I DON'T OWN THE CHARACTERS JUST THE PLOT

Chapter 4

LOVE ALWAYS WINS

DPOV:

"Rose, would you like to spar with me?" I asked, we couldn't sleep so why not right?

"Sure" she gave a small smile.

We headed towards the gym, Rose is just a novice I had no doubt that I could pin her, but I would like to know where her skills set lies and how I can improve them. Novices lack the speed, knowledge and they don't know how to use their bodies to their advantage so it's up to us to teach them. That's what I'm going to teach Rose. We set up the mats and got into a defensive stance, I expected her to charge first and make the move, but she didn't, and it didn't look like she was going to. I made a step forward and she stopped and staggered her stance, I made the first move, a right punch to her shoulder. She dodged it grabbed my arm, turned her body so that our backs were pressed together, elbowed me in the back of my ribs, let go of me and got back into position. A little while later I pinned her, we sparred for a couple hours but it felt like she wasn't going full on. She also pinned me a couple times which I was not expecting. We packed up the gym before I stopped and asked her.

"Rose, can we talk?"

"Of course," she responded

"How many Strigoi have you killed?"

"Enough" she said sadly. "I'm sorry, it's just I don't like talking about it, they were people you know. It's very personal to me" She looked at me with the hope I would understand, and I did.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." I looked away berating myself for being so stupid.

"This one night, we were staying in Moscow, there was knocking at the door, we didn't know anyone there so I thought it was strange, I told Lissa to get in the bathroom and not open the door until I gave the special knock. I went to the front door with my stake in behind my back, I opened the door and I saw the first Strigoi and staked him immediately, the next was behind him , we had a bit of a fight but I got him too, I ran back inside to check on Liss, when one came in through the window, he was the hardest to fight out of them all, but I finally staked him and then checked there was no more. I called the Alchemists, and they came and did their thing. Things like this kept happening regularly, that's why I knew we had to come back." She looked up at with a small smile. I couldn't imagine being them and this happening regularly. We talked for a little while longer but eventually we both had to go as much as I wanted to stay and keep talking. By the time I reached my dorm it was almost time for everyone to wake up, I could probably get three hours sleep in and then I would have to get up. So, a shower and bed it was.

RPOV:

I haven't mentioned this, but we have a bond. Before I went to see her I checked to make sure she' was awake, I got to her dorm and knocked four times, two times and then two again. The door flew opened and then there was blonde hair in my face, I laughed and hugged Lissa back.

"Hey, you" I said

"Hey, where have you been?" she asked hurriedly.

"Guardian Belikov found me sitting on the bench by the church and we talked for a little while" she looked up at me with bugged eyes.

"OOOO, Rosie I saw the way you looked at him in the car, you should totally get in on that" she raised her eyebrows at me

"Lissa, you would have more of a chance with him than me, plus I don't have time for boys." I replied with a blush on my cheeks

"Are you kidding, he's been ogling you since we all met. And don't give me that crap."

"As if, anyway, we went to the gym and sparred, you should have seen him with only a singlet Liss, OMG" I put the back of my hand to my forehead, closed my eyes and pretended to faint, we both started laughing hysterically. I looked up at her. Before continuing

"Im really struggling trying to adjust to vamp time"

"Ew please don't say the V word, you know how I feel about it" changing the subject she said, "So what else did you guys talk about?" she asked nosily

"He asked me how many Strigoi I killed," I paused before adding "but I didn't tell him"

She scoffed at me "what that half your back is full of molnija marks?"

I glared at her.

"What? It's not like it isn't true, how many camps have you been on? Every time you went on one you killed at least 20." She spoke like it was normal that Dhampirs go on hunting trips for Strigoi when really Dhampirs and Moroi try to avoid the Strigoi. I don't really want to advertise that I go on Strigoi hunting trips but, I call them camps.

"I know, I just didn't want to talk about it, and it's not like he won't see them when I wear singlets. Less, I almost lost you" a tear slid down my face.

Flashback

It was a month and a half after Ms Karp heled us escape St Vlad's, we were in Toronto, Canada. Liss and I just had dinner, we were walking back to our stay, we were walking along a dark street when I felt like I was going to throw up. There they were, three Strigoi, one Rosemarie Mazur and one Lissa Dragomir. I didn't know what to do, I just stood there frozen, as they stalked towards us. Lissa started crying, one was coming straight for us, I got into a defensive stance, I took the first move and that was my mistake, I went for a punch, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him and then slammed me on the ground knocking me out in an instance. I woke up to a strange man calling my name. I looked at him confused and then I saw Lissa and she was alright, tears slid down my face, I failed my best friend.

"Rose, I'm Arthur Schoenberg, how are you feeling?" he asked me gently.

"Like I've been hit by a truck, how did I get here, Lissa you're okay?" My priority is Lissa, always will be

"You're in Toronto general hospital, Art killed those Strigoi and brought us here." She told me, I felt relieved

"Sonya.." he started, "Sorry Ms Karp, asked me to watch over you in case something like this happened, I don't need to know the reasons you left but if they're searching we're going to have to leave the country, Ms Karp made it very clear that you mustn't come back, at least not for a while" Art voiced.

"Where are we going to go?" I asked confused, why is helping us?

"Russia" he said with a big smile. "I'm going to go and ask about getting you discharged." He then left the room

"Lissa I am so sorry, you almost got killed and it's all my fault." I started crying.

Flashback end

"One of the reasons I didn't tell Guardian Belikov is because, I'm embarrassed that you almost got killed because of me. I didn't want him to look at me like some stupid idiot, for taking the next in line to the throne and almost getting her killed."

"Rose, he's your mentor so sooner or later you're going to have to tell him everything. Including Art" she noted

"I choose later, and Art said don't tell anyone" I replied

"Guardian Belikov is different and you know that" she said pointedly. She's right.

We talked for little while longer and then we both fell asleep.