This is a really really important chapter because we get to hear from our favourite Strigoi and Lissa has a secret!!

Rose's pov

I really, really, didn't want to go to class today. I'd have to face everyone's whispers about how I had to be taken to the clinic screaming yesterday. And I had an extra little life inside of me that was in danger of getting hurt again. Poor baby, I thought, I hope you didn't get too hurt. I wouldn't like getting punched while I was in a safe refuge either.

I was getting nagging thoughts from Lissa, but it was too early for me to leave the dorm rooms. I went over to my computer and sat on the chair. I switched it on and slipped into Lissa's head.

She was panicking. She wanted to talk to me about something very important. Something she knew I was going through and knew what it felt like. Rose? Please go on msn. I need to talk to you and I don't want it to be in my head.

I pulled out of her head, happy to realise my computer was up and running. I logged in to my account and quickly typed a message to Lissa.

xx-Rose-xx: hey liss. Wats wrong??? U feel seriously stressed out

*Miss*Lissa*: thats cause I am!! Omg rose I think I'm pregnant!!!

That shocked me. Lissa Dragomir, pregnant at 17? I never expected that to happen. Lissa was always so careful with everything she did. I guess there were some things she'd forgotten to be careful about.

*Miss*Lissa*: rose, R U still there????

xx-Rose-xx: yeah, sorry. I was just spacing out. R u sure ur pregnant? I mean, didn't you and Christian use protection??

*Miss*Lissa*: we usually do. But sometimes we just get a little caught up in the moment and don't really think.....

The feelings coming through the bond were enough to knock someone over. And enough to prove her statement. Ugh.

xx-Rose-xx: okay, I believe you. But R U sure??

*Miss*Lissa*: no I'm not sure. But I think so. That's why I needed to ask you b4 I did anything drastic. Can U um.... tell me how it feels?

I realised why Lissa had talked to me first before telling anyone. Besides being Lissa's best friend, I also knew how it felt being pregnant. That's why she'd asked me. Might as well tell her what I know.

xx-Rose-xx: it sort of feels like there's something swimming inside of me.

I waited for almost five minutes for Lissa to answer. I started getting worried when I didn't get her reply so I slipped into her head. Immediately I wished I hadn't.

She was crouched over the toilet, throwing up the remains of what she'd had for dinner. Her feelings were making me nauseas. After a few seconds I couldn't take it. I ripped out of her head and ran down the hallway into the bathrooms and threw up.

When I was done I washed my face and tarted to make my way back to my room. I needed to get ready for class. I got a message from Lissa through the bond on my way there.

Rose, I'm not going to class today. Come to my dorm room after school and please don't tell Christian!!

I tried to send her feelings that I hoped were reassuring but I'm not sure if she got them. I had only just come to terms with the fact that I was pregnant. That I was carrying a life inside of me that needed protection. Now I'd have to go through those feelings all over again now that Lissa was pregnant too. I wondered what the queen would say if she knew that her star princess was having a baby with the man she was hoping to keep away from her.

I still don't understand the queen's obsession with getting Lissa and Adrian together. Didn't she realise it just wasn't going to happen?

Dark feelings bubbled up inside my head. Feelings I was hoping wouldn't come back. Spirit's craziness was getting harder and harder to control now that I was pregnant. The feelings seeped into my brain and tried to consume me. I shook my head and took a few deep breathes. I couldn't afford to go nuts right now.

When I got back to my room I was about to shut the computer down when I got an alert. I clicked it.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla would like to add you as a friend. Approve or decline?

Who the hell was that? I didn't know anyone named Torya. I clicked approve anyways. Whoever it was wouldn't have added me if they didn't have a reason to.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: Rose? Is that you??

xx-Rose-xx: doesn't the screen name give me away?? Who's this??

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: it's me, Viktoria!!

I froze in my position. I only knew one Viktoria. Viktoria Belikov. Dimitri's little sister. She was a little bit younger than me but I really like her. The memories of the last time we spoke filled my brain and I felt a little guilty. Then I remembered that Roland was just trying to take advantage of her.

xx-Rose-xx: omg!! What's up??

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: rose I'm so sorry for all those things I said. I know you loved my brother. Why else would you have dropped out of school to tell us he died?? And you were right about Roland. I asked Sonya about it and she said he was the dad. I can't believe I was so rude to you! I just hope you can forgive me because I am so so sorry!! That's not why you left is it??

xx-Rose-xx: No thats not why I left. And don't worry I was never angry at you. Believe me when I say that I know people say things they don't mean when they're upset. I've done it countless times. I was going to leave anyway. I had things I had to do. I spoke to Yeva and she told me I should hurry up and do what I needed to. So I did. And its done. So how are you?

