I do not on any of the characters. They belong to the mind of Richelle Mead.

The only character that I own is Adam Strogi.

I know that I left Anna's story off for a while but I promise the whole story will come out.

Thank you so much for those of you that have read and commented on this story. It means a lot.

Rose's POV

Great just what I needed, my mother. I knew there would be hell to pay for me being gone. But I would take whatever she was wiling to give out. The only thing that mattered to me anymore was my babies. "Rosemarie Hathaway, can you please come talk to me." Janie said. I could tell by her tone that she was pissed and yet worried. I slowly walked to where she was standing. I could see that her eyes looked as if she had been crying. I was half scared that she was going to kill me. When I finally reached her she did the one thing that I did not think that she would ever do, she pulled me into her arms and hugged me.

As I stood there for a few minutes I was trying to figure out who this woman was. The only other time she had ever held me was when I cried over Dimirti. It was then that it hit me. She thought that the reason that I was back was because I had killed him. "Janie, I have not killed him. He is still out there, I just figured that I needed to get stronger and be with my friend for a while." Eight months really. I felt her let go a little. "Well at least you are safe and back where you belong. Now let's get you back to the school. You have a lot to make up with you being gone. Don't think that you will get any special treatment." She told me. There she was, the woman I knew was my mother. I turned around to look at Lissa, giving her the "we will talk later" look.

Once we reached the academy I was sent straight to Kirova's office. I was not sure why since I was no longer a student there. It had only been six weeks since I had left and the academy was out for summer holiday. The academy had looked the same as it had the day I had left. Every five feet there was a guardian. We made it to Kirova's office, I was told I was to be going in there alone. I was not scared of this woman any more what could she really do to me. "Ms. Hathaway, it is so nice to have you back at the academy. I am not going to ask you where you have been for the last six months; it is not my place to ask. But I do want to ask you what you plan to do now?" she asked me. I had to think about that for a moment. Did I want to be Lissa's guardian again, restart school and finish? "Well Kirova, I am not real sure what I want to do right now. I am not ready to be any ones guardian right now." I could see that she was trying to figure out a way to get me to finish school, so it would not look bad that I dropped out, but I was standing strong with that one. "Well Ms. Hathaway, I want to welcome you to the academy as a guess. You may have any one of the cabins as long as you need it. Mr. Ivashkovs, Mr. Ozera and Ms. Dragomir are staying in the cabins as well. Ms. Dragomir's guardian is staying as well. They feel that they are need here incase another attack should happen. You will find a key under the pot at any cabin. But please let me know which one you are staying in." And with that I thanked her and left the room. Outside I could see that everyone was waiting for me.

"Well what happened?" Lissa asked. I could tell that she was hoping that I was going to stay here with her. But it was a silly thing to wonder since I had no where else to go. "I am going to be staying here in one of the cabins, and oh Adrian I will give you back all the money that I bowered." I told them. "No worried little dhampir, think of it as a gift." I knew that he was still holding on to that promise. But I was still not sure I was going to be able to uphold it. Dimitri was still out there and I still was going out to kill him. We walked to the cabins; they all asked me what I had been doing while I was gone. I did not utter one word to them about seeing Dimitri. Lissa was the only one that knew that and it was going to stay that way. Once we reached the seven cabins in a row I stopped and tried to pick out one. Lissa and Christian shared the first cabin, and Adrian and Eddie shared the one next to that. I thought about the cabin next to them. As I stood in front of the door to the cabin I placed my hand on the door and let a single tear slide down my face.

Thank you again for reading my story. The next chapter has a great surprise in it.