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Chapter 4

Bella POV

After Rose and her friends left I was still confuse about the relationship that she had with her parents. She seemed to hold a lot of resentment for her mother and father and I know that she said she was sent to school at the age of 4 but I still didn't understand the anger she had towards her parents.

"Why is Rose so nasty towards her parents? I don't understand." I asked.

"She told me that she didn't see her mother but just a few times since she was dropped off at school. Her father had nothing to do with her until she was eighteen so I understand her resentment towards them. Lissa is the one that she seems the closest to besides Dimitri." Rosalie said. "Her mother acted like her job was more important that Rose was."

"I like Rose mama." Renesmee said to me and I smiled at her. "Rose is scary when she's mad, but she can't help it."

"I know baby." I hugged her close and sent her upstairs to get ready for bed.

"So what does everyone think of our guests?" Carlisle asked.

"Her thoughts are very honest and most of what she thinks, she speaks. She will do anything to protect those close to her and she seems very loyal." Edward said while wrapping an arm around me.

"Her emotions are similar. She hides her emotions well, but has trouble controlling anger due to the darkness. When she doesn't struggle with the darkness her emotions are the rawest I have ever seen in someone. When she is happy it is just as overwhelming as the anger and pain that I felt when she was fighting the darkness." Jasper said.

"Do you really think that the bite affected her that strongly?" Alice asked.

"Unfortunately I do Alice. I have seen those reactions in drug addicts at the hospital." Carlisle confirmed.

"I agree Carlisle. Her thoughts told me that she has quite a history of the bites but she doesn't seek them out. It started just as she said, by feeding Lissa. Christian was near death and she fed Lissa again so that she would have the strength to heal him. When Dimitri was a Strigoi, he captured her and fed from her to keep her weak and that is where the real addiction came from. She has only asked for the bite once when she was depressed to her lowest point." Edward explained.

"Rose sure has experienced a great deal in her short life. I can't believe that she has lived through half of what she has." Esme said and we all agreed that they were all trustworthy, but we all seemed to favor and respect Rose the most. We had grown accustomed to all of them here, but she was the one that surprised us all.

Rose POV

School still sucks just as much as it used to. Lissa was having the time of her life, but I was bored beyond belief. It was only the first day and by the end of it I was so exhausted that I wanted nothing more than to go curl up with Dimitri. Eddie looked like he felt the same as I did but we hid it well. Lunch came slowly and we sat down with the Cullen's at their table. I ate like I always did and I looked up to see Eddie and Lissa smiling at me while the Cullen's looked shocked that I could put that much food away.

"What, you've never seen someone eat before?" I tried to raise an eyebrow but both came up as always.

"We've just never seen someone put that much food away…well except for maybe Jacob but that's a whole different story." Emmet said smiling.

"Rose always eats like this and we have always wondered where she puts it." Lissa said smiling.

"Rose I have a question. We couldn't help but overhear you with your mother on the phone yesterday and we were wondering why you felt so much resentment towards her and your father?" Jasper asked and my mood instantly plummeted.

"My mother left me at the academy when I was four and I only saw her when her charge visited the school. I never received even so much as a birthday card and I spent Christmas with Lissa's family every year until they died. When we were dragged back to the academy I received an email from her the read, "I'm glad you're back. What you did was inexcusable." . The next time I saw her she was a guest speaker in our theory class and she hadn't even told me she was on campus. We ended up sparring and I pissed her off so bad that I ended up with a black eye through that Christmas." God, that was the worst Christmas ever. Everyone sat there in stunned silence looking at me.

"But what about your father?" Edward asked.

"I didn't even know my father until I left the academy to find Dimitri. I didn't even know he was my father when I first met him. He helped me a lot while I was in Russia and Sydney was a big help too."

"Who's Sydney?" Jasper asked and I laughed thinking of her reaction to meeting the Cullen's.

"Sydney is a human that helped me in Russia. She is what we call an alchemist. Perhaps that is a question that's better answered fully later when we get home." They all nodded.

Lunch finished up and it was back to class for us. We were fortunate to have a few classes with some of the Cullen's so it wasn't totally awkward. When we finished classes for the day we went home and I explained the alchemists to them.

The next few days went by relatively uneventfully and we grew closer to the Cullen's. Adrian had went back to court and he swore that he wouldn't say anything to anyone about our new neighbors. Lissa and Christian had went back to their lovey-dovey ways and I got sucked into her sexcapades several times which made me very mad. Dimitri was sound asleep beside me while I was sucked into a late night session. I pulled out of her head as quickly as I could, but I was still frustrated. We had wards around the house so everyone was asleep. I got out of bed silently without disturbing Dimitri and went outside for some air.

"What are you doing up at this hour?" A voice sounded out in the yard just outside the wards and it startled me. I knew it wasn't Strigoi but I pulled my stake in preparation anyway. Jasper stepped out of the shadows and held his hands up in surrender. I immediately put my stake away and walked towards the wards where he stood.

"Sorry Jasper, I couldn't sleep since some insist on going at it like rabbits." I scowled. He laughed until I glared at him.

"Why is that a problem?" He asked sincerely confused.