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: I'm good. I really miss you. And you were right about another thing.

xx-Rose-xx: what's that??

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: that Nikolai was crazy about me. He asked me out at school and I said yes because I was so annoyed about the whole Roland thing and I wanted to get over him. Turns out Koyla's a really great guy. And I really like him. Like, a lot.

xx-Rose-xx: I'm really glad you have him then :)

My alarm went off and I looked at the clock. Class started in less than an hour. I decided I could wait a few minutes before starting to get ready.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: rose, there's something else I wanted to ask you.

xx-Rose-xx: sure what is it?

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: Denis and his friends said you got kidnapped by a Strigoi. I didn't want to believe it but Yeva said it was true. What happened? How did you get away? And who was the Strigoi?

I breathe in a sigh. I didn't really want to tell Viktoria what happened. But I decided I needed to get it off my chest.

xx-Rose-xx: promise not to freak out? Okay here goes. I saw an old lady lying on the ground and Denis said to just leave her there but I couldn't, you know? So I helped her up and she started talking to me in Russian but I couldn't understand her and then I turned around and

I stopped. I didn't know if I could tell her what happened next. Should I tell her what I saw after I turned around?

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: and what rose? I can handle it.

Yeah. She probably could. So I decided she needed to know.

xx-Rose-xx: and when I turned Dimitri was standing there. Well, it wasn't him exactly, cause he's a Strigoi, but it was still him. I got my stake out and tried to drive it through his heart but I just couldn't. If I had, my life would be so much less complicated right now but its done. I can't turn back time no matter how hard I try. Anyway the next thing I knew I woke up in a Strigoi estate. It was so weird. He acted like I shouldn't even think he was any different. For about a day I tried to ignore him but he distracted me and bit me. I forgot the reason I was there. I forgot everything. He tried to make me become a Strigoi. But even if I was drugged out, I still knew I couldn't become like him. Evil and twisted. After a week he didn't turn up for about a day and I started to get my head clear and found a way to escape. But the hardest thing was actually staking him. I might as well have staked myself.

She didn't say anything for a minute. I started getting worried.

xx-Rose-xx: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you that.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: no no its okay. Really. Omg rose. I'm so sorry about everything that you've been through. That must have been so hard. But is Dimka dead now?

xx-Rose-xx: yeah. He is.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: :'( hope your okay.

xx-Rose-xx: yeah. I'm okay. But I have to go and get ready for class now.

BadGirlTorya-Koyla: okay, bye rose

xx-Rose-xx: bye xx

I switched off my computer and put my clothes on for school. Trying not to let spirits emotions make me go nuts. I was feeling really depressed. Like the world was going to end if I walked out the door.

I sat on my bed. I tried calming myself down but it was a lost cause. Suddenly someone knocked on my door.

I huffed in frustration. What I was frustrated about was beyond me. When I opened the door I was not expecting to see the dorm matron.

'Miss Hathaway. You've been sent this package.' She said, then she handed it to me and walked away.

Weird. I thought, but I locked the door to my room and sat back down on the bed. I had no idea who would send me anything. And I had no idea where the package was from. I opened it up, and nearly screamed.

A silver stake was in there. Not just any silver stake. The silver stake. The one I had stolen from Galina's. The one I had staked Dimitri with.

My breathing was hard. This couldn't be good. Who would have sent me this? With a sickening realisation I thought of the one person who would send it to me. The person whom I used to love completely. The person who I had killed.

Inside the package was a note, and knew immediately who it was from. I'd recognise that handwriting anywhere.

Roza,

You've gone too far. And you've forgotten another of my lessons. Never turn your back until you know your enemy is dead. But you've used up all my patience. I was willing to let you have the choice. But now I see I'll have to make it for you.

See you soon,

Love, D

'Oh, god. This can't be happening. No, no, no, this can't be happening!' I practically screamed.

Dimitri was alive. I had missed his heart. It was the most important staking of my life and I missed! Now he was coming for me. He was going to either kill me or turn me. There was just no escaping him was there?

My already unstable mood intensified and I went over the edge.

Next chapter, rose goes WAY over the edge and Lissa freaks out