I do not own VA. Richelle Mead is the proud owner of the series.

APOV (Abe)

From the weekly reports that I demanded to have about Rose's progress; I have learned that she is a quick learner and am very proud of her. I just hope that she will forgive me for I am going to tell Zander to add some more to her lessons.

The reason that I am having her go threw all of these different types of training is because I wish for her to be partners with Zander. He has been acting odd since his last partner died.

I also wish for her to be close to me. I may have not been involved with her life but that doesn't mean that I don't know what she does. I have multiple people giving me weekly reports about her. Besides the fact that she is my daughter; I am always intrigued by the way she handles things and some of the shit she comes up with is priceless. She reminds me of myself in almost every aspect.

I still love the look on her face when I told her that I would be back to discuss her future. "Just because you told me your name old man, doesn't mean that I want anything to do with you." She had told me with a smirk. I responded with a smirk of my own and replied "Well little girl, all will come out in due time. Until then there is no need for you to know". She gave me the feeling that she wanted to cuss me out but decided it wouldn't help her.

I can't wait to see her and how things are going. Thankfully graduation is right around the corner.

DPOV

I don't know how or when she had got to be able to out run me. One day we had sparred and she handed me my own ass on a silver platter. Don't know what to think about her training with that Zander guy. She has excelled even farther than I would have thought she was capable of. Even the teachers have noticed.

She doesn't talk back anymore. She just sits there and actually pays attention. Its like she is a completely different person. Her body still had all the curves in the right places; however, now the muscles that were toned were transformed into being extremely toned. She even had the female version of a 6 pack. You could tell that she was someone that you didn't want to fuck with just by looking at her body.

I remember on one of her practices she had decided to wear a sports bra rather than the workout tank top that she had been wearing. I started drooling almost as soon as I saw her. It was hard to stay focused that day. I had wonderful dreams that night.

I thought that we were becoming friends, much to my dismay (wished for more), than she started to be able to hide any kind of emotion off her face. She used to call it my guardian face and she hated it. Now she has one herself. She started closing herself to me and from the looks of it everyone else.

I started to confront Zander about it but when he turned around I suddenly lost all of my of courage. I blurted out "What kind of training are you doing with Rose? She doesn't even act like herself. Instead she is a shadow of what she used to be!" I got so worked up that my voice was steadily rising. The guy just stood there with a face that showed no emotion. I had to try my hardest to keep eye contact. His response was "What I have been working on with her is none of your concern." "I am her mentor and while she is my student what goes on with her is my business." I was trying everything I could to get some sort of reaction out of him. His face never showed what ever he was feeling threw the whole exchange. After I had gotten a few more questions out, he looked at me and asked "are you done yet? I have better things to do than waste my time with you". I was so enraged by that I wanted to challenge him but I didn't want to end up in the hospital. I saw he just working out doing the basics like stretching and using the punching bag. I don't really want to see what he is like in a fight. I have no desire to end up in ICU (Intensive Care Unit). I have the same amount of love for hospitals that Rose does for them. Which is absolutely NONE.

I just wish that Rose would open up to me like she had started to. Instead she is doing the opposite and closing everyone out.