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Christian's POV

The academy was in an uproar. I didn't know why but I just ignored it all anyway. I was still sad over Lissa, and I just couldn't get her off my mind. I was walking to my room when Jesse ran into me.

"Sorry wasn't looking- Oh hey Christian-" I could tell that he really wasn't happy to see me but he wanted to start more gossip. "Did you hear about Lissa?" I immediately became more alert. "I take that as a no. She and Ivashkov took on that Lazar chick. Apparently she was trying to kill Lissa."

Without say a word to him, I left the building and went to Lissa's.

Lissa POV

The guardians had taken me back to my own room after Adrian and I had gotten some rest. He was a good friend but my heart only belonged to one person. Christian. Now that I was sober, I realized all the things I had done, and why Christian had left me. I felt so bad.

And then there was Rose. Strigoi Rose. I missed her so much. I felt so guilty about what I had said to her. Of course she loved Dimitri. I should have seen it. They way they moved around each other, the way the stare in to each other's eyes. Well, if I look at the bright side, at least Rose and Dimitri are together now. He had to be the one that changed her, he is the only one that could catch her. She was one of the best guardians and now they will fight together. All the guardians that go up against them will surely die.

I can't believe I will never see her again. She was my best friend and now I have lost her. And I've lost Christian.

There was knock on my door. No, not a knock, a bang. I stumbled over to the door, still tired and threw it open. Christian came in a swooped me into a hug. He pulled back and studied me. "Are you okay?" He hugged me again. "I heard about Avery. Why would she want to kill you?"

I hugged him back and started to cry. Christian was hugging me. "I've missed you so much. I am sorry for everything. I won't even try to blame Avery's compulsion. It was me. I chose to do all that. I am sorry." I hugged him, holding on for dear life.

"Shh… Shh… It's okay. You're going to be fine." I cried for a little while longer while he soothed me and then we sat down on the bed.

"Christian, I've missed you so much." I told him. "I couldn't live any longer with you and Rose gone."

He looked at me. "Rose would have been back at some point in time." More tears started to fall. I shook my head. His eyes widened. "Is she dead?" He asked; tears of his own starting.

"No," Relief flashed in his eyes. "Worse." He looked at me confused and then his face contorted into pain.

"She… she's…" He composed himself. "She's Strigoi?" He asked. I nodded and he pulled me to him. We cried together. Loud sobs for me, silent weeps for him. I didn't know which was worse.

Adrian's POV

"Little Dhampir… gone…" I said. I was in my room. I had used so much Spirit I was still tired but I couldn't go to sleep thinking that Rose was walking the earth as a Strigoi. I walked over to my cabinet and grab bed a bottle of Grey Goose vodka. I popped the top and chugged half of the bottle down. The burn of the clear liquid running down my throat soothed me. Pretty soon the bottle was gone and I grabbed the second one. But before I was even finished with half of it, I dropped to the floor crying. I know she didn't love me, but I loved her. She always had Dimitri, and I had no one. Now, Dimitri had taken her away from me. At least I got to see her before. Now, I will never see her again. I sprawled out on the floor, crying, and fell asleep.

**VA**

I woke up to a knock on my door. I raised my tired body off the ground and sulked over to the door. I turned the door knob and opened it to Lissa and Christian.

"Hello, cousin." Christian." I said groggily. She and Christian walked in and I shut the door behind them.

"Oh, Adrian… Are you okay?" Lissa asked concerned.

"What do you think, Lissa?" She had Christian to take the pain away. I had no one. I wobbled over to the bed and sat on the edge.

She sighed and looked at the floor. "I know, Adrian. You'll find someone to love."

"Yah. Right." I said disbelieving. "No one will be as good as Rose." I said, on the verge of crying again.

"No. No one will ever replace her. Ever. But you will find someone that can take the pain away. That you love." She said slowly.

"Someone that loves you In turn." Christian added.

Sorry that was kind of sad but in needed to get through how sad everyone is and that I have no intentions of putting Adrian and Lissa together. I do kind of want to put Adrian and Jill together though. The next chapter is going to be Rose and Dimitri in Russia again.