, sat down heavily and got out my book.

'What? Nothing to say Hathaway? How unlike you' he said in mock surprise as he strolled over to my desk,

I smiled dangerously up at him 'Oh, I have plenty to say Stan. But there are Guardians present.'

Stan smirked in triumph. 'That doesn't normally bother you Hathaway.' He said as he turned away and began the lesson.

About half way through though, he turned to me again and asked me a question about Strigoi anatomy that I couldn't be bothered answering, so I just shrugged and looked down, hoping he'd leave me alone.

He didn't.

'Hathaway! I asked you a question!' Stan barked.

I shrugged again

'Oh I see. Hathaway is too tired to answer a question! Well. Maybe if you and Mr Zeklos tried studying instead of … Ah … not studying shall we say …'

I cut him off.

I was on my feet, anger pulsating inside me. No way. He did NOT just mention Zeklos and me in the same sentence, especially in the same sentence that was insinuating sex.

'Fuck. Off. Stan' I growled dangerously. I glared around the room until they all quietened, catching sight of Jesse's half smug, half scared face as I did so.

Stan's grin widened

'Ah… So Hathaway doesn't like Mr Zeklos as much as she lets everyone think she does! Well then maybe it's Mr Sarcozy she favours '

Okay… I admit… I lost it there.

'YOU SON OF A BITCH!' I yelled; striding towards him, trying to block the images and the pain of that night and trying to resist punching him, fortunately, there were Guardians in the room and one of them restrained me before I could inflict damage. So I yelled some more

'Don't talk about things you don't understand Stan!' I was screaming as the Guardian hauled me out the room 'You might not like what comes out of it!'

'Rose, calm down' Dimitri's voice said from over my head. I jerked away from him and spun round, seeing Dimitri's frame block the door I knew I wouldn't be able to get back in, so I took out some of my anger on him instead, mean yeah, but necessary if I wasn't to go insane.

'Don't tell me to calm down!' I shouted 'You have NO idea!' that Jesse and Ralf were the ones who raped me. I finished silently.

Dimitri cocked an eyebrow. 'Maybe you'd be better off going back to your room. But stay away from the bathroom do you hear me?'

I nodded, turned on my heel and started down the corridor before he called my name and I looked over my shoulder

'Promise me.' He said, letting some concern into his voice.

I was still pissed off so I didn't say exactly what he wanted me to say, instead I said

'Whatever Comrade.'

Outside my door was none other than Adrian Ivashkov

'Little Dhampir, I haven't seen you around in a while'

'Get out of my way Adrian' I hissed. Surprised when he looked hurt, he moved aside but grabbed my arm as I tried to pass

'What's wrong Rose? You've been avoiding me like the plague and I don't know why!'

I closed my eyes and groaned. Not this again. Looks like Adrian was compulsed to forget too. Shame really. I needed to punch something.

'Right' I said, eyes still closed and I opened them, looking into his emerald eyes 'You had better come in then. I'll explain everything.'

He nodded curiously and followed me into my room.

'So what happened?'

I took a deep breath before telling him the story. Just the bit about me landing in the clinic though; I don't think I was ready for Adrian to know that yet.

As I spoke, Adrian's eyes got wider and more shocked and when I finished there was a stunned silence.

'Well… I can see why you hate me. But I don't remember any of it! I mean, I've heard the rumours about you being a …' he caught me look and coughed awkwardly 'Yeah, but … Are you sure?'

'You compulsed me to feel the worst pain of my life and you've been giving me nightmares since and before then. I'm not making this up Adrian!'

He looked at me, steady, but shaken

'Rose I'm so sorry. If I did then it wasn't me at the time you know that right? You know that I would never do anything to hurt you right?'

I waved his apology off

'Just help me find whoever is trying to kill me and call it square' I said

He nodded vigorously, looking dazed, sheepish and remorseful.

It was actually pretty funny.

'Well, all I remember is talking to Lissa, and she told me about how you and Christian…' he took a deep breath 'and ok, I remember the first nightmares, but they weren't that bad really?' he pleaded. I nodded

'They were really bad' I said.

'But, I thought I only put you in a dark place with a grave that had your name on it right in front of you. I thought you would have laughed at it.'

I did laugh.

Adrian smiled slightly and continued. 'When I woke up, Jesse was at my door. He said he wanted to invite me to this party but I didn't wanna go'

I looked at him sharply

'Jesse?'

He nodded

My brain was suddenly going into overdrive. If Jesse was there then he could've compelled Adrian.

But could he? I wondered. I know that most Moroi, although able to use compulsion, aren't very good at it.

But then it hit me.

Mânǎ

Jesse must have some skill in compulsion or he wouldn't have gotten in. So he was able to compel Adrian into changing the nightmares and probably compel Christian into making him start the rumours and forget.

Jesse had always wanted me

And the perfect way to keep me quiet about him and his minions was to dispose of me.

So … Jesse was to blame, and I would bet that it wasn't about the dick joke.

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