Hey there everyone, I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a couple of days, I needed to catch up with friends and take kids to the doctors and of course go to work, oh the hectic life of a 26 year old hahaha. Anyway as usual, I would love to hear what everyone thinks, Cheers, R.J. ;-)
Chapter 27.
"Oh no, don't you even think about it Dimitri." Viktoria had moved from Adrian's side to stand in front of her brother, her tone stern, her posture defiant. "It's bad enough that Rose has interfered in my personal life, again, but don't you dare." Dimitri shifted his glare from Adrian to Viktoria. Underneath all the blood, swelling and bruises Adrian looked pale. I was biting my lip to stop the sick satisfaction I was feeling swell up into another fit of giggles. I looked around the room, and noticed that nearly everyone was staring at us. So much for trying not to draw attention to myself.
Viktoria had helped Adrian to his feet and was helping him brush himself off, before Dimitri stood between the two of them, crowding Adrian. I pulled Viktoria out of the way in case violence ensued. "Rose has warned you several times already, and so now I'm going to Adrian." His teeth were bared, and he looked quite threatening, so much scarier than I could ever be, "You stay the hell away from my sister. You have every right to be angry at Rose and I after what happened, but don't you dare take it out on her." He was pointing at Viktoria who was looking at me questioningly. Adrian shrugged, turned and started to head out of the bar.
"I'm going to go and talk to him, at least make sure he gets home in one piece." I gave Dimitri's arm a squeeze, leant up on my toes and kissed him gently before following Adrian out into the cool night air.
"Adrian, wait." He'd stopped to light a cigarette, but when he saw me, he turned to keep walking,
"Why? So you can smash me up some more?" I cringed as the desolate words left his mouth. Gingerly I walked toward him,
"I'm not going to apologize for what just happened Adrian, you've been acting like a dick, but I do need to apologize to you." He threw his head to the sky and laughed,
"You and I both know that's not going to make any difference Rose. You told me that you'd made your choice, and I was it." His eyes were full of pain, I forced myself to hold his gaze. "We spent the night together, and I thought it meant something to you, I tried to help you after you'd been arrested," he laughed again, then became very intense, his serious eyes locked on mine, "I told you I love you. I comforted you when he didn't want to see you." He sneered at me then, arms flying to emphasize his pain, "And you threw it all away when he snaps his fingers, you threw me away Rose." He was yelling at me now, his face contorted as the simmering fury took control. He looked kind of scary with the bruises and dried blood covering most of his face.
"My, my, my Rose, you do get around." The words felt like ice down my spine. I saw Adrian's face freeze before spinning around to face Ilia, "I, personally don't see the fascination in you, but then again maybe I need to get to know you a little better?" I slid my hand to get my stake from my waistband, and felt a moment of panic when I realized it wasn't there. I'd been in such a hurry to leave the house I'd forgotten it. While I was cursing my own stupidity, I yelled at Adrian over my shoulder,
"Get the hell out of here Adrian, now!" Ilia laughed,
"Oh don't concern yourself too much with him my dear, it's not him I'm after. You however, you I need." I was too concerned with what Adrian was doing, before I realized what was happening, Ilia was crowding me, his hand pressed against my bruised throat. He slammed me up against the wall of the alley, his breath brushing the side of my face, sending tremors of vile fear down my spine.
I couldn't move my head, he'd lifted me, with my legs dangling off the ground. I clutched at the grip he had on my neck, trying to get him to release his hold.
He dropped me to the ground, and pushed my face against the wall. I gasped and filled my lungs with air. Through gritted teeth I snarled at him,
"What the hell do you want Ilia? If you're going to kill me, just get it over with." His breath was brushing against my neck again, before I heard him inhale, almost like he was smelling me. I cringed and uselessly struggled against his hold.
"I'm not going to kill you Rose, you're too important for that, however, you do smell irresistible," he licked down the side of my throat, I felt nauseous.
I was confused, and felt sick to my stomach, as I still continued to struggle, then I felt a sharp pain, I panicked as I realized he'd bitten me. I thought I heard myself scream before the sweet oblivion flowed through me, after that, the pain, the fear, everything disappeared, I started to feel good, even though I tried to fight it, I tried to fight him, but it was no use, then everything went black.
When I came to I was chained to the wall, in what looked like a dungeon. I pulled on the restraints, testing them, they didn't give an inch, biting into the skin of my wrists and ankles. I leant up against the cold stone wall, looked at the roof before closing my eyes. When I opened them Dimitri was pacing back and forth, hands running through his mussed hair, looking strained. Abe was leaning back against a huge oak desk, looking all the world like a Turkish mobster, it wasn't until you looked closely that you could see the tense muscles around his mouth, his movements not as smooth as usual. Christian was standing next to Lissa, holding her hand, squeezing it in reassurance. Adrian was seated in the leather club chair holding his head in his hands, Mia sitting next to him rubbing his back, it suddenly became apparent to me that those two had formed a close friendship since I'd been locked up. I smiled at myself at how unlikely a pair they were.
No one was saying anything, the tension in the room was thick enough to cut. I could feel Lissa's panic over the situation, not to mention the anger that she was still holding onto like a lifeline, over her half brother. She turned to Christian, before she could utter a word I was pulled back to the dungeon. My stomach sank as I realized I wasn't alone.
"Oh good, you're back." Ilia was standing in front of me, his huge smile seemed slightly demented. I grimaced in response. "That was strange," he squinted his crimson eyes at me, "It's like you were here, but you weren't here." It suddenly dawned on me that he didn't know about the bond between Lissa and I.
"You tend to drift off into la, la land when you're low on blood." I rolled my eyes at him. "Are you going to tell me what the fuck I am doing here Ilia?" this time his smile seemed to be genuine,
"Actually I am." He walked over to a basin and filled a cup with water, he waited until he was standing in front of me before finishing, "I want Dimitri Belikov's head on a stake, and you, Rose, are going to help me get it."
