After all the drama that went down at Lissa's place, I went back to my hotel room and laid down on my bed starring up at the ceiling. I didn't eat and didn't sleep, but I did shed a couple tears for my best friend that ruined our friendship. I had once thought that I wanted to stay and protect her. The thing was, did I still want to stay and protect her? I wasn't so sure now. Why would I want to stay and protect someone so selfish? Better yet, protect someone who ruined my relationship with my soulmate?

However, there was a part of me (a huge part) that still loved Lissa regardless of what she did. I am hurt, upset and angry at what she did to me and Dimitri, but I still love her as a sister. We grew up together and her mom was a mother to me. She was the one to raise me when my mother had abandoned me. I will always feel like a part of her family, even though we are not blood. She is a sister to me.

But I have a family now; my gang. And this family matters to me, to the Queen and to both our races. I don't want to run away from these problems here, but I realized that this might not be my home anymore. Perhaps I have moved on?

I knew one thing for sure though, and that was that my gang is my family, and that I will never abandon them, no matter what. They need me, and I need them. It reminds me of yin and yang; we are incomplete without each other….same thing with me and Dimitri.

Dimitri.

My heart hurt when I thought of his name. Why can't he believe that I was the one that saved him? Why did Lissa not come forward with the whole truth? A part of my brain told me that she was jealous of me, that I was able to find everything out and get back what is mine, or what was his. Did she even know how much I loved him? I told her the story that night in the chapel when our school went under attack. I told her exactly how I felt, so why didn't she pick up on how much I loved him? That is if she didn't.

I sighed. I kept thinking the same things over and over: Why? How come? That selfish bitch! And of course, what an arrogant, blinded ass of a man! Why did he think so little of me? Did he think that I was only putting in a little bit of effort to try and get him back? Did he ever think that I wouldn't try, even if it was a sliver of a chance things would work out?

The more I thought about it, the more the tears came down. I felt betrayed and alone. And I hated that feeling! I wanted someone to wrap their arms around me in a warm, tight embrace and tell me that they love me and that I was wanted and needed. Is there something wrong with me?

No. What an absurd thing to even think! Nothing is wrong with me! It was God. I swear this is payback. It is some sick twisted revenge to get back at me for not going to Church to be with him. What else could it be? It's not me. It's Lissa. I thought she was different from the other royals. I thought she cared about others. She was always compassionate towards others, so why couldn't she be even a little bit compassionate towards her best friend? Apparently I am not worth any compassion, because I am a dhampire. Wait- is Lissa racist? She I don't recall her being compassionate towards my race, only hers.

There was a knock at the door. I thought about opening it. I wanted to be alone right now, but I realized that something could of happened and someone, like my gang, would need me. I decided to open it. I wiped my face, getting rid of the evidence of any tears that I have shed, then opened the door.

I was stunned to see who was standing in front of the door. Yeva.

"Yeva." I paused for a moment, wondering why she was here. "Is something wrong?" I asked in Russian, knowing she preferred this language more.

She shook her head, then spoke in Russian, seeming grateful I picked this language. "Call me Babushka, and my grandson his blinder than a blind man; he can't see nor hear!" She shook her head again, but this time it was in sadness and disappointment. "He is a good man, you have to know that."

I moved from the door, inviting her in. "Come on in Babushka." She walked in and I continued. "I know more than anyone how good of a man he is. It's the reason I fell in love with him in the first place."

"That friend of yours," Yeva said in Russian, then paused for a moment, "I thought she was different."

My heart broke. I could barely do anything when I lost Dimitri, but losing my best friend, my sister… I don't think I will ever be letting anyone in my heart. If I lost her, nothing will ever be okay. She was the only person that I could lean on in my time of weakness. Looks like that will never happen again, leaning on someone for help and support. I could have always of leaned on Dimitri…but that was then. It is impossible now.

"That plan that you thought of in the conference room is amazing; genius really."

I smiled, she was stalling. "Yeva, why are you really here?" I would be lying if I said I was flattered, but I wasn't. Yeva never stalled for time, to delayed things. She was always straight forward.

Her tiny body straightened out. "I have a feeling we are all going to be up against great odds. We need more back up, but many people feel as if this is ridiculous; an American girl returning from Russia, only to tell them that we are going to war here in our very city?" Yeva shook her head. "I wouldn't believe it either, but since I have known you, I am starting to believe in the impossible."

I couldn't help but a small smile. "I make the impossible, possible."

