Hi everyone, this is a slightly shorter chapter but it's very important because it takes the story into the next phase. I hope you don't find it boring what with the lack of action but it's really vital to my overall plan.

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Dimitri's face was completely white as we listened to the news reader describe a twenty four year old six foot seven Russian male with dark chin length hair named Dimitri Belikov and an eighteen year old five foot five dark haired girl with brown eyes and a tanned complexion named Rosemarie Hathaway. We were described as dangerous and any information regarding us would be met with a reward.

'Ok, so, we'll just have to wear the rings a bit more often, no problem' I said, knowing full well that those rings hadn't helped when Dimitri, Lissa and Mia had been attacked. Christian jumped and kicked the back of my seat again. 'What now?' I started to ask but my question was answered as the pager, which I had entrusted to Christian started to beep and buzz. He handed it to me, confused by what he referred to as archaic technology. The message was the name of an exit off the motorway which I hastily looked up on a Nevada street map that was stuffed in the glove compartment. The exit was around 40 miles away which I explained to Dimitri.

'Are you sure it's safe?' Dimitri asked. He obviously didn't trust Abe, or thought maybe someone else was sending the messages. Whatever it was I had to find out, and soon, otherwise we'd be driving around forever with no purpose, and no way back to the place we really needed to be. 'It's a bit strange that Abe just happens to be a few miles away' Dimitri said pointedly. I was immediately on the defensive, it was one thing for me to question Abe's motives but I felt like the person Dimitri was really suspicious of was me and my judgement.

'Abe's on his way to rescue Adrian in Vegas ok, he sent Adrian a message, and Adrian just told me in my dream' If the dream walking thing was new to Dimitri he mentioned nothing of it, Lissa had probably told him all about it while he stared at her in awe. I mentally slapped myself, the last thing we needed right now was me thinking awful thoughts about my best friend.

We drove the rest of the way in near silence and with no more stops; it would be risky to show our faces until it was absolutely necessary. Mia and Christian were now the only ones who the whole country wasn't on the lookout for. Dimitri took the right turnoff and slowed as we caught sight of Abe, his minions and a sleek black Range Rover.

I bounded out of the car before it had barely rolled to a stop and practically sensed Dimitri's eyes rolling. Abe was barely out of the car before I launched into a line of questioning. 'How are you getting Adrian out? Where are you taking him? What did you find out about who framed me?' etc. Abe looked shocked for a second before regaining his usual composure.

'What are you talking about Rose?'

'Adrian, he just appeared in my dream while I was asleep and he said you sent a message through one of your guardians to say you were coming for him.' Abe looked at me as if he was seriously worried about my sanity. 'Lissa' I shouted 'Lissa, can you please tell Abe that dream walking is real' I crossed my arms over my chest and waited while Lissa explained, a lot more patiently and eloquently than I ever could.

'Ok, I believe you about the dream walking, but I never sent any message to Adrian, none of my team is down there at the moment. In fact I just spoke to one of my guys at Court and he said that he hasn't heard anything about Adrian being found in Vegas.'

'Well he's been taken by guardians, and those same guardians then attacked Lissa, Dimitri and Mia at our hotel this afternoon. There were half a dozen, and then more with Adrian and guardians and Moroi in the lobby of the hotel and on the street, that's a big operation, especially by guardian standards. You're guy must have the wrong information' my voice was defiant, there was no way those guardians were there by coincidence, it would have taken planning, research and the order would have come from above.

'Believe me Rose, if the order had been given I'd know about it. I have lots of loyal people at Court and outside of Court.' I didn't doubt him for one minute but his words worried me.

'Well if the guardians didn't order this then who the hell has Adrian and tried to kidnap Lissa and kill Dimitri and Mia?' There was silence as the group took in what I said, I felt anger well up in me, I was sick of this, why couldn't my life just be a little bit simple, for once.

'Rose, I promise you we will find him' Abe said, giving me a small pat on the shoulder before becoming business as usual. 'Now, about what I tried to tell you on the phone earlier. I think we may have a lead about who framed you.'

My head shot up instantly, I hadn't even thought about that since Adrian's disappearance, a testament to how much I cared about Adrian if you ask me. 'What sort of lead? A get-me-completely-off-the-hook kind of lead?'

'Quite possibly.' There was a twinkle in his eye, and then it was as if I were psychic. There had been a niggling in the back of my mind since we'd begun the conversation. What had Abe said? He had lots of loyal people, I'd heard that before, from someone just as dangerous as Abe, but in a distinctly twisted way. At that moment it all became clear to me and when Abe spoke I felt myself saying the exact same words 'Viktor Dashkov'.

Viktor Dashkov had framed me for murder, tried to capture my best friend and had kidnapped my boyfriend. That ass hole was about to pay, once and for all.