We went to subway after I realized there was no way Dimitri would pay for me to eat junk food, even if the money was from my father. I ate a whole foot long on my own, I didn't realize how hungry I was until I ordered it. I also didn't remember eating anything since I went to the hospital with Adrian and Eddie. A few days with nothing but an IV is a Rose Hathaway record.

When we finished our food we threw out our tray and began walking the way we came. Suddenly, Dimitri turned around pulling me in the opposite direction. He whispered one word and I immediately understood what he was doing, "guardians" he pulled into the long hallway that leads to the custodian staff's supplies and the bathroom. As soon we were alone in the hall and I could no longer see the people in the mall I froze. Dimitri looked at me funny, he pulled my wrist but I couldn't move.

"No, no, no, this is exactly what happened in Spokane." I look of understanding flashed in Dimitri's face. He reached for his duster and pulled a stake of the pocket, I couldn't believe I never noticed it, he took my hand and reluctantly I followed him. We turned two more corners. And I seen the glowing exit sign. But then in felt it, the nausea. I froze and a second later Dimitri looked at me again. Before I could say a word something grabbed me from behind. I looked back to see a pair of red eyes glaring at me. I tried to scream and kick but I knew the only one who could hear me was Dimitri and in a second the strigoi could snap my neck.

Dimitri leapt toward us with the stake in his hand. The strigoi loosened its grin while ducking to the floor but I was still brought down with him. I hit the concrete floor hard and groaned. When I was getting up Dimitri and the strigoi where fighting taking shots at each other, each dodging a majority of them. In the split second it took for the strigoi to turn back and see me standing again Dimitri wedged the stake in his chest and the body crumpled to the ground.

My nausea didn't go away. I managed to whisper, "there's more" Dimitri didn't question me, he knew how I could tell. He pulled me into the corner behind him. We were both next to the door. So close yet so far, we both knew we couldn't leave knowing there was more near by. It went against everything we ever trained to do, and yet so did my prison break, oh well some rules are better than none.

A moment later a women slowly approached us. She looked older than the man, in a normal aging sort of way, as well as strigoi lifetimes. She actually spoke. "How cute, saving your play thing." She was talking to Dimitri. "Maybe after I kill you I can keep her and wait for that two for one special, if you know what I mean." Dimitri showed no emotion on his face, but I seen his knuckles turn white around the stake. "But why would you care, aren't you supposed to be protecting a Moroi, not a useless blood whore?" My heart stopped, Lissa, this strigoi was right we both left a Moroi. She called me a blood whore and suggested waiting for my baby to come just to kill it. Evil.

I forced myself to focus on the situation at hand. The woman licked her fangs, and lunged. Apparently no mater how smart this strigoi was she wasn't expecting to be up against a god. I noticed Dimitri working on getting distance between us. I decided to do exactly the same thing I accidentally did last time, be the distraction.

Ignoring what Dimitri said I jumped so I was to his left, and kicked the women in the shin, I definitely didn't hurt her, I even think annoyed would be stretching it. She didn't even glance in my direction. I grabbed a piece of her matted head of hair and yanked it as hard at I could and mangled to elbow her in the face.

Dimitri shoved me back, while simultaneously kicking her. When trying to regain her composure, Dimitri slashed his stake across her cheek and she howled in pain. Dimitri got in one final kick before staking her. Her body fell to the floor and the feeling of nausea went away instantly. I nodded to tell him there were no more, and he understood. Dimitri picked up the two bodied and threw them in a closet.

He grabbed my hand and took me out the door with the glowing exit sign. There was still light out but the sun was starting to set. He forced me turn and looked at him. I seen him inspecting every inch of me to look for any injuries. I had a cut on my forehead from when I got throw to the ground, but that was all. I left the encounter nearly unscathed.

However, Dimitri already had bruises forming on his cheek, and a cut on his arm. He wasn't in horrible shape but he still took a pretty good beating. Finally he spoke. "Are you okay Roza?" I didn't answer him, I just attacked him with a huge embrace. I began to silently cry while he stroked my hair. I knew that the strigoi was right, he shouldn't be helping me, so to see Dimitri throw himself in front of me like that made me more upset than I was willing to share. "Let's get to the car." We walked to the car quickly while Dimitri was muttering things in Russian. Dimitri looked around before opening my car door. I took off his duster and tried handing it to him. He shook his head and pushed back toward me. I climbed into my seat and bucked my seat belt. Dimitri went around and quickly started the truck. "I see a guardian van but no ones there. Just to be safe we better leave now."

As we left the lot I leaned back in my seat and pulled Dimitri's duster over me like a blanket. I felt safe surrounded by his scent. I fell asleep quickly, and just a soon I was pulled into another spirit dream.

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