She gave a small chuckle. "Yes, my dear granddaughter, you do."

I felt warm inside when she called me her granddaughter. It really made me feel like part of her family.

"You need to fix things with-"

There was a couple knocks at the door.

"-Dimitri." Yeva finished, glaring at the door. "I believe you have some business to attend to."

"What business."

"HATHAWAY! A WORD, NOW!"

"Good lord!" I exclaimed loud enough so he could hear.

"You are going to want to get this over with. Put him in his place, Rose."

I nodded. I was in full guardian mode now. He will not make this easy, but it is needed. He is going to see what Rose Hathaway is like when she is mistreated and pissed off.

I swung the door open violently, meaning to startle him. He didn't seem at all taken back, more as expecting it. His eyes are blue, but not just any blue. They were blue like the ocean. It made me thing that his knowledge could be as big as the ocean…clearly that isn't true (thinking of the conference meeting).

"What on earth do you think you are doing?" He exclaimed angry.

"мудак (asshole)." I said, glaring at him.

"Don't forget arrogant." Yeva said as she walked out of the room and into the hallway.

"You said it." I didn't take my eyes off of Gideon.

"I will talk to you later, внучка. I am going to knock my fist against Dimka's head." I held in a laugh. He so deserved it.

I returned the conversation back to Gideon. "I am taking action and giving all that I got!" I got up in his face. I had to bend my neck back in order to look at him. He was around 6'1" or 6'2" tall. "I take my job seriously. Whether you like it or not, things have changed for the strigoi, and not for the best. They are united under one common goal: to kill. I know how hard it is to actually understand this, because everything that we have been told has changed to our worst nightmare. But it is happening, and we have to stop it. And the only way we can accomplish this is to get along. I know you don't like me because I am young, but I do have experience on my side."

"What are you saying?" He said curiously, dropping the hostility and eyeing me like what I said had loopholes.

"I am saying that it is not always my way or the highway, but right now we have to get along and listen to each other for the sake of both moroi and dhampires."

He looked at me for a few moments. I could see he was having trouble taking orders from someone young enough to be his granddaughter, but I swear I could detect a small smile in his eyes. I disreguarded that. He is an arrogant asshole who needs to be set in his place.

"At first, I respected you, but when you disrespect you I got the impression that you are an arrogan asshole. I hope I got the wrong impression, because I thought we could have been a good team." Which is true; with his experience, we could ketch the strigoi off guard and grab them by the balls, but that won't happen if he isn't willing to work with me.

"You are right, we do need to get along" he said it like he was forcing himself. I bet he was; arrogant asshole. "But I don't believe that strigoi are teaming up. They are too ignorant and selfish."

I sighed loudly, very irritated with him. Does he need to get hearing aids, or is his brain slowly deteriorating? "I am not repeating what I said. Either you team up with me, or you hit the highway. I am taking action now; the sooner the better."

He nodded. "I agree with that, but I do not agree with military force, Guardian Hathaway."

About fucking time he regarded me with my title. I hid my satisfied smile. "It is necessary."

He clenched his jaw tightly. "And if you are wrong?"

I shrugged. "I am not wrong about this, but we are better safe than sorry."

"I won't trust you the next time you say something like this is going to happen."

I glared at him. Like I care. "I am not out for your trust Guardian Kingston. I am out to protect people. That is all. Now if you excuse me, I have some people must meet."

I went to push passed him, but he put his arm out, blocking my way out. I was standing in the center of the doorway.

"I understand that you have a reputation to uphold, Guardian Hathaway. However, taking things to this kind of extreme will frighten the moroi."

I smirked at him. I can see it in his eyes, he was afraid too. "Tell me, have you ever thought of getting back at strigoi for the amount of lives they have taken?"

Before he could utter a single word out someone said my name. I looked towards the staircase and saw my gang coming up.

"We got worried." Gabe said.

I looked at them sheepishly. "Жаль. Был связан (Sorry. Got tied up)." I looked over at Gideon and his face was impassive. It was clear to me that he does not speak Russian. I could use this to my advantage. I hid my wicked smile. This could be fun. "Guardian Kingston, I will talk to you later. They need me."

He gave me a sharp nod and turned to the staircase.

"What went on?" Denis asked, still a little far away. As he came closer, he scrutinized my face. "You okay?"

I shrugged. "I can't wait to go home." Everyone nodded in agreement. "We have a problem, is what I figured out."

