Leah POV

I shook her with all my might, "Get up damn it!" Violets eyes fluttered open as she said "What?" then she seemed to see who she was talking to ."Leah, your back!"

I nodded "Look we don't have time, we have to go , NOW!" I pulled her arm up and started to drag her out the door . Soon I felt her struggling against me . "But Ricky, I have to go help him ! Christian has him!"

"That's what im trying to do , you idiot!" I hissed , She yanked her arm out of my grasp . "Wait , how do you know about Christian?" She crossed her arms and looked at me quizzically .

"I will explain everything in the car ." Violet just gave me a hard stare . "Trust me, please . " I begged .

Violet nodded and stepped into my pink cadilac .

After a long awkward silence Violet turned to me with hard eyes . "I want answers, now ."I nodded .

It all started when I was thirteen. A beautidul man with jet black hair and pale skin strode into the orphanage , instantly our eyes locked .His beautiful hand pointed towards me and I felt shivers rack my body . " I want her" at once I smiled , meeting his brown eyes .

At first I loved living with Christian , he took me on walks in the garden, came and visited me in my room everyday . There was only one rule, never leave my room without Christian . I didn't want to ruin our perfect relationship , I had developed quite a crush over the months , so I never disobeyed . It wasn't until I told the maid that brought me food every day that I had starting seeing blood in my underwear that things started to change .

Christians brown eyes started to look at me differently , almost… sexual. Of course for a while I liked it , he was finally looking at me like a grown up , like someone he could maybe… love one day . It was my fourteenth birthday when he came in my room late at night and said he had a present , little did I know that the present wasn't something I would want .

He sat on the edge of the bed next to me and looked me up and down . He brought his warm hand up to my cheek and I instantly felt myself lean into his strong hand " Your so beautul."he whispered huskily as he leaned in and brushed his lips against my own . I couldn't help but kiss back and soon the kiss became feverish , hungry . H pushed me into a laying position and soon I felt his hands start to take off my shirt .

"Wait , Christian . Im not ready for that ." I pushed his hands away but he was to strong . His eyes were crazed as he whispered " You have no idea how long I have been waiting to do this." He wouldn't stop .

"He never stopped . I loved him, and he just stole my innocence , without hesitation." I choked out . Feeling a tear trickling down my cheek . "He stopped visiting me then , and three weeks later I found out I was pregnant ." My knuckles turned white from how tight I was squezzing the wheel . "After my baby boy was born Christian showed up again , but he was different now . He was cold , evil . Instead of the brown eyes I used to get lost in in their place was blood reed irises . Without even looking at me he yanked my boy out of my arms and I haven't seen Christian or my boy since ."

I pulled over , knowing I wasn't stable enough to drive as the river of tears I had been holding back over flowed . " I never even got to name him ."

I felt Violets hand rub my back soothingly "Oh my god , Leah . I had no idea . " She looked at me with horror and pity . No, I was strong . She would not pity me . I wiped my hand across my cheek and dried my tears , getting back on the road .

" One day they told me I was assigned to track Ricky and feed information to Christian . At first I refused but then they threatened my boy . I had gone so long thinking they had killed him that I just knew I couldn't loose him again , even if I had never met him . So I enrolled in St. Vladimirs and made sure I always close , reporting back to Christian every move Ricky made."

"Wait , why do they care about Ricky so much?" Violet asked , confusion and desperation in her voice . "He broke the tradition . At eighteen every male in the Malone family gets turned strigoi . Not wanting the same fate as his brothers, ricky ran away at fifteen , killing four of his cousins in the process. He was a prodigy , having the most skill of all his brothers from an early age ."

"Well then we kill Christian and Ryan and the problems solved . " Violet said excitedly . I shook my head at her ignorance . " You don't understand . The Malones are the biggest strigoi mafia in the world . They have agents in every city , in every state all over the world . Humans , dhampirs and moroi alike quiver in fear at just their name ,Violet . Even the royal court ignores their crimes because they are scared of their power . We cant just kill them , we need a plan ."

Violets eyes widened , seeming to be taking it all in . After a while she turned to me and said " Not to be harsh or anything but why are you helping us? Your risking your life by doing this."

I turned to her my eyes piercing into hers, "Bacause , if we can save Ricky then maybe, just maybe , theres some hope for my boy. Its too late for Christian , but I still have hope I can save my son ." "Hope is all I have left" I whispered .

A/N: Ugh I rewrote this over and over again trying to get it right . I still don't know if it is. So I told you Leah would come back but I bet you didn't expect for her to come back this way! Surprised? I need some extra in courage ment for this chapter so sinc ei know I have lots on awesome fans I m going to give you a challenge! 30 reviews before next chappie! YOU CAN DO IT!