AN: really quickly I just wanted to apologize for it being so long sense I last updated, things got a little crazy in my life, things have currently settled down though so I am going to do my best to continue writing…
Previously…
He had some woman pinned against the wall with her legs wrapped around his waist. The woman lifted her head, her eyes closed in pleasure…
"Lissa?" I whispered in a small voice.
RPOV
Lissa's eyes shot open and immediately connected with mine. I didn't know who I hated more in that moment; Dimitri for sleeping with my best friend or Lissa for sleeping with the man she knew I was in love with. I was paralyzed, I couldn't even believe what I was seeing.
Dimitri acted quickly placing Lissa on the ground while shielding her body he grabbed the small pillow at the end of the cot to cover himself. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. I didn't have the words for what I was feeling in that moment about the scene in front of me.
Lissa went to step around Dimitri, but he instinctively put his arm around her. "Rose-" she started.
"Don't." I choked out around the lump of emotion in my throat. "I'm done…with both of you." Making eye contact with Dimitri for the last part, hoping he felt the hatred directed at him. Before either of them could see the tears that were about to fall from my eyes I turned around and walked away.
I walked to the end of the hall and then sprinted for the exit. On my way I passed several people, but I kept my head down refusing to make eye contact. I was too embarrassed of the tears streaming down my face.
I need to get far away from court and I needed to do it fast. I stepped out of the building into the now pouring rain. Someone might have been calling my name but I didn't acknowledge them. Even though it was still early in the morning and there was a chance she was still asleep, I decided to go speak to the queen about leaving. On the way there I made a very important phone call to Abe.
Ring…Ring-
"Rose?"
I didn't answer at first.
"Hello? Rose are you there?"
"I need a favor." I confessed while trying to keep the emotions out of my voice. "I need you to get me as far away from court as you can." A sob escaped my mouth at the end.
"What's wrong?" His tone immediately changed.
"I'm not ready to talk about it yet." I told him truthfully. I'd let myself break down when I was far from here.
"Car or plane?" he asked getting down to business, but I knew he wasn't done with the subject because I could hear the concern in his voice.
"Whatever is least traceable I suppose." I sniffled.
"A jet will be on the runway ready to take off in an hour."
"Thanks Abe."
"Anytime, kiz." He hung up before I had the chance to ask what that meant.
CPOV
I had been sitting in this stupid café for 15 minutes waiting for Lissa to show up. We were supposed to meet for breakfast to just talk. I mean I had shown up a little early but still. How were we supposed to work things out if she didn't show up? I finished my cup of coffee and then headed to the place where I was sure she was; checking up on Dimitri.
"Have a good night!" the barista, Tina, said as I made my way to the door.
"You too." I grumbled.
I figured Lissa had picked this café for its location; it was just a short walk from here to the building Dimitri was being held in. Lissa had likely just lost track of time or something. I picked up my pace as the morning rain started coming down a little harder.
As I walked up the stairs of the building, Rose came tearing out of the building. Her face was red and covered in tears.
"Rose?" She ignored me and ran down the stairs. "Rose!" I called after her. She didn't turn around she just kept running. That is the strangest thing I've ever seen…
I walked in and right passed the guardian's desk, curious to know what had Rose so upset. No doubt it has to do with that asshole who isn't showing her any respect; I mean she was the one who did 97% of all the work.
I continued down the hall that he was being held on. The moment I turned to face the cell I instantly regretted getting out of bed this morning. I took in the scene before me.
Dimitri with only pants on that he was in the middle of buttoning and Lissa in her underwear putting her shirt on.
"What the fuck," was all I could say, all other words escaped me.
"Chris wait, please it's not what-" Lissa tried to explain.
"Like hell it isn't…I don't want to hear it." Without another word I turned around and went to go look for Rose.
The first place I tried was the gym, but with no luck there I headed in the direction of her room. As I rode up the elevator to her floor the seriousness of the situation began to hit me and my eyes started to tear up. "Fuck!" I shouted and punched my fist into the metal doors of the elevator.
There was a ding, and then the doors opened. I ran to her door and began knocking.
"Rose! Rose its Christian!" I banged on the door some more, but gave up. I wouldn't open either…
"Rose…" I said softer this time, standing at the door with my hands on both sides of it. "Please Rose…" I leaned my head against the door and let the tears come down.
There was a loud bang down the hall, but I didn't look up until I heard someone approaching.
RPOV
At this point I was down the hall from the queen's private quarters, which is when I was intercepted by some of her guards. "I need to speak to the queen, it's urgent." I said trying to keep my face down so that they couldn't see my already red and puffy eyes.
