"You saw me kill him?" Rose asked incredously. Max shrugged and nodded to answer her question. "Wait why were you watching me anyways? Were you following me?" Rose asked careful with her choice of words.

"Yeah well I'm actually Max Ivashkov, from the royal Ivashkov family, Adrian sent me to take care of you,"Max said as he stopped at a traffic light. Rose growled in annoyance and crossed her arms over her chest, her hands balled in tight fists. "If you plan to punch me, do it now," Max pleaded staring at her fists. Rose laughed darkly and relaxed her hands.

"Don't worry Max, you're not the one I want to punch," Rose assured him patting his shoulder. He flinched but relaxed ever so slightly. 'Damnit Adrian if you show up in my dreams I'll kick you're sorry ass,' Rose thought as she stared out the darkly tinted windows. "Max I'm just gonna take a little nap to get things off my mind is that okay?" Rose asked politely staring at him.

"Okay, we'll be there in 7 hours anyways so I guess I'll wake you up then," Max answered laughing nervously. "Don't hurt me please," Max added as the traffic light turned green. Rose nodded and closed her eyes, welcoming the darkness. Soon, she appeared in Adrian's grandmother's garden, wearing a red tank top with faded blue jeans. Growling lowly, she surveilanced the area expecting for Adrian to appear any second. Slowly, Rose relaxed her tense postition and sat under the shade of a huge oak tree, sighing contently.

"Well Little Dhamphir, I'd think you'd kill me by now," Adrian said as he appeared in front of her. Rose looked in suprise but kept her face calm and unreadable. She narrowed her eyes into slits and patted the grass next to her, which Adrian took happily. "Why do you look like you'd kill me any second, aren't you happy I asked my cousin Max to protect you?" Adrian asked their arms touching.

"No I'm not, I can take care of myself Adrian you didn't need to send someone to watch my every move, especially not a royal Ivashkov who's afraid I'll give him a shinner!" Rose said her arms flinging up into the air. Adrian laughed freely and Rose looked at him like he was insane. But then again, he was. "Adrian, why'd you send him anyways? He can't protect me," Rose asked staring at a bee flying lazily.

"His element is fire, and he can help you fight off strigoi, besides he wants to be a guardian," Adrian answered as Rose turned to look at him incredously. Adrian laughed and stared up into the light blue sky. "Yeah, an Ivashkov a guardian? I know how crazy it is but he wants to fight and he'll do whatever it takes, he's crazier than me actually," Adrian said yawning.

"Well then that explains alot, although when I come back, I'm kicking you're sorry ass," Rose sneered as Adrian looked at her, mock terror on his face. Rose shook her head and stood up. "May I go back to my dark sleep now?" Rose asked as Adrian was just about to hold her down. Adrian shrugged and Rose went back into her deep sleep. Rose yawned as she opened her eyes, Max was still driving looking extremely tired. "Uh Max let me drive, you won't be able to stay awake any longer," Rose asked as he pulled onto the shoulder of the highway.

"Okay, um we're like 2 hours away from Missoula, just keep driving," Max said climbing into the passenger seat, and snoring softly. Rose stated the engine, hearing the engine purr. Stepping lightly on the pedal, she drove off the shoulder of the highway and back on the road. Then it happened. Rose gritted her teeth as the unbearable headache came back. She tried pushing it into the back of her head but couldn't. Suddenly, figures started to appear everywhere,Lissa's family,guardians, and many others. Rose screeched to a halt and pressed her fingers to her temples, trying to lessen the pain. Then Yuri and Celeste appeared, guardians that were killed during the attack at the caves. She gasped and looked in suprise as they stared back at her, their expressions eerily similar to Mason's.

"Yuri? Celeste?" Rose asked incredously as the headache lessened. She could see them nodding and got out of the car. "I can't believe it," Rose said happily, she'd never thought she'd be happy to see guardians when they're dead. "Do you know where Dimitri is?" Rose finally asked, her eagerness getting the better of her. They nodded in unison and vanished. She looked on in frustration and got back in the Mercedes, only to find them sitting in the back seats, sadness on their faces. "Can you show me where he is?" Rose asked they nodded in unison again and pointed towards the highway ahead.

"I meant can you say where he is,"Rose said as Yuri opened his mouth to speak, but quickly closed it.

"Miss-" Celeste began to whisper pointing towards the highway. Rose grew frustrated and stared at her, cocking one eyebrow.

"Missoula? He's in Missoula?" Rose asked and they nodded again. She got on the highway again, towards Missoula, towards Dimitri.