Chapter 3

'He planted a small kiss on my forehead before we walked out into the school as if nothing had happened. And then it hit.'

All of a sudden, I was filled with white hot rage that overwhelmed and overpowered me. I started shaking and trying to scream but no sound came out. I turned to look at Dimitri and I couldn't see love anymore, just hate. I didn't know what he had done, but it must have been bad to give me this feeling. I immediately started hitting him and screaming and kicking, doing anything in my power to express how I felt. He dragged me back into the gym, trying to defend his face as he did so as I tried to hurt him in any way possible. He was really struggling to keep hold of me as I was fuelled by something else and wasn't hindered by emotions. Eventually he managed to pin me down on the floor, my arms and legs flailing, still trying to get a hit at him. After a while I stopped trying to attack him, and instead just shuddered on the floor with my eyes closed. I think this scared him more than anything and he kept trying to talk to me and bring me out of my fit. He gently moved me so my head was protected and gradually the fit subsided. I was sweaty and exhausted. I felt like I had just run a marathon and got hit by a truck at the same time. 'We need to get you to the infirmary' he said, and lifted me up in his arms.

I barely remembered the walk to the infirmary as I kept drifting in and out of consciousness, but I was jolted awake when he put me on a ward bed and the nurse came up and did some tests. 'She's obviously had a fit' the nurse murmured. 'It's practically unheard of in dhampir's though'. I noticed that Alberta had joined Dimitri standing at the end of my bed, and they were both nodding along. Dimitri looked rather pale. 'Is she under a lot of stress?' the nurse asked them
'We've been doing lots of training, and I suppose it is stressful trying to catch up in her studies' Dimitri replied.
'Well unless this happens again, I think the cause of it is stress. I'm going to give her a mild sedative and an anti-seizure drug now, but she should be good to go by tomorrow'. With that news Alberta gave a nod and left, but Dimitri stayed by my side.

I woke up the next day feeling much better, but oh my god I was starving. I noticed the light outside through the tinted windows of my room and was disappointed as I wouldn't be able to get food. I turned my head and saw Dimitri in the chair at the corner of the room. He had fallen asleep in it. I swivelled my feet onto the floor and gingerly stood up, but nothing happened and so I walked over towards him. I gently stroked his hair and placed a small kiss on his forehead. This obviously woke him up as he began to stir and opened his eyes. 'Roza you shouldn't be up' he whispered.
'I know but I'm starving Dimitri, and anyway I feel fine now.' He rolled his eyes.
'Your always hungry Roza' he said with a smirk on his face. 'Come on then'.

We walked out of my little room and went over to the main desk. There was no one there so Dimitri wrote a note saying he had taken me out for some food and that I was now much better. 'The kitchens won't be open now' he said, 'So we will have to go back to my room if you don't mind'. Mind? Of course, I wouldn't mind going back to his room, but I just nodded.

Although it was daylight so nobody would be up Dimitri was still cautious and we kept our distance, but once we entered the staff housing, he reached and took hold of my hand. He opened the door to his room, and sat me down on the bed, before going to the little kitchen in a side room. He came back a minute later with four slices of toast with butter on, and I started eating hungrily. 'I've never been so scared in my life' he said quietly. I paused and swallowed the toast in my mouth, then held his hand again, giving it a slight squeeze. 'I'm sorry' I replied, and began eating again.
'I've taken on 3 Strigoi at once Roza, I didn't think I would make it out of that, but I was still not as scared as I was yesterday. I really thought I was going to lose you'. He had a soft look to his face, it was warm and gentle and relaxed, yet you could see the fear in his eyes as he relived the events of yesterday.

'I really don't know what came over me comrade' I said, having demolished the toast. 'It was like the effects of darkness, but nothing like it at the same time. It started with the feeling of rage like the darkness does, but then it became more of a physical thing, I felt like I was unable to move my body, like I was paralysed and in a trance. I really hope this isn't the next stage of my madness.' Instead of replying he moved closer to me and moved me back to lie next to him on the bed. He had one arm around my shoulders and I was snuggled up against his chest. He had buried his head into my hair, and wrapped his whole body around me, as if he was trying to close all distance possible between us. I felt the safest I had for a long time, and now no longer hungry, I fell asleep, and he did too.

I awoke to the sound of people outside the door. It was faint, but there were a lot of them moving around. I was still wrapped up against Dimitri and he was fast asleep. I rolled over and placed a kiss on his lips which began to wake me up. He hungrily deepened the kiss and opened his eyes, moving on top of me. I could feel every inch of him pressing me into the bed. Was it finally going to happen? Before anything else did happen, he noticed the sound of running feet outside the door. 'We'd better go see what is happening Roza' he sighed, a pained expression on his face. We stepped out at it was absolute panic. There were guardians running around everywhere. Dimitri stopped one and asked what was happening. 'Krov' the guardian shouted as he ran past, heading to the meeting room. I looked at Dimitri, his face pale, but I didn't need to ask.

'It means blood Rose. Strigoi have captured some of our Moroi'

I hope you enjoy that chapter! I apologise for any spelling errors, it hasn't been checked lol!