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Well here is chapter two.

CHAPTER TWO

After Adrian's visit, I was dead to the world – not literally of course. I slept without dreaming and woke up feeling a lot better than I had yesterday. I had a little while before the checkout preferred time so I took out the letter Ambrose had given me.

Rose,

If you're reading this then I fear something terrible is going to happen. You probably hate me and I don't blame you. I can only ask that you trust that what I did with the age decree was better for your people that what others had planned. There are some Moroi who want to force all dhampir's into service, whether they want it or not, by using compulsion. The age decree slowed that faction down.

However I write to you with a secret you must put right and it is a secret you must share with as few as possible. Vasilisa needs her spot on the council and it can be done. She is not the last Dragomir. Another lives, an illegitimate child of Eric Dragomir. I know nothing else, but if you can find this son or daughter, you will give Vasilisa the power she deserves. No matter your faults and dangerous temperament, you are the only one I feel can take on this task. Waste no time in fulfilling it.

– Tatiana Ivashkov

I stared at the letter, a million questions running through my mind. What age decree? She can't have lowered the graduating age for dhampir's. It wasn't safe! Didn't she understand? What was it that she feared was going to happen? Everybody, well everybody except me, thought Tatiana was a good queen. But throughout all my thoughts, one kept popping up into my head. She is not the last Dragomir. So Lissa wasn't alone. But how did she expect me to find this child? Where on earth would I look? I had a shower before heading down to check out, letting the hot water relax my tensed muscles. The queen wanted me to do the impossible, and she was right, I did hate her. But, she did give me something to do – even if it was impossible.

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DIMITRI POV

She left. As soon as Lissa had shown me the letter I ran to my room and destroyed everything in it. She left and it was my entire fault. She gave up on me. If she'd only fought harder, just for a little longer, I wouldn't have been able to hide it anymore. I did love her and I told her that love had faded – it hasn't and I never will. She's my other half and no matter how guilty I felt about how I'd treated her when I was strigoi, I loved her. There wasn't much to throw around in my room, but the little I did throw made me feel better. I grabbed my phone, my wallet, my picture of Rose – my beautiful Roza – and headed towards the courts garages to my car. The guardians let me out of the wards without any questioning and I sped off towards the nearest town. She would be staying in a small motel, somewhere she could pay with cash – she didn't want to be found. But I knew her, better than I knew myself and I would find her. I stopped in at the first motel and when I was inside I went straight to the front desk, pulling out the photo of Rose to show the man sitting there.

"Excuse me, my sister ran away and I was just wondering if you've see her." I showed him the photo and recognition flashed across his features. He nodded.

"Yes, she checked in last night, should be checking out soon if I remember, she only wanted to stay the night. You can sit down over there and wait for her if you'd like." I thanked him and sat down in the motels lobby. The elevator doors opened and I saw Rose step out with the most determined look on her face. What for I wondered. She didn't see me until after she'd checked out and even then she walked straight past me and out the door.

"Rose" I said running after her.
"If you're here to take me back Guardian Belikov," she spat the words at me, "turn back around. I have things to do." Was I here to take her back? I didn't even know. I just, chases after her without thinking. I needed her in my life, needed her around even if we weren't together, I just needed her.

"I didn't come to bring you back" I murmured and it almost sounded like a question.

"Then what do you want?" she turned around and yelled at me. If I told her I loved her and I needed her, she would probably start fighting me and I mean throwing punches and yelling and screaming – she would cause a scene.

"To help you with whatever it is your doing. Nobody wants you out here alone with no way to find out if anything has happened to you." Well, I didn't want her alone and unprotected, anyone else probably wouldn't care.

"Adrian's going to visit me in my dreams and he can tell you all I'm fine." She turned around again and started walking. That wasn't good enough for me. She wouldn't tell Adrian where she was and I had to know she was safe, I had to know it and see it with my own eyes.

"I'm coming with you." My car forgotten, I followed her to her car and sat in the passenger's seat. She sighed but started driving anyway. She didn't speak and I saw how hard she was clenching the steering wheel – her knuckles were white.

"Roza" I whispered, trying to get her to calm down.

"I am not your fucking Roza. Do not say a word or I will kick your fucking ass out of my car." So I sat there in silence as she drove, wondering what things she had to do and how I would get her back.

ROSE POV

He came after me. Did that mean he loved me? No, he said it was because there were people that wanted to make sure I was safe and as much as I hated to admit it, he could protect me from any trouble I might find myself in. I gripped the steering wheel tight so I would scream with frustration.

"Roza." I barely head him, but I did.

"I am not your fucking Roza. Do not say a word or I will kick your fucking ass out of my car." He was silent after that and it gave me time to think. I knew I wouldn't be able to convince him to go back to the court – he's as stubborn as I am. So that left me with two options. I could tell him about the queens letter and the other Dragomir, he could help me, I'm sure he had plenty of connections whereas mine were limited to Abe and Sydney. Or, when we found a hotel I could ditch him knowing full well he could find me again, and he would. Stupid stubborn ass Dimitri, I thought to myself. He should be back at court getting his status back, getting people to trust him so he could guard Lissa again. But no, he had to come play the hero and forget about showing people he wasn't strigoi anymore and save me. I don't need saving. I need to be away from him. Taking a deep breath, I reached into my pocket and handed him the letter, still keeping up the heavy silence between us. He took it from me and I assumed he read it. I wasn't paying him much attention, it was raining and I was concentrating on driving into a light pole. He didn't speak for a while after he'd folded it up and put in into the glove box. He actually didn't speak at all until I pulled over at a small cafe to get some lunch. We both ordered and after the waitress left, slipping Dimitri a piece of paper that no doubt had her number on it, he spoke.

"How did you expect to do this on your own?"

"I didn't" I answered playing with a napkin. "I expected to be left alone, to do what I was brought up to do, kill strigoi. I didn't read that until last night and I figured it would pass the time."I was being rude but he deserved it.

"Are you going to let me help you?" He was so calm, I mean here I am snapping everything at him and he's talking to me like, like we were back at the academy. He was talking t o me the way he talked to me that night in the cabin, the night he took everything I had before he tossed it all away.

"I don't have a choice now do I? This will probably get Adrian out of my dreams if you ring Lissa and tell her I'm safe. I mean, you'll do anything for her right? I bet she wants me safe, and that's why your here." His face was thoughtful.

"I'm here because I want to be, not because someone ordered me to find you." The way he said it, almost, almost made it seem like he'd lied when he said his love had faded. It was almost as if he was trying to fix me again. I know I told Adrian that Dimitri was the only one that could fix me, but I didn't want to be fixed. When I left, I didn't want to be found, I just wanted everybody to forget about me. Why was that so hard to do?

Thankfully our food came and I didn't have to say anything else. I didn't have anything to say to that. I was hungry, but I just played with my food instead of eating it. I didn't feel like eating anymore. I really wanted to find a strigoi and beat the shit out of it to get rid of the darkness id unintentionally been pulling from Lissa since we became shadow kissed. Sighing and pushing my plate away from me, untouched, I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes and decided to pay a visit to Lissa.

Sooooo

Do you think Rose should change her mind and ditch him anyway?

I don't think I'm going to get them back together for a little while. They are on adventure after all (:

R&R pretty please ! :D

Love georgiie

DISCLAIMERS -

Me: sooooooo Dimitri ;) you going to do the disclaimer for me? pleeaaseee

Rose: back up he's mine. do your own fucking disclaimers. *grabs Dimitri's hand and walks away*

Dimitri: *turns around and mouths call me ;)*

Me: hehehehehe ... Richelle Mead owns Vampire Academy :(