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ok i know i know.. this took waaaaay too long for its own good. and the book is coming out tomorrow so i dont think i'll be finishing this unless i get the inspiration or something or if i get really bored. anyways this is totally not edited either, i just wanted to satisfy you awesome people.
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I didn't know if my ears had become disabled along with the rest of my body parts, but when Mason, or mason's ghost I should say, just stood there motionless, my insides began to tighten.

Could ghosts even talk back? I don't know, but as I waited for a response, or if I was still dreaming-- to wake up, I decided to take a good look at Mason. I started with his hair. It still held that brightness, as if it mirrored his personality. His jaw, so strong yet soft at the same time. Those eyes. I don't know what it was about his eyes, but it gave me a familiar look. Like, he was worried.. he wanted to tell me something. My eyes continued to move down his face, until they reached his neck. I felt myself wince slightly, and found it hard to swallow that lump in the back of my throat . I saw the marks that reminded me of that day we had encountered with the Strigoi, when he came back to save me and .. Oh God, I had to look away.

As soon as I looked back up, he was gone.

What was wrong with me? Seeing things was definately not normal, especially if it was your dead ex- boyfriend. After seeing those marks on Mason's neck a few minutes ago, it refreshed my emotions towards Strigoi. I hated every one of them! Especially the one that killed Mason. How could someone just kill an innocent life without thinking twice about it ? Even with them gone, It felt as if revenge wasn't good enough. I just wanted to kill every single one of them for even being alive, or dead. After all, they are immortal. What happened to people just dying and never coming back, was it that hard?

After a few moments of laboured breathing, I came back to my senses. What was I thinking? where did these harsh thoughts come from? I no longer had the sudden urge to go on a rampage, but the feeling of hatred was still kept inside at a low.

"Woah.. "

"What on earth are you doing here? " I realized that I have been standing in this spot for a while now, because when I went to take a step towards the door to shut it in Adrians face, walking suddenly felt foreign to me.

" What's with all the .. " he made some weird motion with his hands as if there was a big bubble around me.

" You didn't answer my question." I couldn't help but be rude to Adrian, I was oddly in a bad mood, more so than I usually was around him. He didn't seem to notice.

" It's like .. pure black.. with..a bit of red. Rose, have you been.... nevermind."

"What? What is it? " My mood all of a sudden became eager.

"Well it changed now but, a few minutes ago.. " Was I even here? He was completely ignoring me. I decided to cross my arms and just wait.

He finally came back from his far look, and looked me straight in the eyes.

"You definately need to get out more and do something. How about you come downstairs and have a few drinks with us in the lounge? And don't worry I've already invited Lissa, that way you could protect your little friend and at the same time have some fun for once. I'm beginning to think that your turning 40 instead of 18." He scoffed at his own remark .

"Wait, how did you know it's my birthday soon? " I caught him there

"Lissa told me, so are you coming or not? They're all waiting for us." I couldn't tell if he was lying about Lissa telling him about my birthday because that just didn't seem like something Lissa would tell somebody ( not that I cared ), but if he had actually followed me when I had spoken to Dimitri that one morning, how much had he actually heard?

I could feel a tinge of his compulsion working on me as his eyes penetrated mine own, but even without the compulsion I had already decided to just go with him and the others, I did not feel comfortable enough to stay in my room just yet.

I followed Adrian a few steps behind so that people wouldn't suspect anything between us, and also so that he wouldn't get the satisfaction of making any contact with me through the brush of an arm or something. We passed through the main hallway and cafeteria towards the lobby. A bunch of people were still awake and roaming around. I began to wonder if I was really in the mood of a few drinks and hanging out, I didn't feel like getting caught tonight. Things have seriously changed.

We kept walking, and even passed a bunch of guardians who's backs were all against us. There was probably only four of them together, but they they were talking in low muffles, not loud enough for me to hear them but enough for me to know that they were discussing something important. I was curious as to what they were talking about.

As we rounded the corner to the lounge and had caught sight of where Lissa and them were sitting, Adrian startled me with his comment, " Isn't that your mentor boyfriend? " If it were any other day I would have rolled my eyes at that and kept on walking, but today, I would believe anything.

I looked to see where Adrian had been looking, before he had walked off to go meet the others. It was the far entrance of the Academy. There he was, with a serious look on his face and a tense Alberta walking beside him, as the rest of the guards kept up their pace along them. He caught my eyes for a short second, and as if he had not seen me looking right at him just now, he kept on walking in the direction he was going.

YEAH , thats right.. DIMITRI IS BACK.

ok so i dont know if i should actually finish this, but if you guys really really want me to..even after reading the real version of the book, i just might. :)