(Previously in Every Rose Has It's Thorn :

"Is Lissa really going to hook up with Adrian?" I got a feeling in my stomach, and next thing I knew, everything went black. The last thing I heard was Lissa.

"Rose!")

Thanks so much for keeping up with me. My family is falling apart. My cousin had a ruptured appendix, and my other cousin's grandfather died, and i've been so busy with school, and this past week ((November 29 - December 3)) has been hard. Wednesday was one year since my cousins death]:

Well, On with chapter 3! (:

RPOV

I woke up with a terrible pain in my head. "Christian?" I croaked out.

No answer.

I tried to move my arms but they were hand cuffed to a bed. "HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME!" I hollered out.

"Rose. Shut up. They'll hear us."

"Who is that?"

"Dimitri. Stop talking. They'll hear us"

Just then a door swung open, and 7 strigoi lurked in the door frame.

"Which one of you was talking?" The first strigoi said. He had jet black hair, and his eyes were a brighter red then the rest. 'That's odd' I thought.

"I was." Me and Dimitri said together.

Four ran at an amazingly fast speed over to him, and three over to me. I got 'Bright Eyes,' a blonde, and a brunette. Dimitri, well, I didn't get to see what color hair his strigoi had because my three blocked my path.

"Well, well, well, little miss Rose is awake now. Have a good sleep Rose?"

"F*** You! What'd you do to me?" I spat.

"Fiesty little thing, you are. Too bad you won't last very long."

"What do you mean? Where's Christian?"

"Fireball? He's long gone. So is that girl, Tasha I think her name was." Bright eyes stated.

At that, Dimitri started sobbing.

"Oh shut up, Belikov." One of the only girls that were over there with him said.

"There was a third girl too. Dragomir. She got away."

"A-are Tasha and Christian still alive?" Dimitri asked.

"Yeah. Christian was more worried about getting the pregnant b**** then he was about getting your sorry a** Rose."

Another strigoi spoke up then, "Are you going to turn him or not? I'll turn him myself if i have to to get anything done around here."

"Hush, Laya. You can eat soon."

"I need food now. It's too bad those moroi got away."

"Laya. I am slowly losing my patience with you. If you want food so bad go get a human."

'Bright eyes' leaned down to my face, kissing from my temple down to my lips. He licked my lips. He kissed me, and I bit his lip as hard as I could, making him bleed.

"You little b*tch!" He said as he slapped me. "Everyone leave. I need to have a few words with Dimitri and Rose."

He untied my feet, then tied them together. He was about to re tie my hands together, when I swung my feet up, and kicked him in the head. He wasn't expecting it, so he stumbled, and I got up, punched him in the face, and ran to untie Dimitri. I got his hands undone, but was knocked onto the ground by bright eyes.

"Rose!" Dimitri yelled. My world went black once again.

DimitrisPOV

"Rose!" Aaren knocked Rose onto the ground.

"Dimitri, so glad to see you again. I can't wait until you're one of us. I remember when I used to be a measly guardian I didn't want to be a strigoi either, but that changed when I became one. Just think of the warm blood that flows down your throat when you feed. Oh, it's delicious, Dimitri. You'll feel so powerful. I think your first victim will be Rose." He saw the horrified look on my face and smirked. "Ayena! Get in here!"

"Yes, Master?" A beautiful moroi walked in. Wait-Moroi? How was she still alive?

My shocked look didn't pass Aaren's mind either. "She's moroi. I promised her I'd spare her because she had the power of super compultion. Ayena, he won't turn willingly."

"Yes, Master. Dimitri, look at me. Look at my eyes." I refused to, I looked at the ground until Aaren forced me to look up at her. "You will turn willingly. You will listen to whatever my master tells you to do, and you will do it now."

"Good, Ayena, keep the compultion there. Dimitri, I want you to feed on Rose. I want you to drain all her blood. Then, once you're strigoi I'll train you."

Something tingly was starting to happen. Aaren let go of my head and I got up. I walked toward Rose, and got down onto my knees. I never took my eyes away from Ayena as I started to bite into Rose's neck. Rose jerked up, and smacked me in the head. I looked away from Ayena, and looked longlingly at Rose's neck. I wanted to feed off her.

"Ayena, do something! She'll stop him."

"Yes, Master. Rose, look at me dear. I need to check the color of your eyes. I need to make sure you're okay." Rose looked up at her. "Okay, look right into my eyes now" She started walking toward Rose. She crouched down, inches from her face. "Rose, Dimitri needs to do this. Don't stop him, don't do anything to interfere." She held Rose's gaze as I crawled over to them, and grabbed Rose's head, bringing my mouth to it again. I bit, breaking the skin. I pulled away to marvel the beauty of the blood. Then went straight back to her neck to suck every last drop of blood. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Ayena backed up and went over to Aaren, where he rewarded her with a kiss.

"Dimitri...stop. Don't do this. You don't want to become a strigoi." Someone spoke inside my head. I pulled away and looked at Rose. She was really pale. I leaned in to suck somemore blood when I heard it again. "Dimitri. Listen. I know you can hear me. I know that's why you stopped. Think about Tasha. She has your children in her belly. You won't get to be the father if you do this. Stop now while Rose is still alive."

"Why have you stopped Dimitri? Finish her off! She's almost dead!" Ayena turned toward Aaren.

"Master, will you look at my eyes please?" He did. "Do they show anything but happiness?"

"No."

"Let Dimitri go. You can kill me afterwards, but let Dimitri and Rose go. Alert all the others and tell them that Dimitri and Rose are going."

"Dimitri and Rose, you're free to go. Ayena, you are too. You've done too much."

"Alert the others." He pulled out a cellphone, and called everyone.

"Dimitri, Rose, and Ayena are leaving. Please do not hurt them or touch them or hold them back at all as they leave." He hung up.

I lifted Rose, and took Ayena's hand and we bolted before Aaren realized he was under compultion.

"Thank you Ayena. You're very kind."

"It's the least I can do for my sister's husband." I gaped at her, and almost dropped Rose.

"You're Tasha's sister?"

"Yeah."