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Amor Prohibido.

Chapter 5.

DPOV.

If anyone had told me 24 hours before that I would've been sitting in a strigoi's lair having a casual dinner that the previously mentioned strigoi had prepared, I would've said they were certifiable. And yet, here I was, sitting at May's table eating food she'd just prepared. And oddly, it didn't really feel like she was a strigoi. Oh, the visible signs were there, the red that rimmed her green eyes, the inhuman speed, the too pale skin, but there was more, too, not the least of which being that she hadn't killed me.

She was alone out here. She'd killed for me, killed others like her to protect me. These facts warred with years of guardian training that screamed she was evil. She also compelled you to kiss her, a voice in the back of my mind reminded. I needed to kill her, I knew that and yet instead of trying to get my stake back I found myself eating her food and engaging her in conversation.

"Is there a reason you're alone out here?" I asked. It was common knowledge that most strigoi couldn't work in groups, but they did kind of tend to dominate and conquer, especially if there was a common goal. Like, for example, attacking a heavily secured academy full of moroi, one of which was the Dragomir princess. And Rose, my Roza. The idea of her getting into any kind of trouble while I couldn't protect her was enough to make me feel sick. I started spacing out, because this was enough to put things back into prospective. I needed to get my stake, bury it in her heart and get out of was evil, a monster no matter how nice she appeared to be. Appearances were deceiving were they not?

"Yea there is," May said, snapping me out of my thoughts. It took me a few seconds to remember what we were talking about. "It's because I am shunned among the strigoi." She told me. "Because I'm too soft hearted, you see."

"Why?" I asked looking up at her and lifting a brow. "How is that even possible? I thought the change kills all sense of humanity?" At least that was what my training taught me, but I was quickly learning that typical guardian training held no basis with this strigoi.

"I had to fight with myself to keep my humanity," She said looking up at me. "That's why I didn't kill you and honestly if I hadn't grabbed you when I did you would have gotten attacked so technically I saved your life." That was it. I couldn't help but believe her. Not only that but the truth, her honesty was clear in her eyes.

"Thank you," I said genuinely. She nodded and sighed, and I felt my heart constrict. She wasn't your typical strigoi that much was obvious, but she was still holding me captive. I looked at her, trying and failing might I add to figure her out. I couldn't get a read on her and I was usually pretty good at reading people. She, however was proving to be an enigma.

"Not all of us are evil Hun," She said as though she could read my mind. And yeah, I was starting to realize that. It took some serious convincing, because this went against everything I knew, but I knew it was true.

"By the way what's your name Hun?" She asked and what kind of an ass was I? Here I was eating her food and I hadn't even told her my name? My mama would smack me with her dish towel if she knew about this. Then again, she'd probably strangle me for getting myself in this situation in the first place.

"It's Dimitri," I said and shot her a smile. Suddenly she hissed a curse as she was still doing something at the stove and had burned herself. I laughed, not at her but because it was insane that my smile could've affected her like that.

"Jesus," I said. "You trying to do my job for me?" I asked but I couldn't help the mischievous smirk that slid onto my lips. Because let's face it, as much as I knew I should want to kill her, the truth was I didn't want to. I didn't know what that said about me now, but her next words and dry laughter made me realize that I didn't care.

"I would have done it years ago almost did." She looked down and sighed a dark cloud passing over her face. I flinched, feeling like an even bigger asshole now.

"Sorry," I said, trying to get that darkly tormented look off her face. "I didn't mean it like that." Suddenly it didn't matter that she was a strigoi. She was a woman and my mama raised me better.

"It was after my first and only kill," She said suddenly. "I have never wanted to die that bad and then I learned to control myself." Control. The word registered and I looked into her eyes.

"So you feed like the moroi do." I stated rather than asked, my eyes on her face. That was a feat in itself, a strigoi who didn't kill was a huge deal, until now an impossibility as far as I was concerned. May nodded.

"Yea I do," She said. "And I think my mind set of life is the only thing that has kept me sane." I just nodded, because what did one say to something like that? It was obvious that she was still sane, there was no sign of the bloodlust in her eyes that was usually seen in those of other strigoi. And suddenly it became blatantly obvious that I was never going to be able to kill her. It just wouldn't be right. If anything, it would be like taking the life of a moroi. After all, the most evil thing she'd done since I woke up was compel me to kiss her, and in the grander scheme of things, that wasn't much of a huge crime. Not that I liked it or anything.

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