"What kind of problem?" Zena asked.

I looked over them, just to see Gideon disappear through the door. "That man that I was just with, his is Guardian Gideon Kingston." Their faces were blank, the name not ringing any bells. I didn't think it would. They are not from around here.

"What about him?" Lev asked.

"He is on the Guardian board. He makes the announcements of new news that comes up in our world. He also tells the what the Queen approves of too. In other words, Kingston is the council's сука (bitch)."

"I'm not following you on this." Denis admitted.

I smiled apologetically. "Kingston is an old man," I gave a sad chuckle to that fact. "He doesn't believe that the strigoi are teaming up and are united."

"Well, it is hard to believe. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it either." Larisa said, stating in her own opinion.

I nodded in agreement. "Yes, however you need to know that my school, St. Vladmiri's Academy, was attacked over a year ago by over a hundred strigoi. They teamed up. The council knows that, which means Kingston knows that. The question is; why can't Kingston believe me since that had occurred?"

"So he is calling us liars?" Lev asked.

I thought about that. "In a way yes, but he like what Zena said, it is hard to believe that strigoi are untied."

"So what is the verdict?" Denis demanded again.

I looked at him, putting my guardian mask in place. "If that were to happen, we were to escort the moroi out of Court asap. Kingston was going to put up two lights near the entrance. One would be red, stating that it is unsafe to exit. And the other is green, stating that it is safe to exit. However with what they had planned out, we would be sitting ducks. They didn't completely analyze it. What if they ended up breaking the wards around Court's wall's perimeter, and breaking in?"

"It would be a massacre." Larisa stated, her face hard. She hated being stuck in those kind of situations. "Please tell me you made up a plan and said something."

I smirked. "Ever known me not to?" Lev smiled, excited.

"Yes, Lev, you are going to love what I suggested." I took a breath and looked at him, then the rest of the group, but I returned to Lev, wanting to see his reaction. "I told them to get C4 and blow a few holes in Court's walls. Court is huge, so we need more than just one or two; four or five at the least."

"But that could backfire, Rose." Zena said, doing her usual analyzing. Zena was the geek of the family. Zena and Denis analyze any flaw that could happen. This is what usually makes our plans successful. If it wasn't for her or Denis, most of our procedures wouldn't' go so smoothly when we are in a fight.

Zena is also a geek with fixing things. If it is dealing with anything electronically, Zena would know exactly what to do. And when I mean anything I mean computers, IPods, radios, cars, cell phones, tracking devices, TV's- she once saved my life. We were in a hotel in St. Petersburg, and the previous storm fried the satellite dish. I was going crazy, and she had enough, so she did not only me, but everyone in hearing distance a favor and fixed it in under an hour. How amazing is that?

I nodded, looking at her now. "I know, but this way we can blow any strigoi that is climbing Court's walls to pieces." I turned back to Lev. "I also suggested that every guardian needs a couple bombshells on them. If a group of strigoi are cornering them and they can't get out, all they have to do is throw that bombshell at the strigoi and take cover."

They nodded, liking the idea. Lev, however, had a very goofy (and to be honest, scary crazy) grin on his face. "You are only getting around two or three Lev, so limit your use of them." His face fell a little bit when I said that, but he still had that grin on his face.

"Why two or three?" Gabe asked.

"I'm not sure what the actual cost is per shell, but it is in the hundreds. So if you multiply one price of a bomb shell, times how many guardians that are in court…"

Everyone had frowns on, especially Lev. He looked crushed. I sort of found that comical. He loved blowing or torching things up. If we had to light something on fire, Lev was always the one with the gasoline and the match.

"Relax, Lev. You will get one. I promise." If the council doesn't approve of them, well it's time to vist Daddy-o.

"What about the princess?" Tamara asked, voicing something for the first time. She had on a red, flirty skirt, with a tight white t-shirt today, which was odd for her. I never seen her dressed up before, let alone wearing a skirt.

"What about Princess Dragomir?" I asked, containing hurt and angry tone. My voice sounded neutral, as if she wans't a big deal.

"She will need protection…from all of us." That last part from her sounded hesitant. As if she thought that I would agree.

And I did, but to a point. "If she needs it, she will have plenty of guardians around her to protect her. She is the last of her line, Tamara," I smiled at her gently. "You can be reassured that the Queen and the Guardian council will make sure that all royals will be protected." Even if they don't deserve it, I thought.

I vaguely heard the door open from the stair case, thinking it was just another guardian turning in from his late night shift.

