Christian POV
I was with Tasha and Lissa when the news had broken out about the attack on the Queen. Adrian had been with the Queen when the attack happened, which made me wonder if Rose had been with him when it happened. I hope to god that Rose isn't hurt.
Tasha, Lissa and I were in the car driving back to the Royal Court which was particularly dangerous since there had just been an attack on the same road we were now driving on. As soon as we had found out about the Strigoi attack on the queen, Tasha had thrown us in the car and was now speeding down the highway. Tasha was friends with the Queen, if she only knew the things she's done to Rose, she wouldn't like her anymore.
"It'll be okay Christian. Rose is safe no matter what happened." I heard Lissa whisper from the seat beside me. Rose will be safe no matter what happened? Anything could have happened and Rose isn't known for standing back when there's a Strigoi around. She'd probably be the first one to notice what was happening and take control.
"Rose wasn't with the Queen when it happened. She's absolutely fine, don't worry she's safe." Tasha said from the front seat. All I did was nod my head. Rose hadn't been with the Queen but that didn't mean she was safe. The Strigoi that attacked the Queen would soon be attacking the Royal Court and that was why I was so eager to get to the Royal Court. If I was there with her when the attack on the Court happened I could protect her. Not that Rose can't protect herself, but it would help knowing that I was with her so that I could help her.
I looked out the window and saw that we weren't that far away from the Court. We had been driving for at least a half hour and the whole time we had been speeding so that we could get there faster. Our car wasn't exactly built to go this fast but Tasha was doing her best in getting us there.
I looked out the window again and the Court was a lot closer than I thought it would be. Tasha parked our car in front of the entrance and we all climbed out and rushed into the Court. There were people everywhere. It was chaos, people running around, and people shouting at each other. Adrian on the other hand was just standing near the Queen looking taken aback. I walked over to him with Lissa in tow. Tasha had gone over to ask the Queen if she was feeling okay and if she needed a lie down.
Adrian stood up straight as soon as he saw but I was the only one he looked at. "I'm guessing you guys heard the news about the attack on the Queen." He said in an agitated voice.
"Yeah, why else would we be back?" from the corner of my eye I could see the Queen talking to a man dressed in black, probably her guardian, and they were both talking very softly. I suspected they were arguing about what they should do to protect the Court. Most Moroi would send guardians to the Royal Court if there had previously been an attack on the Queen, Guardians knew better.
Guardians, like the one that is talking to the Queen, would know that if you sent more people to protect the Court, it just means that more people will die, and a lot of people could die.
"I don't know. The queens just happy no one was hurt." Ha, as if the Queen would care if someone other than herself had been hurt. She hauls guardians in the path of Strigoi just so that she can be protected for another few minutes, there was no way in hell she would care if a Guardian was hurt or killed because of her.
"Where's Rose?" I couldn't help it; it kind of just came out of my mouth without m even noticing. I couldn't help but ask if she was okay, it came naturally.
"Well, after she gave me a lecture about how I had been running my mouth off she stormed out of the room. She probably went somewhere to clear her mind or something, check my bedroom." Check my bedroom. I still didn't like the fact that Rose had to share a room with Ivashkov. It pissed me off actually, Adrian and Rose had been together not two weeks ago, even though they weren't together anymore they were sharing a room while Rose and I were together and I can't help but feel a little weird about it. I mean, everyone knows what Adrian is like and how he's acted in the past.
"Yeah, okay, see you later then." I set off to find Rose, leaving Lissa behind to talk to Adrian. While we were away from Court she had told me that she and Adrian haven't talked since Rose had found our and walked in on them. Lissa felt really bad that she had broken Adrian and Rose up; I didn't need to be bonded with her to know that she was sad and guilty over what happened. Adrian never talked to her anymore because he blamed her for what happened. I, on the other hand, didn't feel angry at Lissa at all. Lissa was the reason why Rose and I are together now, although I would never actually thank her because she had hurt me to some extent.
While I was walking I could hear two men talking from behind a door. The conversation was actually quite interesting. "An army of them coming is going to kill us all. None of us will survive if all of them come at the same time. We'll all die because of that stupid Queen of ours." The guy nearest to the door said.
"Yeah, how are we Moroi supposed to fight back when we can't use our magic against them? The only things we have to protect us are Guardians and we both know that there aren't enough Dhampirs in the world to take on an army of Strigoi that size." They way they were talking it was like there were thousands of Strigoi out there planning an attack on the Court. The part that interested me was the mention of Moroi using magic. A while ago I had helped Rose in battle using my fire magic. If more Moroi could learn to use magic than maybe we would have a fighting chance.
"Heavens knows how many are out there planning to kill the Queen. She's the biggest target in the world and we're just standing here…" there voices trailed off as I walked away from the door, continuing my walk to Rose's room. Adrian's room, I corrected myself mentally.