Sorry I haven't updated this story in so long! Been super busy! I'll try and finish this story before the end of this month! It will probably be short chapters, but short chapters are better than NO Chapters right? Hope you like. This chapter is just a fill-in.

I don't own Vampire Academy …

I just stared at Yaritza. I was starting to like her less and less. First you're my friend, and now you hate me?

Vera snapped for me. She slapped Yaritza. "What is wrong with you?"

"What is wrong with her?" Yaritza threw back at Vera.

"What is wrong with you?" I repeated the question to Yaritza. "You never considered telling me that agreeing to having Dimitri's shadow child would take my life away! What kind of friend is that, huh? What kind? Only the fake kind."

Yaritza stayed quiet. And finally she said, "I care more about my husband's life than yours. He is much more important than you are." She stood up and tried leaving.

I went up to her face. "Remember that day you accompanied Adrian and me to St. Vladimir's Academy? Do you remember Dimitri saying, 'You killed the Strigoi part of me. The other part of me still lived on. My soul. My love for you saved me . . . Your love freed my soul.' Do you remember? It was me who saved him! Not you. And don't you go off saying that his life is more important than mine because without me, he wouldn't be here!"

"I remember," she said softly. "It was you who saved him."

I felt bad for telling her off.

Tears filled her eyes. "I'm just so frustrated! I can't do anything to save him! It kills me that I can't do anything!"

I put a hand on her shoulder. "Yaritza. We'll all help you and try to save him."

She looked at me with painful eyes. "But what if we're too late, Rose?"

"At least we tried," I whispered.

"If he dies, I want to die right along with him."

"Don't say that, Yaritza," I said, trying to reason.

"If Adrian died, wouldn't you want to die right along beside him."

The answer would be yes, but then, Adrian wouldn't want that. If he passed, he would want me to move on as life went on. "I would try to move on, Yaritza."

"That's not what I wanted you to answer," she said, smiling. For a second, I smiled back. But she was serious again.

"Yaritza?"

Both Yaritza and I looked at Vera curiously. She motioned for us to sit down. We did what she asked and she began talking again. "Do you remember when I broke up with Jack, that one year, and remember my mad ex-boyfriend, Jrar Escovar?"

"The insane boyfriend that kept on saying he was going to be the world's first Strigoi expert?" Vera nodded.

"You know he accomplished his dream," Vera put in quietly.

Yaritza stared at Vera. "You couldn't be suggesting . . .?" Yaritza trailed off.

Vera shrugged. "It won't hurt to try, would it?"

"No, it wouldn't. You have to take me to him, Vera! Take me to him!"

"It's been over ten years since I haven't talked to him . . ."

"You have to try, Vera! I know he's been looking for you for those ten years. You have to help me, Vera!"

"I can help you," Vera said. "But can you pay his price?"

I was shocked. What were they getting at? What were they even talking about? Jrar Escovar? Who the hell was that? I needed to ask Adrian about that. He knew mostly everything in this world. "Excuse me, but what are you guys talking about?"

"I think we found a way to save Dimitri's life!"

Finally their words clicked together. The guy they were talking about was an expert on Strigoi. He must know a way to restore Dimitri's soul.

"There is a huge price to pay, though."

"What is that?" I asked for Yaritza.

Vera looked sad as she looked at Yaritza. "If you agree to his deal, one person, just one person, will die that instant you agree."

"That's easy." Yaritza said, smiling broadly. "Someone's life doesn't matter as much as Dimitri's life does. I can agree to his deal."

"That 'someone' can you be anyone in this world, including your kids. Would you be willing to agree to his deal, knowing that one of your kids' life could be on the line?" Vera asked, looking at Yaritza straight in the eye.

"Yes, nothing matters more than Dimitri." With that, Yaritza stood up and left.

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