"My mental blocks aren't very strong yet and they tend to relax while I'm sleeping. I really don't want to see Lissa get it on with her boyfriend." Realisation crossed his face and he finally understood what I was getting at. I started to feel a little nausea and I tensed up. Jasper noticed this and looked around for the Strigoi. Seconds later Jasper and I were surrounded by ten Strigoi. I whispered to Jasper "Rip their heads off. Decapitation will be the easiest method for you." He nodded and the Strigoi lunged. I fought with several Strigoi while Jasper seemed to have no trouble at all ripping their heads off. I staked five before fatigue started to set in and more Strigoi came from the woods behind the house. With the noise that they were making I was surprised that no one in the house was alerted to the fight. Several more Strigoi were staked and Jasper was still ripping heads off when I was knocked to the ground by one of the Strigoi that attacked my blind side. I started to get up but the Strigoi had me pinned. I managed to flip him over and stake him but another Strigoi caught my right shoulder clawing it open. I was mad and I could feel the darkness taking over me as I staked Strigoi left and right. The darkness seemed to fuel my fatigued body, giving me more energy to finish the Strigoi. I happened to notice that several of the Cullen's were here now and the Strigoi were all engaged except the one who was suddenly running right at me. He plowed his body into me and we fell to the ground grappling. He had me pinned and I pulled my stake up but he grabbed my hand with the stake and brought it across my stomach, essentially slashing me with my own stake. I screamed out in pain but managed to buck him off me and flip us. When my stake found his heart the fight was over. I stood shakily and the Cullen's all looked at me with concern. Dimitri and Eddie came out then. They had to stay in the house with Lissa and Christian so I didn't blame them for not fighting beside me.

"Rose you are hurt really bad. You need a doctor." Edward said and Carlisle came into view. When he saw my wound he probably would have paled if he could.

"I'm ok Lissa can heal me. Besides if I healed the traditional way, this would take me out of guarding Lissa for a while and I can't let that happen." I explained.

"Roza you've lost a lot of blood and will need some afterwards. Let Lissa heal you and we will go over to their place for the transfusion." Dimitri said and as much as I hated it, I agreed to the terms. When we went back inside, Lissa was crying. Her emotions were making it hard to control the darkness that seeped into me during the fight. Dimitri must have realized this and urged her to calm down. I was getting weaker from the blood loss and although I walked in on my own I had to lean on Dimitri to hold me upright. Lissa calmed down enough to heal me and we walked over to the Cullen's home for the blood transfusion that I was positive I needed right now. As I walked in the house I immediately fell towards the ground. I was surprised that Jacob was the one to catch me before I hit the floor. Dimitri picked me up bridal style and carried me into the room that Carlisle indicated. He hooked up the transfusion with my blood type and left the room, promising that he would be back to check on me later. Dimitri never left my side and Lissa and Christian stayed in the living room with Eddie and the others. I could hear them talking but I soon drifted off to sleep and straight into one of Adrian's spirit dreams.

"Rose, what's wrong? You look really weak right now." He asked concerned.

"There was a Strigoi attack here and I was injured. Lissa healed me but I'm getting a blood transfusion right now." I answered honestly. "I did take out a hell of a lot of Strigoi though."

"Are you sure you're okay? Your aura is so dark, darker than I've ever seen." He said.

"Yeah Adrian I'm fine, but the darkness has been really hard to deal with lately. I guess since it built up in Lissa so much and I haven't taken it in so long it's a little overwhelming." I stated. We talked for a few more minutes when I began to wake up. I opened my eyes to the rich brown eyes I loved so much.

Carlisle came in minutes later and removed the needle from my arm. We walked back down to the living room with the others and I sat down on the couch next to Dimitri. Everyone stopped their conversations when we entered the room and I felt my sarcasm rear its ugly head.

"Don't stop talking on my account. I know I'm fabulous but you can stop staring now." I said and we all laughed. I wanted to try something. I knew that Edward was reading my thoughts so I concentrated on putting up my mental blocks like I did with the ghosts. Once they were up I looked over at Edward and the smile that he was wearing faded. He was confused that he couldn't hear my mind anymore.

"Rose what did you do? I can't hear your thoughts anymore." He said and I smiled triumphantly.

"You learn to put up mental blocks when your bond mate likes getting it on with his pasty ass." I said pointing to Christian. Lissa and Christian blushed profusely while everyone else looked confused. Dimitri and I laughed.

"Remember how I said that the bond connects our minds so that I can feel her emotions and hear her thoughts?" They all nodded. "When her emotions are really strong, they can pull me into her head. This means that I see things just as she sees them. It's really helpful in protecting her, but very frustrating when these two are going at it like rabbits. I so don't want to have virtual sex with Christian." They all laughed.

"Mental blocks also help in keeping the darkness from seeping in unintentionally, making the darkness easier to control." I said. "I've dealt with the darkness and the bond since the accident and I've had a hard time with it lately because the bond was gone for a while, so my control has slipped."

"Well we better get back over there and get to bed. Eddie and the girls have school tomorrow." I groaned while the others laughed. We said goodbye and went back to get some sleep. I drifted into silent sleep beside my Russian god.