"Pertaining to what Hathaway?" the big fella on the left asked me.
"Myself, could you please just tell her? I have somewhere else I need to be soon." I made the mistake of looking up at him.
"Fine." He still seemed reluctant, but went anyways. He walked towards her door while the smaller guy on the right stepped into the middle of the hall. I could take you little man, don't tempt me…
"What is it Marcus?" the queen said as she opened her door.
"It's Rose Hathaway ma'am, she would like an audience with you."
She stepped into the hall with a floor length, white silk, spaghetti strap nightgown on, and she took in my appearance. From my soaked clothes to my red puffy eyes, I guess I intrigued her because she motioned for me to follow her in. She had a really large living room. It reminded me of something that you'd read about in a Jane Austen novel, very polished and Victorian with high ceilings.
"So what is it Miss Hathaway?"
"I just wanted to inform you that I'd be leaving court today."
"Oh, well how long will you be away?" she asked. It was a simple question I hadn't thought of yet.
"I'm not sure if I'll ever come back…" I answered honestly.
"Why are you leaving?" she asked shocked.
"Personal reasons ma'am." I said vaguely.
"Is there anything I can do to persuade you to do otherwise?"
"No ma'am." I answered simply.
"I hope this isn't because of the ruling or the incident last night Rose."
"It's not."
"It appears there is nothing I can do to change your mind then, so I wish you the best of luck." She stepped towards me and pulled me into an embrace. "It may not seem like it Rosemarie, but I really do have a soft spot for you." I did my best to keep the tears in my eyes as she stepped back. In that moment I considered telling her every sick detail of the last 48 hours but ultimately decided against it. I knew whose side she'd choose if it came down to it.
"I really do have to go now." I said as I whipped at my eyes and turned for the door.
"Is it just you leaving Rose? Or is Lissa going along with you?" she asked as I placed my hand on the door knob. I cringed at hearing her name.
"Just me," I said and then turned around to face her, "please don't tell her we spoke."
"Of course, safe travels Miss Hathaway."
"Thank you." I trusted her to keep her word, mostly because it could help keep Lissa here so it worked in her favor. Tatiana and I had our issues but she was still my queen so before I left I bowed respectfully to her and then headed on my way.
Once out of her room I practically sprinted back to the building that I was staying in. It was increasing getting harder to keep myself together. I needed to release in some way soon or something bad was likely to happen to someone innocent.
When I got to my building I didn't bother waiting for the elevator and went straight for the stairs taking two at a time. Once I reached the door to my floor, I threw it open and flinched when it collided with the wall causing a loud thud. I turned the corner and stopped dead in my tracks.
Down the hall in front of my door was Christian Ozera, leaning with his head against it. He was soaked, when he looked up at me my breath caught in my throat. He must have physically mirrored my appearance because his eyes were red too. Shit…
He lifted his head off the door and looked a little surprised; I guess he thought I'd locked myself in my room. "I was going in when you were coming out… you left crying… I saw-" he choked on a sob as his words came out.
"Not yet Christian… I can't think about it yet… or I'll break down and I can't afford to do that yet." He looked confused as I stepped in front of him and unlocked the door. He followed me in and shut the door.
"Why?" he finally asked.
"Because I'm leaving, I just told the queen I was. I have everything arranged." I told him as I walked towards my bed. He was quiet for a moment, digesting what I just said. I tried not to think, just act now, think later…
I grabbed the backpack under my bed that I kept packed with a few essentials just in case of an emergency and began packing more into it.
"Rose," he paused, I turned to face him, "let me come with you…" he looked so defeated, I didn't' know what to tell him, I wanted to get away from this place… I didn't know if I could do that while seeing him every day as a reminder.
"Please Rose?" I could see the agony in his eyes. I stood there a moment contemplating.
"Fine, after I'm done we'll go grab your stuff then head for the runway." I wouldn't want to be left behind if the roles were reversed… I went to the desk and grabbed the few important papers I'd kept there, grabbed my workout duffle bag and was ready.
"Alright let's go, we need to hurry; we only have about 20 minutes."
Once we were out of the building we held a light jog in the rain on the way to Christian's room. I was hoping we wouldn't get stopped by anyone, and we didn't. Most of the people who were out right now were dhampires doing their shift changes. So 99% of them didn't even give us a second glance, let alone a first.
Fortunately the building Christian's room was in was close to mine. Even better was that the runway was about ten minutes from here. When we got into Christian's room a little voice in the back of my mind screamed: Adrian!
"Do you have a piece of paper I could have and a pen I could borrow?" I asked Christian.
"Yeah sure," he said as he pointed towards the desk in the far corner of the room.
