Author's Note: See, I told you there would be scenes not in the book. Anyway, it was fun creating a sort of 'Day in the Life of Adrian Ivashkov' thing. This chapter is shorter than the last one but i am planning on the next chapter being really long so dont get annoyed. Well enough of my random rambling. Enjoy

Adrian lay in bed looking up at the ceiling. On the bedside table next to him were empty bottles of alcohol and packets of cigarettes. The dark curtains blocked the sunlight that was trying to shine through. There was a small gap in the curtains and sunlight streaked part of Adrian's face. Finally noticing the light, Adrian got off the bed and walked towards the curtains to close them. The sunlight shined into his eyes, hurting him. The sunlight didn't kill Moroi, but it annoyed the crap out of them. But, Adrian didn't notice the sunlight. All he could think about was the dhampir he met only a few hours ago; Rose Hathaway. She was different from all the other girls before her. Adrian didn't know how she was but he just knew she was. He knew one thing was for certain, he had to know her.

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Adrian woke up after only a few hours sleep. His dreams were a blur of images of Rose. Adrian frowned. Why am I so whipped over this girl? I barely know her. Adrian promised himself from that point no more thinking about Rose Hathaway. He got out of bed, changed into some clothes and called for room service. He ordered his breakfast and waited patiently.

There was a knock on the door and Adrian opened and let in a tall blonde woman. She was pretty and human. She held a tray with Adrian's breakfast and placed it on the coffee table. She walked towards the couch and sat down. He walked towards her and sat beside her. She tilted her head to the side letting her hair fall against her back revealing her neck. There were bruises on it and healing puncture wounds. Adrian leaned forward, opening his mouth to reveal his fangs, and bit down on the girl's neck. She gasped with the initial pain then relaxed as Adrian drank.

When it was over, the girl got up off the couch and stood up wobbling a bit. Adrian noticed the colours that surrounded her. There was yellow with a hint of pink*. She was happy. She walked out of the room after she regained her balance. Adrian no longer interested in the array of food on the coffee table went over to his fridge and grabbed a bottle of scotch and a glass. He sat down on the couch, poured himself a drink and began not thinking about Rose Hathaway.

A couple of hours later Adrian got bored and decided to walk around the lodge. Unfortunately smoking was not allowed inside so he had to save it for later. He went to one of the many bars in the lodge. He ordered a drink and chose the seat closest to the window. When he looked outside he was annoyed to see Rose. She was walking with a guy that had a slight limp in his walk. They were talking and she was smiling and happy. He's obviously the boyfriend. She suddenly turned and looked straight at the window Adrian was looking out of. He thought for a second that Rose had noticed him staring at her. Then a dhampir that was crouched down in front on the window launched a snowball straight into the guy's face. Adrian grinned as the snow fight broke out. See, she is just a child. The dhampirs went into a full on snow fight which Adrian quickly lost interest in. He reached into his pocket for a packet of cigarettes and walked out the bar and headed towards the back porch.

When Adrian approached the door to the back porch, he heard voices on the other side. Curious as always, he looked through the window. Guardian Belikov and Moroi Tasha Ozera were chatting like old friends, though the way Tasha Ozera was looking at him she didn't want them to be just friends.

Annoyed by the loss of a smoking area, Adrian kept walking to find another exit. He smiled when he found a door which he was certain lead outside. Once outside he grabbed his cigarettes out of his pocket. He was lighting it when he heard voices not so far away. He started to ignore it until he heard his name mentioned. He listened in on the people's conversation.

"It's okay. I know Mia can tell some convincing stories." He knew that voice. It was her. He also recognised the name Mia who was the little blonde Moroi.

"Yeah...but even if you were with him...it's not like I have any right..." It was a boy speaking and Adrian assumed it was the "boyfriend".

There was a pause until finally she asked "Don't you?"

"Do I?"

There was a really long pause after that which Adrian assumed was filled with them hooking up. His assumption was confirmed when the guy spoke again. "Wow"

"You see?" she said. "Nothing to worry about. Not Adrian, not anybody." Adrian took one last drag before dropping the cigarette to the ground and putting it out. He walked back to his room more determined than ever to have Rose Hathaway.

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Just before Adrian went to sleep, he focused his entire mind on Rose Hathaway. He made sure he was sober before he did this otherwise it wouldn't work. It also wouldn't work if she wasn't asleep. After a couple of minutes, Adrian's room went out of focus and instead he was back on the porch where he met her. The difference was it was summer now. The air was balmy and warm, and the sun hung bright in the sky, coating everything in golden light.

Adrian leaned against the porch's railing, glanced over at the door and did a double-take when he saw Rose. "Oh. Didn't expect to see you here." He smiled. "I was right. You are devastating when you're cleaned up."

Instinctively, she touched the skin around her eye.

"It's gone," he said.

She looked at him. "You aren't smoking."

"Bad habit," he said. He nodded toward her. "You scared? You're wearing a lot of protection."

She frowned, then looked down. She hadn't noticed her clothing. Adrian had little influence over what she was wearing. It was just an outfit from her subconscious mind. She wore a pair of embroidered jeans with a cropped t-shirt which showed off a belly ring with a nazar hanging on the end, which is meant to bring protection. She wore the Dragomir chotki around her wrist.

She looked back up at Adrian, studying him until something occurred to her.

"Doesn't all this sun bother you?"

He gave a lazy shrug. "Nah. It's my dream."

"No, it's my dream."

"Are you sure?" His smile returned.

She looked confused. "I...I don't know."

He chuckled, but a moment later he noticed something really strange about her. Since he was sober he could see all the colours that surrounded her and was shocked. "Why do you have so much darkness around you?"

She frowned. "What?"

"You're surrounded in blackness." His eyes studied the black shadows surrounding her aura. "I've never seen anyone like you. Shadows everywhere. I never would have guessed it. Even while you're standing here, the shadows keep growing."

She looked down at her hands expecting to see the shadows only Adrian could see. She glanced back up. "I'm shadow-kissed...."

Adrian had never heard of it. "What's that mean?"

"I died once...and I came back."

Wonder lit up his face."Ah, interesting –"

Rose vanished. Adrian frowned at the place she was standing. She must have woken up. With a shrug Adrian left the porch and allowed himself to fall to sleep.

*By the way I just assumed that yellow meant happy and pink meant lust. That's not the official colours but I thought they were close enough.