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Once again, I woke up in a room I didn't recognize. I groaned as I opened my eyes.
Where the hell am I? My mind was still slightly groggy as I sat up in what I noticed was a queen sized bed with white sheets.
The room I was in had baby blue walls and a white arm chair that sat in the corner of the room.
I got up to inspect where I was. Through one door was a big bathroom with the biggest shower I have ever seen.
Through the other door was what I was guessing, a living room. The walls were blood red with a black couch in the middle of the room. The colour of the walls made the back of my throat burn.
Why would I be here? Then the memories came flooding in my mind and my throat burned with the little boy's blood. He was only about ten years old. Yeah, but who cares. The younger ones always taste better.
I licked my lips, still feeling the blood that poured out from his neck and onto my tongue.
I sat on the couch and waited for a fiery red head to come in and get me. My eyes peeled on the front door in the living room. She'll come.. I'm her new best friend after all, right? She's spent so long to find the one person to have by her side. That person was me. I felt oddly smug. I'm the one she chose to share all her glory with. I'll be known all across the strigoi court. I licked my lips in anticipation.
I only waited for about two minutes when my favourite red head came sauntering through the door dressed in black, leather pants and a black jacket to match.
Her one eyebrow shot up in amusement as she saw me lounging on the couch as if I didn't have a care in the world. God I wish I could do that... I envied her skill to lift one eyebrow.
"Looks like someone had a good rest!" a grin immediately pulled at her lips. And I couldn't help but grin back at her.
"I can't believe how much of a fool I was to not want this." I gestured with my hands to my body. "I mean, it's amazing! It's like I was blind before, everything is just... better" I laughed a deep, throaty laugh, showing my fangs in the process.
"Hm. Well, now is your time to test out your new skills. Let's go feed." her grin was now pure malice as she extended her hand to me. Of course I took it immediately and we walked out of the blood coloured room and out to find something warm and innocent to put out the burning at the back of my throat.
Christian POV.
I need answers. And I need them now. What the hell had he heard back at the caves? Strigoi court? How come no one has mentioned this before? A shudder passes through me just thinking about what it would be like there.
I sauntered through the hallways looking for one man in particular. My shoulders tensed up when I saw him walking on the path outside. I took a deep breath and walked up to him, chin up and hands shoved in the pockets of his jacket.
As usual, he was in a long, brown duster reminding me of a cowboy. His eyes still looked lost and kind of red and puffy as I approached him. Almost as if the god himself were crying. Pfft. Please, as if. Belikov is like a giant boulder. I will certainly not let my sympathy for Dimitri get in my way of getting information.
I stopped a few feet in front of him. We just looked at each other for a few moments until I finally spoke up.
"What was that strigoi talking about? Why the hell haven't we been told about a strigoi court?"
He sighed loudly. " I was hoping you didn't hear that part of the conversation."
We just looked at each other for another moment. He closed his eyes, debating whether or not to tell me.
"I can't tell you the details yet. There's a group of guardians going to court right now to discuss it with the queen, since it's obviously a big deal. We've never heard of a strigoi court before this incident."
Once again, silence took over as we stared at each other. This was certainly Awkward.
"Christian, you can't tell anyone about what you heard in that cave." he looked at me with grave eyes.
He clearly meant business. I gulped and felt a bead of sweat slide down the side of my face. His eyes just pierced through me, burning holes into my flesh. I suddenly realized I never wanted to see him angry. He relaxed when I nodded my head.
"So how's lissa?" his eyes weren't hard anymore and they were very sympathetic. We were all worried about how lissa would handle things.
"Still up in her room. She lets me in from time to time now, so I take that as a good sign." Dimitri nodded with a sad smile.
"What about Adrian? Where has he been?" Now that was a mystery to me. I haven't seen him since Lissa's breakdown at the gates.
"I have no idea." I said honestly, my shoulders shrugging. "But I expect him to be drinking away his sorrows. I have a feeling he's taking this hard, like Lissa. He really liked Rose you know.." Dimitri's body stiffened.
