Chapter 1: 10 Years
Rose's POV
It has been ten years since Adrian and I faked my death. Lissa, Dimitri, Christen, Eddie, Mia, my mum and Abe were a mess. I saw them out of Lissa's and Adrian's mind. I saw them all at my funeral. I know Lissa hates herself for how she treated me. I feel sorry for her. But she must not know I'm alive. 6 months after my death all my friends discovered that Tasha set me up. They sent her to prison and they cleared my name. My brother was also declared King. I had a good laugh about that one. My brother as king is laughable. But he really is a good king. He comes and visits me every few months. But I haven't scene him in over a year now. He is very busy.
I'm now working at the Russia academy. I'm in charge of teacher students and I'm in charge of all the guardians here. Everyone here knows my secret so I don't wear a charm laced with spirit. Only when visits arrive at the academy I have to put it on.
2 years after I left I was involved in a bad strogoi attack it was real bad and I was badly injured. The strogoi used some kind of knife and they cut my face up and sieved my spinal cord. Adrian tried to heal me but whatever was in that knife made it impossible. Adrian's magic would only mask the injury. So I can walk but only when I had a charmed object from a spirit user. If Adrian doesn't come here soon I'll be back in a wheelchair. I have managed to charm my ring but my spirit doesn't work well on myself.
The spirit users here are trained to heal but they don't have the strength. But they have managed to make my ring to last longer. All the Moroi here are trained to fight. And I have trained them all.
"Lady Ivashkov", my guardian Samuel Daniels says
Daniel has been with me for years I turned him back into Dhampir
"Yes?" I ask
"They need you in the gym", Daniels replies
"What is this about?" I ask him
"There is a fight in the gym", Daniels replies
"Ok I'll be right down", I say
After I stop the fight I walk back towards my office my guardians following me. I walk in to find a woman waiting for me.
"Sonya it has been a long time", I tell her
"Rose I have missed you my friend", Sonya says coming and giving me a hug
After we hug I ask her to sit down. Because walking and standing for me at the moment is a challenge.
"Rose when was the last time Adrian charmed your ring?" Sonya asks me
"Why do you need to know?" I ask her
"Because you look like your in pain and your walking with a limp", Sonya replies
I sigh, "It was been over a year now"
"How on earth did you last this long? Your charms usually wear off every 3 months", Sonya asks
"I and the spirit users here charmed the ring again. It is not as strong as when Adrian does it but it will have to do", I tell her
"That's not good enough. What if the strogoi attack and your ring fails?" Sonya asks me
"Well we are going to have to just take that chance. Adrian is busy I can't just get him here", I say
"What about the two way bond you two have?" Sonya asks
"I don't want to bother him. I have blocked the bond", I tell her
"Why?" she asks
"Do you have any idea what it is like to watch your family, best friend, friends, and love of your life grieving over you?" I ask her
"I'm sorry Rose I didn't think", Sonya apologies
"That's ok. The last ten years have been a battle just to stay here. If one thing goes wrong I probably will run there straight away", I tell her, "Why are you here?"
"I have news from the US", she tells me
"What?" I ask here
"Strogoi are on the move", she tells me looking me dead in the eye
I feel the feeling of dread come over me
"Where?" I whisper afraid of the answer
"Court", she says softly
I close my eyes and try to calm down this is not good…
Adrian's POV
It has been ten years since I helped Rose escape death. 6 months after that we discovered Tasha framed her. I was also declared king. Now that was a big surprise. Apparently it was my Aunt's final wish. Great. Every few months I go and see Rose alone. But I haven't scene her in over a year, I just can't seem to be able to get away. I hope she is alright. After watching all of her family, friends and the love of her life grieving she decided to shut down the bond between me and her and Lissa and her. She only opens them if it is an emergency.
Over the past ten years I have passed a lot of laws one says that Moroi can now train with the Dhampir's and that Moroi can use offence magic.
Many other changes have happened in the last ten years. Lissa still holds onto her grief but she hides it well these days. She is now married to Christen and they have a two year old daughter Rosie Alexa Dragomir. Eddie is now Lissa's guardian and is married to Mia. Janine, Rose's mum is now a court guardian. Well she is my guardian and she married Abe. Janine hasn't been the same since Rose died. She keeps thinking about the last words she said to her. Dimitri is still grieving heavily. He really was in love with Rose. That was Rose closed the bonds down so she didn't have to see anymore. Dimitri is Lissa's guardian. When he goes to sleep he ends up having nightmares about Rose. He blames himself for her death. I wish I could tell them all that Rose is alive and well but that probably wouldn't go down well.
I'm now in the council room with Lissa, Christen, Eddie, Mia, Janine, Abe and Dimitri and the rest of the court when Sydney walks into the room. I may not have told any body but Sydney and I have been dating for the past 6 months.
"Your majesty I have come with news for you", Sydney says
"What news?" I ask her
"The Strogoi are on the move", she says
"Where are they headed?" I ask her
"Here", she says
Everyone in the courtroom freezes. This is not going to be good…
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