I jogged away, leaving Adrian to follow, stunned.
"Guess the necklace might be helping," he muttered, and I decided not to answer, focusing on trying not to drop the stake in pain.
Seeing a Strigoi I swung out, managing to use the stake, and as the Strigoi fell to the ground, I ran on, to see Adrian fighting another Strigoi.
"Adrian. You're Moroi, why don't you just go to the Church, or some kind of safety?"
He frowned, breaking concentration for just a second. "You're Strigoi," was all he said in reply; as if that explained everything. He managed to tackle the Strigoi to the ground. I wondered if Moroi could get marks showing they killed Strigoi?
We ran along, and I didn't even know where I was headed, until I saw a Strigoi,fighting out against Lissa and couple of other Moroi teens. I turned to Adrian, who looked about to say something but just ignored him. I ran up behind the Strigoi and kicked him in the back so he fell to the ground, but instead of looking even slightly relieved, they started to scream. I turned back to Adrian, who was pointing at my eyes.
"Your contacts fell out," he said, and I knew that my red eyes were now perfectly visible. The Strigoi rose from the ground looking furious; but the only spectators were Lissa and Adrian.
"Rose?" Lissa whispered, and I dropped the stake, my hand now feeling as if it was on fire. I tried not to shout in pain, but instead to remain calm.
"I'm not going to hurt you. Not going to hurt anyone." She looked terrified -but not of all the other Strigoi around - of me.
Adrian took a stake out of his pocket, and managed to hit the other Strigoi with it, not killing it but managing to knock it out, before turning back to me. "The Guardians will kill you now, you need to run." He said it sadly, as if he still cared about what happened to me despite what I now was; a monster.
"How am I supposed to get away, huh? Are they just going to let a.... Strigoi; out of the gates, really?"
A.N R+R Sorry this chapter is shorter :)