A/N: Thank you all for the reviews. Tasha is a lovely, strong character... just lay off the moves on Dimitri kthxbye :)

The whole version of this one is up in my profile. Might comprise of 3-4 chapters, so check that one out if you'd like. :)

Disclaimer: Not mine.


Title: Culmination

Perspective: Rose Hathaway

Summary: The Trials are about to start.

The tension was palpable in the air. If I stuck my tongue out I could probably taste it. Any minute now they would start calling our names.

I remembered my mother's words: Nothing else matters right now but that exit sign.

Right. There's no Lissa, no Victor Dashkov, no Robert Doru and no Dimitri.

Only this.

"Hathaway, Rosemarie!"

I walked to the field, surprised with the calm in my steps.


Less than two weeks before Spirit Bound. What part do you think will you be most anxious to read/discover/find out?