"Damnit Yuri! Where exactly is he?" Rose exclaimed staring at the transculent figure that was Yuri in the backseat of the Mercedes.
"Miss-"Celeste whispered again pointing to ahead. Rose fumed and cursed, annoyed at their lack of speech. 'Calm yourself Rose, their ghosts, they can talk that much,'Rose thought in her mind, her hands tightly gripping the steering wheel. Max had awaken an hour ago, and was staring in terror at Rose. Rose glanced at him and smiled. Max already knew that Rose could see ghosts, he was just frightened by it.
"Sorry Max, Yuri and Celeste are pissing me off," Rose explained glaring at the two in the backseats. They looked extremely saddened, just like Mason. Rose sighed and stared at the highway. Slowly, she stepped on the gas pedal and she was soon going 80 miles per hour.
"Rose could you slow down please," Max asked nervously putting his hand on her shoulder. Rose grinned and slowed to 50, Max relaxing very slightly. "Thanks, I thought we'd crash into something or someone," Max added staring out the window. It was morning,and the sun was rising. Rose knew that Max couldn't bear the sunlight, it'd weaken him.
"Max you have to wear a jacket if you want to stay away from UV exposure," Rose advised tossing a hoodie at him. Max nodded and put it on, again looking out the window. The pain of the headache had lessened considerably, and now it was just a faint humming in the back of her head. "Yuri you have to speak, I swear if you were alive I would've smacked you in the head by now," Rose joked, trying to lighten the mood. Then a phone rang. Rose looked around trying to find her cellphone. "Thanks," Rose mumbled as Max handed her the blackberry. "Hello?" Rose asked one hand on the steering wheel.
"Rose! Thank god!" Rose immediately knew who the voice was. It was Christian. "God I've been trying to contact you! Damnit Rose where are you?" Christian asked frantically as Rose rolled her eyes.
"Why the hell would I tell you Christian? You gonna throw a fireball at me when you find me?" Rose sneered smiling darkly. She could here Christian cursing and talking to someone else. "Christian that better not be Lissa you're talking to," Rose said coldly.
"It's Eddie and Lissa actually oh and I'd set you on fire if I saw you," Christian spat back Rose laughed darkly and glanced at Yuri and Celeste, who seemed to not pain any attention to the conversation.
"Didn't I say that I'd kick you're sorry ass Adrian? That's going for you too Christian if you ever try to set me on fire," Rose said putting the phone on speaker.
"Rose please come back, Dimitri is dead I don't want you to hunt him down!" Lissa pleaded as Rose heard her sob.
"What?She's going after Guardian Belikov? She's crazy then!" Adrian said terror in his voice. Rose sighed and shook her head. 'Lissa just had to say that didn't she?' Rose asked herself a smile playing on her lips
"Yeah I am gotta problem with that? I killed 16 strigoi in the last 15 hours including the one who bit Dimitri," Rose answered. Shock silenced Eddie, Lissa, Christian, and Adrian. Rose then hung up on them and tucked her phone into her jeans' pocket. Sighing she glanced at Max who looked as if he'd die if she talked to him. "Max don't worry, I kill strigoi not moroi," Rose assured putting an emphasis on smiled at him and he smiled back and returned to comfortable position, still very tense.
A few minutes later they passed a sign that said welcome to Missoula. "Welcome to hell they mean," Rose said bitterly. Rose parked at a hotel parking lot and decided to check in. "Um Max you need the sleep so you can rest, I'm just gonna go for a walk," Rose said as Max nodded laying on the bed. Rose locked the door and felt for the lump in her jacket, the lump that belonged to the stake. Rose nodded to herself and exited the hotel only to be blinded by sunlight. Running to the shade of a nearby oak tree she sighed. "Yuri,Celeste please I need you," Rose asked using the same voice that she used with Mason.
After a few seconds, Celeste and Yuri appeared in front of her. "Can you lead me to where he is?" Rose asked as they both nodded. They pointed east and Rose closed her eyes. "I meant tell me!" Rose explained.
"Hou-" Yuri whispered pointing east again.
"Hou-"Celeste repeated pointing east too.
"A house? Which house there are a ton of houses in Missoula!" Rose exclaimed wishing to knock some sense into the dead guardians.
"Ware-" Yuri whispered.
"A warehouse? East?" Rose repeated as they nodded. Rose knew there was only one warehouse in Missoula that was in that direction. Rose ran to the Mercedes, keys in hand and swerved out of the parking lot. Celeste and Yuri resumed their seats in the back and Rose was grateful. At least she could ask how many strigoi there would be. "How many are there? 2,5,9?" Rose asked as she stopped at a traffic light. The sun was high in the sky now, just enough time to kill the man she loved.
"On-" Celeste answered still pointing east. 'One, the only one there would be,' Rose thought as she narrowly missed an old couple walking across the street. 'Dimitri was never one to be in groups,' Rose assured herself as the silhoutte of the warehouse could be seen. The place where she'd kill her other half.