"Rose, are you sure you don't want to protect her?"

My smile faltered. "It's not about what I want, Tammy," that was her nickname that I came up with shortly after I found them when Denis was injured. "Everyone will need us, not just Princess Vasilsa. As I said, be reassured that she will have a couple guardians protecting her. But we cannot stay and protect her. Our job is more dangerous."

"Which is what? Because she needs us, Rose. Why can't you see that? And to top that all off, you are her bond mate! You are suppose to protect her!" She yelled at me. I flinched, but got angry too. I was in no mood to be told to do something for her.

"Princess Vasilsa will be under protection, Tamara." I said, showing a little bit of annoyance and using my commander voice. I very rarely use it, because it is showing my power as leader. I hate using it, because I want all of us to be equal, but everyone needs to have a leader and be put into place. Tamara needs to be in her place, and know that it is not always about what we want.

"But-"

"No buts. We have to protect others as well. She will have plenty and we will only be in the way of her sanctioned guardians."

"You use to be her sanctioned guardian." A familiar voice said in his natural tongue. His voice wasn't very far away, but it wasn't too close either.

I didn't need to turn around to know exactly who it was.

"As I said, there will be people there for her. He will be one of them." I said, pointing my index finger towards him. I heard his footsteps coming to a halt beside me. "He is even better than me when it comes to protecting those he cares for."

"Can I stay behind and help protect Lissa?" Tamara asked hopefully.

I didn't want to say no, but I most defiantly didn't want to say yes. When I spoke, my commander voice was gone. "As of right now, no." Her face fell. "However," her face looked wary. "If she has less than two guardians, then you can stay and help. But I would prefer you stay with us, Tammy. We need all the help we can get. Remember," I swear I need to buy a recorder so that I can just it play. I hate repeating myself! "Princess Vasilisa will be protected, no matter what. Tataina favors her. If Queen Tatiana has her ways with the council, then Vasilisa will have four guardians protecting her; the best of the best, actually."

Tamara's face grew irritated. "But we are the best of the best, Rose!"

"Tammy, why are you pushing this?" I asked, using my commander voice again.

"Because I like her!" oh great, so she fell for Lissa's spell too. Well, crap. "I want to protect her just as you did when you were her sanctioned guardian."

"I wanted to protect her when we were kids too!"

"And you did. So what the fuck changed Rose?"

"Nothing changed Tamara. Now quit it. You are acting like a child. You are to stay with the gang. You are to help us secure the perimeter of half of court. I will talk to Gideon and see if he can get some of the guardians to do the other half as well."

"They already do that." Dimitri voiced in.

"Not the outside." I said. "they only do the inside, which is not good enough. You will have strigoi climbing the walls."

Out of the corner of my eye, he nodded. "Tamara should stay with Lissa, Eddie and I. She will have three guardians." He said. Tamara smiled in hope.

I shook my head. "No." I said defiantly. My voice was not to be challenge, and I saw Tamara take a step back. "The council will assign another guardian to be with Vasilisa. I need all of my gang to be with me!"

"Then your mother will be protecting her." Dimitri said.

I sighed. "Fine, I will have the council assign my mother to Princess Vasilisa."

"Lissa." He corrected me.

No, it is not Lissa anymore. The Lissa I thought I knew wouldn't be selfish. Its Princess, because she is a spoiled princess bitch, who gets whatever she fucking wants! I will address her as her proper title if she is going to act like one of them- the royals.

"Did you guys want to go back to the gym and work out."

They all looked at each other and shook their heads.

"We were all talking about sightseeing." Gabe said with a smile on his face. "It's beautiful here. It reminds me a lot of home."

I smiled. "Yes. I think they were copying Russia." I laughed quietly. I looked over at Tamara and she seemed upset still.

"Tamara," I said hesitantly. Her eyes flashed to me in anger.

"What!" She snapped.

I swallowed. She hardly ever showed me attitude and when she did, I didn't like it. It made me feel guilty. "You do know the reason why I said no, right?"

"Yeah, because you are a fucking bitch that doesn't want to protect your best friend."

"Tamara!" Zena yelled on my behalf. "You know Princess Vasilisa will be safe reguardless. Rose had reassured us all on that. If Rose thought for one second she wouldn't be safe, she will quickly agree to letting you go. Right Rose?"

