Has everyone seen the new covers of the books are out on Richelle's blog including the one for Blood Promise..... I can not wait for August... Here is to hoping she finds a way to keep our Dimitri and Rose together. I don't know about the rest of you but I won't be happy unless they are together!!!! Well on to the story I hope you enjoy. Feel free to review, i love to read your thoughts.

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"Starting talking" I said flatly as Lissa opened the door to her dorm room wider to allow me entrance.

"I'm sorry Rose, I don't know why you always feel the need to take the blame for everything. I don't need you to protect me All the time… I can handle some things you know." Lissa voice sounded bleak, and tired as she moved back to her vanity table and continued to put on her makeup.

"It is my job to protect you Liss… and that isn't what I mean and you know it. I want to know what is going on with Ivashkov. He dangerous!"

"He's really not… he is a good friend and happens to be mad for you in case you haven't noticed." She said eyeing my reaction to hearing Adrian was mad for me.

"If he is so mad for me, why did I find you in his bed." I sounded jealous even though I wasn't. Sure I was surprised, I thought I was Adrian's obsession even though the attention was unwanted I felt foolish in a way for thinking a playboy like Adrian Ivashkov would have eyes only for me. Especially considering he was one of the only people in the world who knew I had eyes only for my older mentor. Did I really think he would just sit around pining for me?

"I wasn't in his bed, I was on his bed and I so knew you were jealous… I knew it! I knew you had to have a thing for him. You are too much of a flirt Rose; you have to love someone like Adrian. He is the male version of you! Your perfect for each other I knew it!" She was rambling at full speed… "Why do you push him away so much you torment that poor boy Rose" poor boy Ivashkov, was she crazy. Are we talking about the same person here?

"Please don't tell me you feel sorry for Adrian, and reign it back in there cupid! I have zero feelings for Adrian, no actually that isn't true I have very strong feelings for him." I saw her lips turn up in a knowing smile. But she was sooo wrong. "I have strong feelings of hate and disgust for him. He is dangerous Lissa; you don't know what he has been doing. I know you know about the dream walking I know he taught you. I know what you did to Christian"

Surprise and guilt flashed across her face and the bond simultaneously. "How did you know about that?" She looked ashamed; she knew what I was going to say.

"Your fight with Christian, your emotions were out of sorts, and I was sucked into your head." I stopped, thinking back to how she had been that day during the fight with Christian. How manipulative she was, how much she reminded me of Adrian.

"How much did you see that day? How much did you hear?" She interrupted my thoughts with her solemn voice.

"I don't know most of it I guess? Lissa, I know you want to learn and it might seem thrilling to be able to dream walk but it is a huge invasion, a persons dreams should be private. I don't understand how you could do that to Christian. And the way you acted that day. You were so different so not you. " I thought my voice sounded concerned and loving but based on Lissa's reaction I must have been conveying something entirely different in my tone.

She turned her eyes towards me then and said "How dare you judge me, you are in my head so often I can never truly have anything private moment without the risk of you invading me. Don't you think it is about time Rose that you get your own life and stop interfering with every breath I take."

That pissed me off did she think that this was my idea of fun. " You act like I do it on purpose! Do you think I want to have to deal with your makeout sessions with Christian, with your overwhelming feelings all the time? I never know when it is going to happen, I know this may come as a big surprise to you Lissa but I would love the chance to live my life for once without fear of yours interrupting!" Wow that was harsh the words just spilled out of me before I could stop them. Now that they were out I wanted to take them back. But I didn't… I didn't get a chance. Lissa turned to me with angry tears in her eyes.

" Go Rose, live your life stay out of mine. I hate you!" The feelings that came flooding through the bond were pure anger. I must have really hurt her and she wanted me to hurt now too.

I took a step towards her, but there was a knock at the door and Lissa pushed right passed me to answer it. When she opened the door I saw Christian standing there, hands in his pockets looking solemn as ever.

"We really need to talk Lissa," He said.

"Fine, Rose was just leaving anyway." She stood holding the door open waiting for my exit. I walked past her without making eye contact and headed into the hall. On my way past she said "I would like to have a few minutes in private with my boyfriend try to stay out of my head. You know it's such an invasion! Her words were cutting.

I was half way down the hall when I heard Christian yelling my name behind me. "Rose, Rose wait up a second"

"What do you want, Christian I am really so not in the mood right now!" I really wasn't I had my fill for the day the only thing I could think about was getting to the gym to work out some of this aggression during my training with Dimitri.

"I just wanted to say I meant what I said earlier, Thank you Rose for before. I would never hurt Lissa intentionally; I really do love her, maybe too much. But I was out of control before and things could have gone wrong. You were right to stop me, so Thanks."

I couldn't believe it, someone actually understood that what I did had helped, and that someone was Christian what were the odds of that!

"No big, but you really should get that fire of yours in check" I was uncomfortable with his appreciation. Christian and I had always had a combative relationship trading insults and gabs. I wasn't used to the thankful understanding Christian. I'm not sure which Christian I preferred.

"I am really worried about her," he said pulling me back from my run away train of thoughts.

"Me too" I said, "You should get back in there though, she is waiting. Try to calm her down too she was upset"

"I noticed, what were you two fighting about anyway?"

"Nothing really" I didn't want to rehash the gory details and I think Lissa's reactions would just cause him more concern. I didn't want to make things worse for them. Lissa needed someone to calm her, normally that person was me, but as we just saw today I was making things worse. "Just talk to her Christian, don't let her get into something she can't handle with Ivashkov, she is too sweet and trusting to see him for what he really is. Tell her I love her and let me know how I can help."

"What are you going to do?" he inquired

"I'm going to train and prepare for what is to come, whatever that maybe. What else can I do?" I turned away again at that point and headed for the gym. One confrontation down, on to the next one hopefully this one goes better. Dimitri was going to be waiting for me in the gym and after everything that happened today and the way I ran away from him when we were suppose to train, he wasn't going to be happy. In fact he was going to be pissed.