"Well, why don't we go find him? Make sure he's not getting into too much trouble." I nodded and we set off to Adrian's room.
We knocked three times on his door. I could hear the three days grace blasting through the door. Dimitri and I shared a look that said, 'Uh oh, brace yourself'.
The doorknob jiggled around for a bit then we heard a bang followed by Adrian muttering behind the door.
"Shit! Oh... Got it.. Got it." I heard the click of the door being unlocked and Dimitri and I shared an eye roll. This was going to be interesting..
Adrian finally opened the door after his struggles and staggered into the doorway. His eyes were bloodshot and glazed over. He was defiantly hammered, like we all suspected he would be.
"Well look who it is ! It's Christian and guardian Belikov! Will you please come in?" he sweeped his arm into his room and lost his balance as he lurched forward. Dimitri easily caught him and dragged him to his bed.
His room was filthy. Shelves were knocked over and their contents spilled all over the room, leaving no room to walk without stepping on something.
Once Adrian was in his bed, safe from falling on face, he started to murmur a lot of incoherent words. I glanced over at Dimitri and noticed that he didn't know what the hell he was saying either.
Eventually, Adrian murmured himself to sleep. Or so we thought... A split second later, he sprung from the bed and onto his feet.
"Rose! I have to save Rose!" he rushed to the door, falling a couple times from the crap all over the floor. He almost reached the door too, but a giant russian stood in his path, blocking him.
"We have to go save Rose! She needs our help! She's dying!" he shouted, struggling to get past the Russian boulder in front of him. His attempts were useless of course, because within a couple seconds, he was back on his bed with arms pinned to his side.
"Rose is gone Adrian." Dimitri said in the softest tone.
"No, no! She's out there! We gotta go save her!" He was still struggling underneath Dimitri's grasp. I finally walked over and slapped him across the face.
The sound echoed in the room and then it was pure silence.
"Get yourself together man! Rose is gone! She's not coming back. She's as good as dead!" I shouted at him. I could see Dimitri wince from the corner of my eyes as I said the harsh words. Oh well.. Someone had to knock some sense into Adrian.
Adrian's eyes became a lot calmer and he finally sagged underneath Dimitri. He looked around him and he came to grips with what had just happened.
"Oh." was all he said. Reluctantly, Dimitri released him from his grip and shoved his hands in the pockets of his brown duster.
"Are you alright now? Your not gonna go all ape-shit on us again are you?" I was eyeing him up and down, giving a full assessment of his condition.
He nodded his head. "I guess the incident with Rose pushed spirit over my head. Sorry."
Dimitri and I nodded, understanding. We had both seen what Rose and Lissa were like when thy got pushed over the edge. It wasn't too pretty to be around.
Adrian grabbed the bottle of whiskey from his nightstand and took a swig from it.
"Well.. If you guys don't mind, I'm going to get some shut eye. Feel free to leave whenever." he said as he pulled the pillow over his face, leaving it there.
Adrian isn't in good shape either.. I'm guessing everyone is depressed right now.
Me and Dimitri parted ways once we stepped out into the hall. He went to go see Alberta while I went to go check on lissa. I haven't checked up on her in a while...
I knocked on her door quietly, "Liss? Can I come in?"
No answer.
"Liss, Hun? Talk to me. Are you hungry?"
No answer.
I turned the door handle to find it unlocked for a change and stepped into her room to find it empty. The sheets on her bed were all messy and I could still see the wet spots on her pillow from the tears.
I walked over to the bathroom door and paused. "Lissa? Are you in there?" the door was opened slightly, I wanted to be sure she wasn't on the toilet or something when I walked in. I heard a faint, whimper come from inside the bathroom.
I had a bad feeling in my gut as I opened the door to the bathroom. Lissa was kneeled over on the ground, cradling herself and whimpering softly. She was sitting in a pool of blood. What the..?
Then I saw the bloody razor resting on the sink and the deep slashes to Lissa's wrists. I realized that the pool of blood around her was her own as I yelled for help.
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