Tamara and Zena looked at me. I nodded. "I wouldn't even fight you on it, Tammy." I walked over to her and grabbed her hand. I could see that she wanted to pull her hand out of my grip, but she allowed me to. "Доверие мне. Верьте в меня. (Trust in me. Believe in me.)"

I looked dead straight in her eyes, and she looked in mine, seeing the truth. With what seemed like hours, she sighed and nodded. "I believe in you, Rose. I will do as you say."

I hugged her. "I hate doing things you don't want to do, Tamara. But…"

"I know." She said and pulled away from me and smiled at me. "We are here to protect everyone, not just someone in particular."

I nodded with a frown on my lips.

"I still think she should come with me." Dimitri said, voice stout.

Tamara shook her head. "Rose правилен. Я должен остаться с бригадой. (Rose is right. I need to stay with the gang)."

I sighed. "Do you want me to come with you guys?"

The shook their heads. "Stay with Dimitri." Zena and Larisa said in unison. Their voices held a soft mocking laugh. If only they knew what kind of dilemma I was in with him…how angry I was with him.

I forced a pleased smile. "Have fun. You know my number if you need me."

All of them headed for the stairs. Lev looked back at me halfway there. "Rose, by the way. I loved the C4 idea." He said with a huge smile.

I laughed. "Oh, I know." I would make sure he got a couple extra, even if it came out of my own pocket. This was his time to shine.

I didn't even turn back to Dimitri. I turned around to go back inside my room, but he was already there, planting himself before the door, and left arm out, blocking the other half of space that his body was unable to. I looked up at him, raising my eyebrows.

"So, you are resenting Lissa." He said in English.

I glared at him. "из моего гребаного пути (out of my fucking way)!" I said dangerously

"нет (no- sounds like ne-aht)" He said quietly, in a warning tone.

I wasn't up for his shit. I gave him one last glare and turned away from him. I didn't even manage three steps before his hand caught my bicep and pulled me into the wall, where my back was against it. His face was angry, so very angry that I was frightened a little bit.

I didn't need to put on my guardian mask, it was already in place. "I said out of my way!" I yelled in Russian.

"And I said no!" He leaned down. "Not until you admit that Lissa saved me."

If a heart could get stomped on any more, it was now. I saved him, he worshiped Lissa, he said he loved me, then gave all his loyalty to her! Love had loyalty in it, does he not love me?

"You know what? No. I won't admit it, because I would be lying to you. I will give you this much; she staked you, but I was the one that saved you. I risked everything to get you back, and you didn't give me as much as a thank you."

"you are just-"

Whack! A wrinkly hand came out into my view and smacked Dimitri in the back of the head that he took a few steps toward the wall and his forehead hit the wall. I looked at Yeva and she had on that same glare she gave Gideon earlier. Dimitri quickly recovered and turned around, letting my arm go.

"Babushka!" Dimitri yelled at her in surprise and a little in anger.

Yeva looked at in kindly. "Rose, мой возлюбленный. Я буду иметь дело с этим "жаль оправданием человека". Пойти. (my sweetheart. I will deal with this sorry-excuse-of-a-man. Go.)"

"Babushka! I am in the middle of-" Yeva looked at him when he said he nickname.

She slapped him, hearing enough of his little rant.

Go Yeva! She looked at me again and I nodded, taking off down stairs.

Dimitri's POV. Okay, so this is new for me. Tell me how I did. If you didn't like it, tell me and I won't do it again. Thanks.

My grandmother just backhanded me and slapped me across the face. I was angry that she did that to me! She hasn't done that to me since I was a little boy. I was about to demand an explination why she it me, but she spoke me before I could open my mouth.

"Have you any idea what the girl has been through in trying to get you back?" She yelled, her brown eyes so dark that they looked back, starred at me so hard, I was wondering if she was reading my soul. And I flinshed. I hated it when she looked at me like that.

"Bab-"

"Don't you Babushka me, Dimka. That girl has gone through hell and back to save you, and you don't have the decency to talk to her about what had actually happened. That girl came to Russia to end your misery, knowing that is where you would be and what you would have wanted. And yet, after you were turned back dhampire, you didn't even thank her for that!" She said voice cold and hard as ice. I looked down at the ground.

I flinched at her coldness and knowing she was right. Also at the memories of my fangs skinning into Rose's flesh; I could distinctly remember her flinch and her slight cry of agony as my fangs pierced her skin. I shook that off though, Rose had forgiven me.

"Worst of all, you give your heart and loyalty to a princess that only played a small part!"

