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Chapter eight –

"I'm afraid we have had some bad news Ms Dragomir." My mother said.

"Is –Is it Rose?" Lissa asked.

"No, it's not about her although we sent out a search party to look for both Guardian Belikov and Ms Hathaway." Alberta answered.

"Arthur Schoenberg was found dead –it –it was Strigoi."

"Strigoi?" whispered Lissa.

"Yes the Guardians that found him said that the wards where broken and …"

"And what?"

I could feel through the bond that Lissa was stunned too. She took a moment to process what Alberta had said. Wards were magic rings cast by Moroi. Strigoi couldn't break them. Strigoi couldn't touch stakes.

"Guardian Petrov?"

"I'm sorry that information is classified Princess."

I could feel my best friend's emotions of anger, pain ring through the bond. Lissa could sense that Alberta was not telling her everything.

"Vasilisa I trust you to keep this information to yourself." Alberta asked.

Lissa nodded at both my mother and Alberta. Then I saw her turn and walk back in the direction of her dorm room. She was frustrated as she entered her room. She knew something was up and she was determined to find out exactly what that was.

My best friend hadn't been in her door room five minutes when she heard the sound of glass shatter and then a piercing scream. It had come from the other end of the building. Lissa ran out of her room once more only to come face to face with one of the guardians, Emil.

"Get back to you're room Princess." Emil ordered.

Lissa didn't listen to Emil and ran after him towards the commotion. I could feel through the bond just how scared my best friend was and I wish I could be there to comfort her. I also wished that I were there to protect her.

"Strigoi!" Someone yelled out.

"The wards…are broken."

I watched my mother bark out orders to the other guardians and told Eddie and Mason to guard the Moroi with some of my other classmates. She quickly divided the other guardians into groups as the left to fight the Strigoi.

As my friends walked back to their dorm rooms I noticed Lissa slip away from the group without anyone noticing. She quickly made her way towards the boy's dorms. She was out of breath by the time she got to Christian's room.

"Christian?" Lissa called out as she knocked on his door.

She called out again before pushing the door open. Wow, sparky's dorm room was untidier then mine. She stepped into his room and sighed. I could feel how anxious she was through the bond. I didn't want anything bad to happen to him either after all he was one of my friends too.

Lissa raced across the academy in search of Christian. I shouted at her through the bond to "go back!" She was going to get herself killed and I wasn't there to protect her.

She heard screaming in the distance and through the bond I could feel how terrified she was. But she moved towards the screams. She gasped with fright at the sight before her eyes. Thankfully she was hidden from their view as she watched them.

Strigoi and guardians were fighting against each other. The numbers were uneven and the odds were in the enemies favor. I counted them four, ten…until I lost count. My mother was among those that were fighting. I watched in awe, as she took down Strigoi after Strigoi alone.

She lunged at the Strigoi and I watched as she made move after move that I had never seen before. The Strigoi dodged her stake as she lashed out to strike his heart. But then she made another move; this time she hit the target. The Strigoi cried out in pain as the stake pierced his heart.

Lissa stayed hidden behind those trees. I prayed that she would be safe there and that the Strigoi would be too distracted to notice her.

Then another Strigoi attacked her from behind. She was fast and moved just before he struck her. She winced in pain but didn't back down as she continued to fight him.

She staked the third one with out breaking much of a sweat. Then another Strigoi attacked my mother but just as he was about to pierce her neck he lit up like a torch. Thick flames covered his body, completely obscuring any of his features.

Something moved out of the shadows and as they moved closer I realized that it had been Christian that had saved my mother from that last Strigoi.

"You shouldn't be here Christian, Moroi aren't supposed to get involved with this." Emil said.

"Moroi should have been involved with this a long time ago," said another voice, through gritted teeth.

I recognized the voice, it was Christian's aunt Tasha. She had joined Christian and some of the other Moroi in the battle. Together they fought along side the guardians.

For Moroi, Christian and Tasha were fast. They worked well together as a team with Alberta and the other guardians. Nobody spoke but they must have been sore and exhausted.

"Christian! Get down!" Lissa warned.

Christian dropped to the ground without hesitation. Alberta and my mother circled the three Strigoi. One of the Strigoi was knocked quickly to the ground as Emil joined the fight.

"Get Vasilisa out of her," Alberta said.

I focused my eyes on my surroundings and realized that I was back once more in the cabin with Dimitri. I couldn't speak from the shock of what I had just witnessed. I felt Dimitri's hands on my shoulders as he called my name.

"Roza?"

"Roza, answer me."

"He's dead!" I said, finally getting my speech back.

I looked up into Dimitri's eyes and saw a look of confusion in them.

"Who's dead Roza?" He replied.

"Their all dead."

"Who is?"

"Arthur Schoenberg. They killed him and the Badicas."

Dimitri closed his eyes and uttered some Russian words under his breath. He had never taught me any of them but I heard him speak those words before in our training practice at the gym.

I begin to tell him what else I had seen through the bond I shared with my best friend Lissa. He listened in silence as I told him about what Alberta and my mother had shared with Lissa.

"There's more," I cried.

"Strigoi," I whispered, "St Vladmir's. . .it's under attack!"

"Oh God Dimitri! It's so awful." I said as I began to sob again.

Just want to say that next chapter won't have any Bond moments between Rose and Lissa. Please forgive me for the delay on this chapter and Please review and let me know what you think. If anyone has any ideas ..I would love to hear them.