Chapter 2

"Rose." Adrian breathed.

"Adrian!" I said smiling. "I missed you so much."

"Wait Rose. I need to tell you something." He began. "You should be with Dimitri instead of me."

"Wh-what? NO! Adrian I love you. Dimitri said himself that "Love fades, Mine has." I've made up my mind. I want you." I whimpered.

"Little Dhampir you have no idea how long I've been waiting for you to say that, but now you need to be with Dimitri." He said looking me in my eyes.

"No. I won't." I said stubbornly.

"No Rose. You love Dimitri. He can help you more than I can." He said looking away from me.

"You're breaking up with me?" I whispered.

"Oh come on Rose I know perfectly well that you were watching us earlier. He. Is. Better. For. You." He half-yelled.

"Funny he said the same about you Adrian." I said smirking.

"I love you too Little Dhampir but I KNOW he is better than me. When you're not near him your aura is pitch black but when he is anywhere near you it instantly flashes to pink-red. For love." He said finally looking back at me. I felt a tear escape down my cheek and I ran up to Adrian and gave him the biggest hug I'm sure I have EVER given anyone.

"Thank-you Adrian, but I won't just run back to him. He hurt me so maybe I will hurt him." I tell him.

"Play nice Little Dhampir." Adrian said smiling before disappearing.

I woke up with tears streaming down my face. Suddenly the door opened.

"In here." A guardian said opening my cell door.

"Wait she's dangerous, Mikhail. Plus Belikov was her mentor. I don't think putting them in the same cell would be safe" the other guardian stated. Wait! Same cell? What did Dimitri do now? I asked myself.

The cell door closed leaving me and Dimitri alone. I heard guardians leave the hall for break. I instantly turned around and glared at the dark figure.

"What in the heck did you do to get here? I told you to stay out of this!" I hissed.

"You wouldn't talk to me earlier so I had to do something to get you to talk to me." He explained.

"I didn't talk to you guys because I didn't want you guys to get involved and Lissa to get worried." I shouted.

"Oh yeah because that really worked Rose." Dimitri snorted.

I turned my back to him and punched the wall. Finally I let more tears escape. I brought my knees to my chest trying to fall asleep but Dimitri came over and wiped the tears that were sliding down my cheeks. He was right I hadn't helped. I was worried sick for Lissa. I only made the situation worse. If I died she might to.

"Roza please don't cry anymore. It will be okay." Dimitri soothed wrapping his arms around me. I buried my face into him chest and sobbed, finally falling asleep.

"Hathaway. Get up you have a visitor." The guardian barked.

I looked up and saw Lissa standing at the bars. I noticed Dimitri asleep in the chair.

"Hi Lissa. I'm so sorry about yesterday." I cried.

"I know Rose but I came to tell you something important." Lissa said with a tear sliding down her cheek.