Hi everyone, hope you all had a great weekend here's my latest chapter, I hope that it's not too boring, It's more an explanation of what happened to Adrian but I felt it was necessary.

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'Get your feet out of the back of my chair Christian so help me I will break your face' I snapped from the driver's seat. Christian and Mia were sat behind me while Lissa slept spread out on the back seat, she'd used a lot of compulsion today not to mention the fact that she wasn't used to being out in the sun for as long as she was. Dimitri sat next to me, flinching whenever I turned a corner and muttering to himself as I overtook pretty much every car we came across. I just wanted to get out of Nevada and away from the guardians plotting to bring us down as fast as possible. They already had Adrian, a thought that made me feel physically sick; I wouldn't let them get the rest of us.

We had decided that we couldn't go hitting up Lissa's half brother when there were guardians swarming the city looking for us. We also decided that going anywhere that had a connection with our families was out, we'd greatly considered staying at Christians parents old house that they'd owned before they'd turned and been killed, or even one of the many holiday homes Lissa's family had owned around the country. We were scared to leave the country because Abe's passports might not be as up to scratch as they looked.

It was beginning to get dark but we decided not to stop for the night. The Moroi could easily sleep in the back while Dimitri and I continued to drive. We stopped after about five hours of driving in a place called Ely. We needed to refuel the car and ourselves, not to mention how badly I had to pee. Luckily the gas station we stopped at had ample bathroom facilities meaning Christian and I didn't have to fight again over who used it first.

One Burger King drive through later we were on our way again and I quickly fell asleep, feeling safe whilst Dimitri drove steadily. The familiar feeling of an Adrian dream wrapped around me and I grew excited, anxious, relieved.

This time we were in the middle of a street, the street was empty and there were no cars to be seen. 'Little Dhampir' Adrian smiled and I felt it soothe me instantly, he looked ok, of course that was no indication of how he really looked in the waking world.

'Where are you? Have they hurt you? How are we going to get you out?' My words came out garbled with anger and fear for him. What if they were torturing him to get information or something, I could never forgive myself. Adrian walked over and enveloped me in a hug and making soothing sounds.

'What happened?' I asked again, desperate for information, the more information we had the better chance we had of rescuing him. He took a deep breath, and I could tell he was about to launch into a rather long story.

'Well, Little Dhampir, after my little outburst in front of Lord Ozera I went over to the bar, as I'm sure you saw.' I nodded; yes I had seen him walk over to the bar. 'I sat down, had a couple of drinks and started to feel a little light headed, there were two men drinking next to me and they started telling me don't fight it and stuff like that. I started feeling worse and so I tried to get out of there thinking maybe they'd slipped something in my drink. I was trying to warn you Rose, I tried to get your attention but I couldn't remember where you were sat, god damn wraparound bar' His nostrils were flaring now and I could practically see the anger rolling off him.

'I managed to get outside but it was a back door leading out to an alley, the two guys caught up with me and well I don't really remember much else after that. I started to wake up and saw they'd taken my wallet my watch, and my ring. I was undisguised and drugged in a seedy alleyway and couldn't remember where I was supposed to be so I just walked out onto the main street and soon enough the guardians were on me. I must have walked past the Witching Hour or something.' I nodded taking all of this in, from what I gathered the muggers must have been human so the rings really did work as well as we thought they did but I still felt horrendous for letting this happen to Adrian.

'So where are you now? Have they been questioning you? Are you back at Court?' He laughed slightly at my persistence and it irked me slightly. I was trying to help him here.

'I'm still in Vegas, yes they questioned me a bit but not really about you.' I looked confused and he gestured for me to take a seat on a bench by the side of the street. 'Well when they found me, beaten up and what not with no money or anything they asked me why in was in Vegas, who I'd come with and what not. I said I'd come on my own after Aunt Tatiana's death and the imprisonment of my girlfriend. I'd been laying low at court since the trial and it payed off, no one had seen me around so it was easy to lie that I'd been gone before we broke you out.

They patched me up and told me to wait until they arranged for transport back to Court for me. But I heard them speaking amongst themselves, they were saying that the Dragomir Princess and Belikov must be nearby because Lissa and I were so close, I told them that I hadn't seen either of them while I'd been there but they didn't listen. After an hour or so they said that someone who was staying at the Witching Hour said he'd seen Dimitri and Lissa at Cesar's Palace, maybe someone highly resistant to compulsion? I don't know what happened next because the guardians left, and only a few stayed behind to watch me.'

'Yeah, they found Liss, Dimitri and Mia at the hotel but Lissa used some pretty bad ass compulsion on them and managed to get away.' I said, a little bit of pride welling up within me.

'Hmm, did they take their rings off or something?' Adrian asked, possibly trying to figure out how they'd all be recognised.

'Possibly, I think maybe someone at the hotel may have seen them a different time, like when we were checking in or something, we haven't been wearing our rings all the time and your two faces have been plastered all over human news aswell.'

Adrian nodded before answering again. All this thinking was very different from his usual self 'Yes well that's where they went when they left me then, they're still not back actually.' I had to laugh slightly at that.

'Yes, well Lissa put them to sleep, for a long time.' Adrian smiled at that too. 'Now they know that Lissa was here, with Dimitri, so they'll know you were lying. They won't be so nice to you now.'

'No, I suppose not. But don't worry, I have a feeling someone will be here to get me soon enough.' My face must have given away my confusion. 'Abe, he sent me a message through someone who's on his team as he put it. I won't be here for long Little Dhampir, remember to keep that pager on you ok?' And with that the dream dissolved as did my own dreams, I awoke to tension in the car, everyone was awake, and everyone was listening to a news bulletin blaring from the radio, a bulletin about Dimitri and me.