A/N: I'm so sorry for such a long wait! But it's been completely crazy. I've had assessments coming out of my ears. A cold. More homework than I could imagine...but here's the next chapter anyway...THE LAST CHAPTER! lol

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GPOV

So he was alive. And awake. And a Dhampir. But he was...unstable. Very unstable. Not physically, but emotionally. I was afraid to leave him alone for more than five minutes but I also knew fine well he didn't want me in the room.

"Liam, I think I should take you home." I said quietly, "To your parents, not Court."

He nodded, "All right."

I'd already packed up, and so had he, so all we had to do was leave.

"Elle." He caught my arm before we walked out of the door, "I...I'm sorry."

"I know. But it's not your fault Liam. You know that." I said slowly, "I don't...you don't need to apologise. I think we should do this without the Guardians finding out about you. I'm going to call Steve, stay here." I walked out.

"Steve?" I asked when he picked up.

"Gabrielle, what can I do for you?" He asked instantly, he'd realised I didn't have the time for the pleasantries.

"I found Liam. And I've turned him back to a Dhampir, don't ask me how. But I want to get him home, off the radar. The Moroi and Guardian's can't know. Can you give me a hand?"

"Of course. Where are you?"

We exchanged information and then I hung up.

It wasn't very complicated. Fake passports and ID provided by the alchemists. An alchemist escort and private jets. The Guardian's would have no reason to be anywhere near where we would be. It was a simple, probably fool proof plan. But I was sure we'd find a way to screw it up.

RPOV

My phone rang. And if I hadn't known better, that phones didn't do that, I would have said it was ringing urgently. I glanced over at Adrian who had an arm around Jill; he'd probably be all right for a few minutes if I took a call.

It was Dimitri.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Gabrielle's gone. Liam appears to have gotten through the wards and taken her. And she's not picking up her phone, there's no activity on her card, we can't find her." He sounded...panicky. I was sure that wasn't true, Dimitri never panicked. He never did anything reckless. But it was Gabrielle...with Liam, and he'd been the one to lose her.

"Do you want us to come back?"

"No." He sighed, "Adrian shouldn't know. Not yet. But Rose, do you have any idea where they'd go? I know they were going to look for Nathan but...I don't know where they'd be."

"I...I don't know. They could have gone anywhere." I admitted, "Adrian would be most likely to know. I think I should come back. Could you send a Guardian out to meet us? Then I'll come home."

"All right." He hung up.

I was surprised Dimitri hadn't protested. Telling me to stay put, not get into danger, like he always did. But I knew; that if I'd been in his position, I'd have needed him there, maybe that was what he was thinking.

DPOV

When Rose eventually got into Court, she was instantly at my side. She didn't mention the guilt that she knew I was...torturing myself with, she jumped straight into action. Finding out exactly what we knew and what we've done.

"Have you actually tried calling Liam?" She suggested.

"We don't have his number."

"Yes you do. We can access her called numbers; at least, I'm sure someone here can do it." She glanced at Hans.

"I'll have it done." He left.

I sighed, "Two minutes here and you've probably found her."

"You needed someone with a level head. And right now, you don't have one." She squeezed my hand.

I nodded, "That's true. What did you tell Adrian?"

"Just that you wanted me to come and reason with Gabrielle about something. He bought it." Rose shrugged.

"Good." I wrapped an arm around her, "Surprising, but good."

APOV

I honestly wasn't sure why Rose felt the need to leave. I knew she didn't need to 'reason' with Gabrielle, Dimitri could do it miles better than her, and if he wasn't coping, I'd be needed, not Rose. But, if she wanted to go back to Dimitri, I wasn't going to stop her. If I had the choice I'd be going back to Gabrielle.

Jill sat up in my arms.

"You all right?" I asked.

"You...you love her don't you?"

"Gabrielle?"

She nodded.

"Yeah. I do." I smiled slightly.

"Oh." She looked down.

And that was when I realised what was going on. Jill liked me. I always knew she had but I hadn't realised she still did.

"Jill..."

"I know." She smiled a little, "I know."

Lissa knocked on the living room door as she walked in. She looked…worried.

"What is it?" I asked.

She sighed, "I think you should come with me." She started to leave.

"I'll be back in a minute." I said leaving Jill and following Lissa.

"Gabrielle's been taken by Liam." She said softly.

I paused. Everything stopped.

"How?" I managed to choke out.

"He can get through the wards." Lissa might have sat down, but I'm really not sure, "Another perk."

I leant against the wall to try and steady myself.

"Adrian are you….?"

"I'm fine." I shook it off, "I'm fine."

She eyed me suspiciously, "Adr..."

"I'm fine." I repeated for the third time.

She nodded, "All right."

GPOV

Surprisingly, Steve had come personally. I'd have thought he had much better things to be dealing with. Not that I could think of anything specific.

"Let's go." He didn't waste any time. Now that wasn'tsurprising. Not at all. Over the phone, he could be as friendly as hell, but in person he was all business.

It was a long flight. Liam was...still a wreck, and I had nothing to say to Steve. I wouldn't know where to been. It had been so long since we'd last met, there was so much to say that I didn't have anything to say. There was no way to just sum up the last few years in a couple of hours of conversation. He knew most of it, I was sure. But if I began, I'd have to say everything. And that wasn't something I was prepared to do. It also probably wasn't something he wanted to hear.

The whole flight, I couldn't take my eyes off Liam. I wasn't convinced it would be a safe thing to do. He wouldn't do anything, I knew that, but if he took a turn for the worse, I wanted to see it, discover what set him off.