My eyes flashed to her. "Lisa saved-"

Her hand came out again, and this time I allowed her to hit me.

Slap. I could feel my skin turn red and scream where she hit me on my side of my cheek and jaw. Old woman or not, she is still as strong as any dhampire.

"дурак! (Fool- sounds like; dorock) Princess Vasilisa did the only thing that Rose couldn't! Rose did everything else. Vasilisa and Eddie Castile only assisted, because she needed help. Rose was the one who broke into Tarasova, unleashed a criminal, put her career on the line, risked her life several times, and searched for information. Not to mention she was dealing with a broken heart! As I said hell and back!"

I was stunned; taken back. I remember going after Rose in Las Vegas…but unleashing a criminal. Who-. Wait, she let Victor out. He was on the moroi most wanted list shortly after I returned to the States. Only Rose would be that reckless and have that much determination to do that. I remember now. So that was who that old man was.

Yeva was taking in my face, reading ever emotion that popped on my face. "Yes, Dimka. She was the one that did it all. It only proves how open hearted you are to the one that you claim to love. That girl did it all, and just because some moroi did the final piece you vowed eternal servitude to that one moroi? Rose deserves better than you. The least you should have done was thank her for doing something!"

"She didn't. She wouldn't…" I said. I just couldn't picture Rose doing that after everything that I did to her in Novosibirsk, but she did. She still went out of her way to save me. I should have known though. Deep down, she would have. She wasn't the one to hold grudges from the people she loves like that, especially with the understanding that I couldn't help it when I was a strigoi.

"That girl loves you like you wouldn't believe, Dimitri. You said that you loved her too and yet you threw her away. The moment that you were restored, you shunned her. Ah yes-" she said, taking in my stunned expression. I was surprised she knew I shunned Rose. No one but Lissa and Christian knew that.

"Yes I know that too. Don't yell at Rose, she didn't say a word to me. Hell, she doesn't even know that I know. She helped you in Court, when the moroi were deciding whether or not to let you live. Yet, you still shunned her! Can you imagine the heartache that she endured? You rejecter her time after time! If I were her, I would have left. But she kept trying! She never lost hope!" Halfway through Babushka's outburst, my heart became heavy with guilt. I should have paid attention to Rose, to what she said and did as a sign.

Yeva shook her head. "It is a good thing you didn't promise her that you would love her forever."

I swallowed hard. My head was spinning and I was feeling mentally dizzy. Why didn't Lissa say anything? Rose had said that when I was in the cell, but I didn't believe her. Why didn't Lissa tell me what happened? She would have helped Rose. After all, that was what she was trying to do, right? Help me, because of Rose, or at least for Rose.

"Just apologize to her, Dimitri. Then thank her. All she wants is for you to know that she was the one who saved you."

I looked and my grandmother in confusion.

"But…why?"

Her face, that was hard, had turned soft; so very soft and gentle, like she was always a sweet old woman. "For love, Dimitri. She just wishes you would see how much you meant to her, and how much she wanted to be with you."

For some reason, I knew that was true, and there was a sharp pain in my left breast where my heart was. Rose Hathaway is a trustworthy, faithful and loving woman. She is not to be messed with when she is angry and if you hurt someone she loves, you are bound to get hurt worse, if not dead. And if someone she loves is in danger, she will willingly throw herself out there-both mentally and physically. She is the ultimate protector. She is never the pray, but always the predator. No one sees that but the ones who know her inside and out like I do.

Babushka looked at me so intensely that if she had compulsion, I knew it would be much stronger than Princess Lissa's. "Go to her Dimka. Tell her that you know the truth now. And tell her what you think, what you feel. You owe her that much." Then she turned and walked away.

What should I tell her?

"не тратьте впустую никакого времени. Война - на нас. (waste no time. War is upon us.)" Yeva yelled over her shoulder, pausing for a moment as she said that, then continuing down towards the elevator.

My legs reacted before could tell them to move. I was out of the building before I could comprehend what I was doing; like I did when I was strigoi…when I first met Rose.

Please review. And thank you to everyone who reviewed my story. I appreciate it very much! And Smiles- I missed you! Thanks for reviewing! I hoped everyone enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry there wasn't much of Rose and Dimitri, but the next chapter there will be a lot of Rose and Dimitri…I will let you in one one thing…Lissa is not going to be on Dimitri's light side. Lemme know your thoughts on what the next chapter should be like..i might even put them in! I have done that before!