Hey everyone, wow I just cannot seem to stop writing, you may think I have no life but really I'm just writing imbetween studying for my end of year exams at Uni. In Australia our academic year is from Feb - November so that we have a nice long summer holiday, which I plan to use for reading Last Sacrifice and a few other books I have piled up and waiting for me. I'm about to start reading 1984 by George Orwell and have just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusac which is amazing, I highly suggest you read it.
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Christian and I exchanged looks of fury, worry and a whole host of other emotions before he sat down next to Lissa and placed a comforting arm around her shoulders. Adrian looked helpless and I didn't need a bond to tell me he was thinking about booze and cigarettes, it was his coping method. Nevertheless I felt responsible for him and hated that this was happening to him, I was either hurting him or putting him in danger or embarrassing his family, I definitely was not good enough for Adrian Ivashkov.
Just at that moment Dimitri exited the bathroom, his hair damp and tussled hanging around his face, his face was expressionless as he looked at me but quickly turned worried as the tension in the room hit him.
'What's happened?' He said, braced for an attack.
'Someone at court has put out a missing persons report for Lissa and Adrian on the TV.' Mia spoke as the rest of us were just too stunned. Dimitri however didn't look surprised. 'It was only a matter of time; they're two of the most important royal teenagers in America.' When he put it like that it made sense. Lissa was the last Dragomir and Adrian was the great nephew of the Queen, they wouldn't just sit back and forget about them.
'This is going to make things difficult though, keeping hidden. Especially in Las Vegas, there's so many Moroi.' He was right again as reluctant as I was to admit it.
After we'd all cleaned up, and Dimitri had gone down stairs to check out while the rest of us went to retrieve the car from the basement without being seen, we set off. Dimitri had anticipated that, with light to medium traffic it would take us about seven more hours driving to get Nevada, and from there we would have to find a safe place to hide 'Moroi Most Wanted' as Adrian was now referring to himself and Lissa.
After an hour of driving I went back to sit with Lissa on the back seat where her and Adrian had a number of silver objects they were attempting to charm as powerfully as possible so that theirs, mine and Dimitri's appearances would be changed using compulsion. 'How you doing?' I asked, the bond told me she was fine, just concentrating, but she'd hidden things relating to depression from me before and I didn't want to take the risk. 'Fine, just finishing up a few more charms and then I'll top your ring up with spirit.' She was happy from using all the magic, it just felt so natural to her, and I was glad after last night's escapades that my ring was getting topped up. I did not want to lose control again.
After making a quick pitstop to use the bathroom and stock up on chips that Christian and I managed to devour in about five seconds flat we were on the road again. Dimitri insisted on driving now and that Lissa and Adrian sat up back behind the tinted windows so they would not be seen. Also, I think Adrian's driving scared him a little. The Moroi were starting to dose off, exposure to sunlight made them tired and I knew that none of them except Adrian had slept well. I vacated the seat I was sat on so that Mia could spread out more and went to sit shot gun next to Dimitri.
At first he said nothing, keeping his eyes on the road and both hands firmly on the wheel; he only acknowledged my presence after I spoke. 'Dimitri?' he didn't say anything. 'Look, I just wanted to apologise for last night. I shouldn't have blamed you like that; it isn't fair after what you've been through. He nodded slightly at that, sensing I had more to say he indicated I should carry on. 'I'm glad that Lissa will always have you to protect her, especially if I'm not around anymore. You're the best guardian I know and she's lucky to have someone like you willing to protect her so fiercely. I know I can trust you to make sure she's ok.' If I die, I wanted to add but thought it was already implied and would just sound stupid. But it was true, there was a good chance Abe wouldn't be able to find who had set me up and eventually I would be found. I doubted after my little jail break they were going to give me a fair trial, my escape was pretty much a confession in their eyes.
Dimitri looked over at me a fraction before returning his full attention to the road, we weren't moving so fast, there was an accident or something up ahead slowing up the traffic while they cleared the road I assumed. 'Roza' he said, that one word felt like a bat knocking the air out of me. He'd only called me that once since he'd been back and the way his accent curled around the world was like music to my ears. 'I know I have caused you pain, but I don't know myself anymore, what I did to you, that was the worst out of all the heinous crimes I committed. I promised I would never leave you and that I would protect you from this darkness but I wasn't here' he spoke so quietly I had to lean forward to hear. 'Roza, I am so sorry if you think that because of the way things are now I didn't love you then. That isn't true at all, it meant more to me than you can imagine. But right now I'm relearning how to be myself and it's harder than I thought. But I'm sorry Roza, for Russia. And I'm sorry for now.' I found it hard to stop my mouth from hanging open like a cat flap right then. His speech had soothed something inside of me though, something that had been telling me I wasn't good enough for Dimitri, that he didn't want me because of me. He couldn't be with me because of what he'd been through, not because he didn't think of me the same. I let out a gust of air I didn't know I'd been keeping in and put a hand on his shoulder. He knew me well enough to know that this simple touch meant thankyou and I'm sorry all in one. I stood to head back to the back of the van and noticed Adrian sat staring at me. He was awake, and he'd heard everything.