There was one moment, when Liam looked over at me. And our eyes locked. I saw something then, before the pain flickered across his features and he looked away. Liam still loved me. I wasn't surprised at it. I'd known. But I hadn't realised it was still that strong. I hadn't realised, that he would still jump off a cliff to save me. And that really wasn't what I wanted.

RPOV

Once we'd found Liam's number, we then had to decide whether we should call it. Dimitri wasn't too sure. If we did call, he either wouldn't pick up or wouldn't tell us where they were. It could be pointless. But I decided, I'd call it myself. Without Dimitri knowing.

"Hello?" A male voice answered. It was a little shaky, and certainly didn't sound Strigoi.

"Liam?" I asked, frowning slightly.

"That's me."

"Could you tell me where you are?"

"On a plane." He said slowly, like he was frowning himself.

"To?"

"Who are you?" He asked, definitely frowning this time.

I sighed, "Rose Hathaway."

He paused for a minute and then hung up.

I groaned and kicked the door. I hadn't expected him to hang up so quickly. But...was he Strigoi? He hadn't sounded it...Dimitri probably would have been able to tell. I should have told him first. But knowing him he'd have said no.

Back to square one.

GPOV

I knocked on the door and stepped back a little. Liam was slightly out of sight, he was nervous. Kathy opened the door.

"Gabrielle." Her voice was a little higher than normal, probably the surprise, "What are you doing here?"

I reached out and pulled Liam round the corner so she could see him.

"I figured it was about time I returned your son."

Her eyes widened and she threw her arms around him. I did look away. I didn't think I should be watching, but also I couldn't. I should have reacted like that to him myself. If I didn't have Adrian, I know I would have. And that made me feel guilty.

I started to walk away, slowly so I didn't make too much noise, kind of admiring the street. It was on the outskirts of a city, the suburbs I suppose. The kind of place, when I'd been little, the kind of place I'd wanted to live. The kind of place I'd expected to live. And now I was living in Court...I couldn't quite decide what was nicer, what was better.

"Gabrielle!" Kathy called as she pulled back from her son.

I turned back, "Yeah?"

"Aren't you...aren't you staying?"

"I..." I wasn't quite sure how to say it, I knew they weren't that connected, they probably didn't know anything about what was going on with the Moroi. After Liam had been turned, they'd left and gone to make a life for themselves. That was something I respected.

"Mum, she's just not." Liam said quietly.

"But why?" she frowned, "You and Liam, you...you were made for each other. And now he's back I thought you'd...stay."

I looked down, "I know."

"Look, mum, leave it." Liam sighed.

"No." She shook her head, "I don't understand."

"While I was gone." Liam said slowly, "She found someone else."

"Oh." She suddenly looked...heartbroken, more so than Liam, "Who?"

"Adrian Ivashkov." I said, my voice slightly catching in my throat.

"Right." She nodded slowly, "I see."

"It's not..." I could have sworn I'd seen...disapproval in her eyes, giving me the need to defend myself.

"I know." She said quickly, "I know."

I walked away.

DPOV

My phone rang. The Caller ID showed that it was Gabrielle.

"Could you come and pick me up?" She asked quietly.

"Where are you?" I stood up and started to find Rose.

She gave me an address in England.

"Do you want Adrian to come?" I asked.

"Yeah."

GPOV

The moment they, he, turned up, I was in his arms.

"Elle." He breathed, wrapping his arms as tightly around me as he could without crushing me, "It's ok," he murmured in my ear, "Everything's all right."

I closed my eyes, calming down as I breathed in his scent. That was all I'd needed.

RPOV

Dimitri wrapped an arm around my waist.

"Liam's turned back. We've found another Dragomir, Gabrielle and Adrian can leave. And there'll be a new election, for which Lissa can run, and we're..." I smiled a little, "Very much alive."

He chuckled, "Yes, we are."

A/N: THE END!

Wow, it's kinda weird to be honest, to be finishing the whole storyline of this as it was my first fanfic. Can't decide if I'm pleased or not!

Well I've enjoyed writing it, and I want to thank everyone who has reviewed, alerted, favourited and read this fanfic! It means a lot!

If anyone isn't fed up of me yet, please check out my other fanfics!

VA:

Teachers Pet: A new teacher comes to St Vlads, she's a twenty year old Dhampir with dodgy past. Her charge recently died and she's been moved to the school for a while where she falls for Eddie, and he falls for her. Can they make it work? Or will her past stop her?

Assassinating in Blood: Rose is part of a team deep inside the EDA, a secret government agency. Dimitri's her new member, but he's Russian, something that scares the hell out of her. He has to get her to like him, and he has to save her life, a lot.

Twilight:

Forever's a Curse: What if Edward had an ex that still lived with them? What if she was a powerful vampire with loads and loads of powers? What if she couldn't turn people into vampires and instead her bite turned them on?

Rival Love: The Cullens are vampires and own a strip club where Alice, Rosalie, Bella and Jessica and a girl called Christina work. Alice, Rosalie and Bella are vampires. The wolf-pack own a rival strip club and a wolf imprints on one of the strippers!

There may be a sort of sequel to this, basically, I MIGHT write one about them reading the future books Gabrielle has. Basically, reading ALL of VA (eventually) with Gabrielle there. Let me know what you think of that! If I do write it, I'll post an A/N on this and on 'Why Save A Life'

I know it's the last chapter and you have no motivation to review...but please do let me know how you liked the ending!

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