A few days had passed and I hadn't seen Alec at all, not since our last long talk on my bed. The rain was still pouring down heavily outside. I had decided I wasn't going to leave my room, not until today, just incase I bumped into Rosie again, I thought a few days was enough for her to cool off. I hadn't really done much in the past few days, I had Doreen bring me up a few books, but too be honest, I was getting bored of reading all day, I needed to do something more practical. I decided that today I would go and look for Alec, as he hadn't come and seen me, and ask him to find me something to do. I thought that maybe I could find Zane too; because I hadn't seen him for years, it felt like anyway. Maybe he had gone away somewhere for a while, that's why I hadn't seen him around. I got dressed, opting for a skirt and a tank top, at least Rosie couldn't complain about the way I was dressed today, and left my room. I had no idea where Alec could be, I'd never had to go and look for him before. I thought downstairs would probably be best. There was no one around, which was unhelpful, thinking that maybe I could ask someone if he or she knew where Alec was. I decided to go to the room where I had first met Maveric. He wasn't there. I doubt he would be outside because it was still raining, well if he was I wasn't going to look for him. I walked past many rooms, not sure if I should look in them, incase a vampire other then Alec was in them. I decided to play it safe and look for a member of staff. I came across a young woman a tad shorter then I was, cleaning a mirror in a hallway after about fifteen minutes of starting my search. I asked if she knew where Alec was, she assumed his was in his study, where he spent most of his time nowadays. She pointed me in the direction I should go. I followed her directions to a corridor that was darker than the rest, as the sun was on the other side of the house to where I was. Before I could reach the door the woman told me was the study I heard shouting coming from inside.

"What kind of link is she when you don't even drink her blood?" I heard someone shouting from inside, it sounded like Rosie, great.

"Rose, just drop it will you." I heard Alec's voice sound from within the room.

"I'm sorry baby; I can't help it that I still love you. I'm just looking out for you. I want what's best for you."

Yeah right, I thought, she's just after the power.

"Here, let me give you a massage, it will help ease your tension."

"Rose, no, I have work to do," he replied. Good, I thought, I couldn't see why he couldn't refuse to have her in the house.

I didn't know whether to approach the study or not, not with Rosie there, but then again if she did come out I was going to see her anyway, at least with Alec there she couldn't hurt me, I hoped. I walked slowly to the door, but heard voices again and couldn't help but want to eaves drop.

"That's it, you just relax," I heard Rosie say.

Please don't say he gave in to her I thought. There was silence for a while and I decided that maybe I'd interrupt Rosie just to see the look on her face at my interruption. I didn't bother knocking; opening the door straight away.

What I saw, was unbelievable. Rosie was perched on the edge of a desk at the far end of the room, which was quite small compared to some rooms in this house. Alec was standing in front of her, facing her, and it looked like they were kissing. I gasped accidentally, the scene utterly surprising me. Alec must have heard the gasp as he turned around. What I saw shocked me even more then the kissing. He had blood soaked lips and Rosie's lip was bleeding uncontrollably. He had obviously bit her while they were kissing, maybe on purpose, I didn't know. Alec looked stunned at my appearance apparently, Rosie on the other hand was as smug as I'd ever seen her. She tilted her head back letting out a slight evil laugh through her self-satisfied smile.

"Darcy," I heard Alec whisper he seemed disappointed.

I closed the door and ran back to my room as soon as my brain recovered from the shock. I sat on my bed, replaying the scene in my head. Alec didn't come after me, well why would he. I suppose a part of me hoped he would, to say he was sorry at least, or explain why he did it. Then a thought occurred to me, why should he bother, it's not as if he cheated on me. It annoyed me that I was upset about it, I shouldn't be. If he wanted to have a different link than me, then why couldn't he, but why did it have to be little miss arrogant Rosie. After what seemed like hours of sitting on my bed thinking about it, I concluded and hated to admit it, even to myself, that the cause as to why I felt dreadfully upset was that I had truly and irrevocably, fallen in love with this vampire.