Chapter 37

Adrianna POV

I was half asleep still curled up in Nik's bed when I felt a dip in the bed behind me and it wasn't long after that I felt arms come around my waist and pull me flush against a warm body. If it wasn't for the fact that I recognised the familiar scent that I have always associated with Nik I would have panicked, I twisted in his arms and buried my face against his chest.

"I'm surprised you're still in bed," Nik spoke after kissing my head and I looked up at him.

"I'm not allowed to live up on the fact that I don't have to get up early in the morning?"

"What about training? Are you going to let it slip now that you're at Court?" I frowned at him and pulled away.

"If you're honestly going to think I'm going to let my training slip then you don't know me at all," I snapped at him and went to get off the bed but Nik grabbed my wrist to stop me.

"Dri, that's not what I meant. Are you annoyed that you're placed at Court, it's usually only low ranking Guardians placed at Court or behind warded properties."

"How do you even know what my placement is?"

"Croft said he assumed you had told me what yours was and it affected the choice I made about my own."

"Did he happen to tell you all of mine?"

"No he said to talk to you…"

"Exactly talk to me, don't assume anything. They want to place me with a Spirit user Nik, but everyone believes I would be better off not being placed with Spencer."

"Then who Dri?"

"The new kid that said nothing is happening between us in that meeting, the same one who may or may not know about that kiss. He graduates next year, they want me at Court in hopes of trying to figure out what is special about me and in the meantime I will be on the Courts rosters."

"Does he even want you? We all know Moroi, especially royal Moroi get to choose their Guardians."

"I'm not sure, dad was going to speak to him when he arrives for the summer. Until then I have to go along with the rest of the activities required of the new Guardians."

"Why do you not seem happy about this?"

"Because you said you had a choice, I know how happy you were being at St Vladimir's. There is a part of me that believes you chose to go back there." I lowered my gaze from his and pressed my face into his chest, hopefully with him being at an academy and I at Court we could still see each other regularly.

Nik shifted himself on the bed so he was looking at me and when I tried to look away from him he just placed his hand on my cheek, "look at me Dri." As much as I wanted to close my eyes and not watch him as he confirms what I already believe, I couldn't ignore the demand he gave me, it was too familiar to follow his demands.

"Yes I was given the option of where my placement would be, whether it be an academy or here at Court. Dri I chose Court, that's why Croft believed your placement would affect mine. He thought I chose Court because of you, not because I believed I would be happier here."

"Wait, you're staying?" I was shocked, I couldn't be happy because I couldn't believe he chose to stay here. He had friends at St Vladimir's.

"Yes Dri, I'm staying at Court. I've got no idea how long for but at least for the next year, I'm staying. I will be here with you and we can have a proper relationship."

I didn't say anything in response, I don't think Nik expected me too. Instead I leaned forward and kissed him, there was no way I could get sick of the idea that I can kiss him whenever the hell I pleased now, kissing Nik is amazing.

It's like my body heats up but yet every worry I have is instantly gone in the action, it's like Bri said all those months ago. Nik calms me, I originally thought it would just be my actions but I was wrong, it's also my thoughts.

I hooked my leg over his waist and gripped his hair while his hand gripped my waist, if my past was any indication of where this was going then I thought it was leading to sex.

I might have panicked last night and I know I was stupid for thinking what I did, but there was a part of me that thought maybe Nik was going to demand sex from me. What he said and he's actions just freaked me out, I was glad he was so understanding about everything.

Whereas now, knowing exactly what our future together entails then I have no issues taking this step with him even though we haven't talked about exactly what our relationship is yet.

Nik pulled away and looked at me for a moment before speaking, "Dri are you sure? Last night…"

But I had to cut him off, I didn't want him to think any bad of me. "Was last night, I want this. I want this with you." This time when I kissed Nik, he didn't pull away, not until we needed to catch our breath.

I was heading to dad's house after the meet and greet with the Moroi, I played nice and was polite towards the Moroi just like the way I was raised by every adult involved in my life but there was a part of me that didn't want them. It seemed like they didn't care about my grades or my ability to be a Guardian, all they wanted me for was my link to the Queen and royal Moroi family.

Some of them even add the audacity to come up and demand to know why I thought I was allowed to wear contacts, I couldn't help it. I laughed in their face, why would I wear contacts to give myself another reason to stand out in a crowd. There were moments where I wished I could be invisible instead of the stand out that I am.

Hell there was even a point where I begged dad and Ellie to let me wear contacts in hopes of people stop staring at me for the colour of my eyes but none of them ever took, it was strange. It was almost like the Moroi blood and/or Spirit in me were rejecting the contacts and the doctors couldn't explain it.

I entered the house and went straight to the living room in hopes of raiding dad's bar before I was caught, I really needed a shot of alcohol after the luncheon but instead there was a stranger standing there.

"Who the hell are you and what the hell are you doing in my house?" I yelled but the girl just turned around and stared at me.

I stood there, longer then I thought my self-restraint could take before I launched at her for invading my home and putting my family at risk.

B POV

I can see her, I can Adrianna standing there laughing with her friends like she has no care in the world but she should, I've told her enough times that she belongs to me but yet she still continues to throw herself at that bastard Anastas.

I don't know if I can keep waiting it out to put my plan in motion, but I know it needs to be that way, I also know C has his own in mind and we need to work together for this to work but watching her from afar every day is just not helping anymore.

I need her by myside and she will see that I'm the one for her and I can't wait until I'm able to taste her blood, I need that and knowing she's let someone do it before makes me angry and excited at the same time.

The Moroi luncheon was hard, I almost lost it. Having to stand back in the crowd and watch as the Moroi throw themselves at my pet, she will be mine and I will have her soon enough.

Even looking across the room and coming face to face with C was enough to know he was struggling, he was struggling watching his pet being hounded by the Moroi. We almost both lost it in that hall but yet we remained strong and focused because we know we are getting closer to our goal.

We knew we just had to hang around a bit longer, wait for the attention to be taken off the girls. They need to be taken out of the spotlight before we can claim what is ours.

"I want what is mine," I looked up from the window at the sound of his voice, pulling me from where I could see Adrianna walking across the grounds looking as delicious as ever in that dress, it was in that moment I decided she would wear nothing but dresses when she is mine.

"I know, I want what is mine as well but our plan is going as we hoped. They both graduated at the top of their class and are in fine shape, all we need is to get in touch with Barry and he pass on the message for when we are ready but remember for our plan to work we need to wait for the hype of fresh Guardians to die down."

"I know, which means we wait until placements are made but how do you know they won't get shipped off."

"Friends in high places, I know for a fact that Adrianna will be staying at Court for at least twelve months and Clary has been requested by her mother. We both know who these girls are and who their parents are, I doubt it won't be long until they meet. I have a feeling after that both of our girls will still be here and then we have our chance at taking them."

"I just wish we could take them, the sooner they are ours. The sooner I have her the sooner I will have what I want." He growled at me, I needed him to refocus and remember what we spent months planning.

"Just calm down, we will get them. Remember we have to be patient, we've been patient for this long. What is a couple of weeks?" I turned back to face the window, disappointed to find that I missed where Adrianna was heading.