Rose POV

I was in Adrian's room, staring at a picture he had taken of us. I had decided to lie down for a while after I had screamed at Adrian. Seriously though, he was saying that we should put more lives at risk than we already have. The army will come for the Queen and when she does we're all screwed. Sure, all us Dhampirs will fight to our last breath, but we all know the inevitable will eventually happen. If the Dhampirs die, than the Moroi will as well.

There was a knock on my door and I hoped to god that it wasn't Adrian. I knew he would be pissed off that I had yelled at him in front of everyone at Court, including the Queen. Much to my surprise, it was Christian was who was standing at the door. I had no idea that he was even here. Last I had heard he had been away with Lissa and Tasha miles away. Supposably he had been visiting some Royal Lissa was distantly related to; I think her name was Amy or something like that.

"I didn't know you were here. Aren't you supposed to be-"

"Yeah, but we heard the news about the attack and Tasha drove us back here as soon as she could." Christian cut me off, talking fast so that I wouldn't have to ask any questions.

It was a huge mistake on Tasha's part on coming back here. If they had stayed where they were – away from the Queen- they would be safe. Here they were in as much danger as the Queen herself. Heck, I was happy knowing that Christian and Lissa weren't here with the Queen, they needed to be safe.

"Why would you do that?" why the hell would he have thought that it would be smart to come back to the Court when it's about to be attacked by Strigoi?

"I had to see if you were safe."

"You could've called me." Or Lissa could have sent me a message through the bond.

"Tasha wanted to be here for the Queen anyway, it's not my fault she doesn't know what a total bitch she is." I didn't say anything; my mind was focusing on what to do next. I hated the fact that both Christian and Lissa were in danger.

"You should've stayed away. At least while you weren't here you were safe. It doesn't matter if Tasha wanted to see the Queen, you should have stopped her to keep you all safe." It sounded like I was blaming him but if this was Lissa I was talking to I would be saying the exact same thing. We were supposed to protect Moroi, the least they could do is stay away from danger.

"Look, I know it was a stupid move under the circumstances but I have a theory," I nodded so that he would know to continue, "If fire users fought against this army or whatever than we might have a chance. Tasha and I—"

"No." I had to keep him away from danger, not right in the middle of it. It isn't like people will pick up fighting with fire so soon that we would have a chance with the army.

"What?" he looked surprised by my answer. Sure, if this had been months ago I would've done anything to protect Lissa. Now, Christian meant a lot to me and I couldn't just throw him at Strigoi.

"I said no. moroi aren't supposed to put themselves at danger. Did you really think you could train Moroi fire users in the short time before the attack? C'mon we both know that it'd never happen." Everyone knows that Moroi would rather Dhampirs protect them, then them protecting themselves. Not only that, but Moroi using their magic was a taboo thing and most have forgotten how to defend themselves.

"We could try though. We have to at least try to do something that'll help us. What if we can teach them in time for the attack? We could win and the Queen would still be alive. Why not at least try Rose? Rose?" Damn, the plan that was forming in my brain right now was almost possible. Christian would train fire users, the army comes and we set them on fire, we'd all be safe. That was if Christian could teach them how to use there magic in defence.

"It's against the law." No matter how much it could help it was against the law and the Queen would never allow it.

"Does it matter? This could save heaps of lives, both Moroi and Dhampir. We could actually have a shot at winning against them. We would save the Queen's life, that's better than where we're heading now." We were heading down the road where we all dead, I was sure of that.

"Do you think the Queen would ever allow you to teach Moroi something like this? No matter what, it is illegal."

"Let's go ask her then." I stared at him, eyes wide and full of disbelief. He so didn't suggest that we could ask the Queen about this.

"Are you serious? Ask her about using magic? She'll never agree to it." I said as I shook my head. The Queen would never agree to something like this, putting Moroi at danger was one of the biggest rules in our society.

"Yes she will. She may be a bitch but she still wants to keep people safe." Christian said, turning his back in the direction I knew the Queen would be.

"Fine." That was all I said as Christian and I made our way towards the Queen. Neither of us spoke on the way to the Queen. Christian probably coming up with a way to ask the Queen properly, me thinking of a way to somehow stop him from making a fool of himself.

I was right. The Queen was exactly where I had thought she would be. I looked over to Christian and saw that he had a smile on his face. He walked over to the Queen where her guards were standing next to her.

From where I was standing, his voice was soft and kind. Christian was pretending to be nice so that the Queen would go for her idea, I was absolutely sure of it.

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