"Thanks," I mumbled as I made my way over to it. I quickly scribbled a note to Adrian:
I can't explain now… but I have to leave.
Don't come looking for me Adrian, I mean it!
I'll contact you soon.
I'm so sorry…
Rose
I folded it and used the stapler to seal it. I was sure that Abe would have an extra henchman on him who could deliver this for me. As I finished and tucked it in my back pocket Christian asked, "Anything in particular I should or need to bring?"
"Just the essentials, if you end up needing something we can go shopping."
"Alright then, let's do this," he said as he picked up his bag.
It was mostly woods between his building and the runway so we didn't have to worry about too many people. I was thankful because I didn't think I could handle someone stopping us and asking us what we were up to. I'd either break down or break them.
Christian was pretty in shape for a moroi, but I could tell he was starting to struggle to keep up. As the plane came into view we were able to slow down. I saw several figures near the base of the plane and quickly distinguished Abe from the rest; the others must have been his henchman. We're so close…
Abe met us half way. I was sure he was itching to know what his was all about. "I didn't know you were bringing company kiz, it's certainly not the company I would have expected, no offense."
"Originally it was just me."
"Alright, come on." He headed back in the direction of the plane after grabbing my duffle bag off of the ground. I was grateful he didn't press the subject yet. I wouldn't have even known where to start.
As we ascended the steps I remembered the note I'd written for Adrian. "Wait Abe, would you be able to have one of your men deliver a note to Adrian for me?"
"Yuri," he motioned for the man at the bottom of the steps to come forward.
Yuri walked toward me and extended his hand. I pulled the note out of my back pocket and placed it in his hand but did not let go yet.
"This is for Adrian Ivaskov's eyes only. Please place this directly into his hand as I have done to you."
"Yes ma'am," he nodded his head and I let go with a heavy sigh. I already knew Adrian wasn't going to take the news well.
While Yuri went off to deliver the note to Adrian, the rest of us continued to board the plane. Once we were in I realized it was more of a private jet, which shouldn't have surprised me. Abe must've seen me admiring the interior because he told me it was a hawker 800xp. It was really nice. There were two rows of double seats and then on the left there was a couch but on the right side there were two more rows of seats. There were compartments to store your things under the seats. Everything was rich brown leather, and the floor was a matching carpet. I automatically headed to the back row of seats on the right, hoping neither Abe or Christian would take it upon themselves to sit next to me. I just wanted to be as alone as possible for a little while.
Christian sat in the row in front of me but sat in the aisle seat, where as I had chosen to stay by the window and Abe got comfortable in the second row of the left side; still in front of both Christian and I. After I buckled up and got as comfortable as possible I popped my headphones in and put my iPod on shuffle. I wasn't feeling the first few songs so I continued to skip them: Rehab by Amy Winehouse, Breezeblocks by alt-J, and Mean by Taylor Swift; Lissa loves this song, I thought with disgust.
I finally settled on Brick By Boring Brick by Paramore. I closed my eyes and tried to relax my head against the window while I waited for takeoff.
As I listened to the intro my throat began to close up with emotion.
Well she lives in a fairy tale
Somewhere too far for us to find
Forgotten the taste and smell
Of a world that she's left behind
It's all about the exposure the lens I told her
The angles are all wrong now
She's ripping wings off of butterflies
I felt the tears begin to form under my eyelids as the song continued.
Keep your feet on the ground
When your head's in the clouds
I clenched my teeth…
Well go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
I tried my best to keep myself together; we are almost safe I thought to myself. The jet began to roll as it was getting into position for takeoff.
So one day he found her crying
Coiled up on the dirty ground
Her prince finally came to save her
And the rest you can figure out
The jet speed along the runway, it was seconds from taking off.
But it was a trick
And the clock struck twelve
Well make sure to build your heart brick by boring brick
Or the wolf's gonna blow it down
I felt my stomach drop as the jet's wheels left the ground.
Well you built up a world of magic
Because your real life is tragic
Yeah you built up a world of magic
I could no longer keep the tears in my eyes as they fell freely down my cheeks.
If it's not real
You can't hold it in your hand
You can't feel it with your heart
And I won't believe it
But if it's true
You can see it with your eyes
Oh, even in the dark
And that's where I want to be, yeah
As the jet leveled out, I couldn't stop the sob that escaped my lips as everything hit me at once.
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
Go get your shovel
And we'll dig a deep hole
To bury the castle, bury the castle
AN: I hope you guys enjoyed, let me know what you think in the comments.
Playlist:
Along with the paramore song
Dear Diary by P!nk
First love- adele
