So sorry about the super long delay. I'm trying to be better I really am.

"What was that about?" Lisssa asked as soon as she saw me in the locker room.

"Sorry Bella, but I can't stand your boyfriend."

She shrugged. "He's really not that bad, you know, once you get to know him. When I first met him, he wouldn't even talk to me, let alone look at me. His fists were clenched and when I went to the office later that day, I found out that he was trying to get switched out of my class. But look at us now."

"I wish he wouldn't talk to me and somehow, I don't see the two of us ever being friends," I declared, without the tiniest bit of remorse.

I left to go the gym when I heard the announcement.

"Will Rose Hathway please report to the office? She will be leaving for an appointment."

I couldn't leave. Lissa and Christian were here and they didn't have any guardians, who knew what would happen to them.

Lissa rushed out of the locker room and found me. Shortly afterwards Christian came out of the boys' locker room and headed over to us.

"What are you going to do?" Lissa asked, a note of panic and desperation in her voice.

"Rose," Christian said, with all traces of snark and sarcasm gone from his voice, "we'll be fine. The odds of Strigoi finding us are slim and even if they do find us, you'll have the bond and I'll have my fire. We'll be safe."

I never thought I would find comfort in Christian but I did. There was something reassuring in his ice blue eyes.

"Okay," I gave in. I gathered up my stuff, and hoped I would be back as soon as possible.

As I walked into the office, I saw three rather unexpected people: Rosalie, Edward, and Adrian. The fourth person wasn't unexpected, she was a complete shock. It was Queen Tatiana. Something told me that this would not end well for me.

"Hey little dhampir," Adrian greeted me, wrapping an arm around my waist. Queen Tatiana shot me a look with such hatred I was shocked I didn't drop dead on the spot.

I shrugged out of his embrace. "Your majesty, what are you doing here?"

"I believe my intentions were quite clear. I was checking you out of school." After her pathetic excuse of an explanation

I shot a panicked look at Adrian. He just shrugged and smiled at me, pulling out a cigarette.

"Excuse me, young man, but smoking is most certainly not allowed on a high school campus."

"I'm sure you can make an exception," he said to the large, red-haired lady behind the desk, giving her one of his dazzling smiles and a wink, and if I wasn't mistaken, a tad bit of compulsion.

"Well of course we can make an exception," she said, in a trance-like state, confirming my suspicions of compulsion.

"Excuse us for a second," I said politely before dragging him aside.

"Adrian what the hell was that?" I whispered, low enough that I knew only Adrian would be able to hear me because of his special-hearing.

"Whatever do you mean, love?"

"I saw that! You used compulsion Mrs. Cope," I scolded. "That's illegal, dangerous for you, and you're not supposed to be calling attention to us. Anyways, what is the Queen doing here?"

"She's either here to visit me, because I am her favorite great-nephew, or she's here because she's thoroughly pissed at you for taking away her prodigy."

Aww, shit. I hadn't even thought of that. No one was going to let the Dragomir Princess, the last of her line, live on her own, with only a non-graduated novice guardian as her only protection. Damn it, I was so screwed.

"Look, I don't know how school works, so just meet us outside once you're ready." Adrian left after that leaving me in the office with Rosalie and him.

"Hey, Rose."

"Yeah?"

"Is that your boyfriend? He's hot, but isn't he a little old for you," Rosalie asked, clearly judging.

"Trust me when I say I know age differences and this one counts for nothing," I sighed wearily. "Not to mention, Adrian has the maturity of a 5-year old."

I said goodbye to Rosalie, but not to him, checked myself out, and went forward to meet my doom. And no, I wasn't just being dramatic.

RosaliePOV:

I hadn't for even a second believed Edward's crazed tale about the new kids being vampires, but all the evidence was showing that there was a possibility he was right. There scent was off. They smelled amazing, enthralling, but not like something I'd ever want to drink. Only Rose smelled remotely human, but even still her blood was mixed with that same alluring, enchanting aroma. And Christian and Lissa were so pale. I hadn't thought anything of it until I saw Rose's boyfriend. Alice couldn't see their futures and Edward couldn't read their minds. Jasper could just barely get a read on their feelings. And then that talk about the Queen and compulsion. What the hell was compulsion? And unless they were British, why were they talking about a queen? To top it all off, Emmet and Jasper had seen them drinking blood.

"You know what this means right?"

I knew what Edward was talking about, but I didn't think it was the time or place to discuss it.

"We'll talk about this when we get home."

We were all leaving early due to a vision Alice had of the clouds clearing and the sun coming out. Edward and I were the first to get out of class, due to his mind-reading capabilities.

I knew we would have to talk about this soon. Edward was practically radiating impatience. Just then Alice came bouncing in, followed by the rest. Jasper took one look at Edward and me and immediately sensed something was going on. The office was empty, except for us. Mrs. Cope had gone to the backroom.

"What's going on?"

"Does the word compulsion mean anything to you?"

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