Chapter 8 Death is easy

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Academy or its characters. I wish I did, but everything is property of Richelle Mead.

So here is Chapter 8. A few people have mentioned that some of my characters are OOC! It's true, but that is how I like to write it. Sorry the chapters are short, but I have a hard time figuring out where to cut it off. Anyways here's more Adrian for all of you Adrian fans out there. I'm still a huge fan of Dimitri, but sometimes I feel bad for Adrian. Hehe!

RPOV

Adrian had been in my dream for quite a long time. I wondered if the Strigoi were aware of spirit users? I don't know how long I'd been knocked out for, but I groggily came to. I was no longer tied to the chair in fact I seemed to be sprawled out face down across some sort of cot. My eyes fluttered open and I took in my surroundings. It was still dark, but a small bulb shined from somewhere. I was no longer in the same room I'd been in before. It looked like a dungeon. There were stone walls, no windows and besides the small cot I was lying on there was no other furniture or anything in the room just a light bulb strung from the ceiling. I tried to lift myself up and turn over, but I couldn't. I couldn't even move my fingers.

They must have taken so much blood that I was unable to move anything. I had absolutely no control over anything. Although I wasn't hazy anymore. Dizzy oh yes, but my mind was functioning okay. My stomach for the most part felt okay as well at least for the time being. I was starving, but no strigoi were down here with me at the moment. I lay there awake for a while just completely numb. I realized I couldn't speak, I couldn't move any part of my body even a little and that my heartbeat was dangerously slow almost to where it probably wasn't going to beat much longer. I realized slowly that I was dying. They had taken most of my blood and my body was dying. If I could feel anything physically I would think that tears were rolling down my cheeks, but I don't think I had enough energy even to cry.

They said they were going to turn me. Had they forced me to drink blood? I didn't know. At this point I didn't know much of anything. Where were they? Was I going to turn? Would it be painful? If these were my last few minutes on this earth before I turned into something evil what should I be thinking about.

My life literally flashed before my eyes. The good times with Lissa when we were in Portland, meeting Dimitri and the night we spent together in the cabin. Regret for not being on better terms with my mother. Did she even know that I loved her? Sadly I would never get to tell her. I would never find out who my father was. I wouldn't get to graduate and be Lissa's guardian. I hoped Dimitri would take care of her for me. Oh God I wouldn't ever get to see him again. At least he knew I loved him. Hell I would give anything to see any of them one last time. I'd give anything to even see Christian, Eddie, Adrian or even Stan or Kirova at this point. I closed my eyes and waited for death.

What I think was a short while later I heard someone enter the room. More than one person I think. My stomach did not twist in pain, but I think it was because I was so numb. I was too weak to open my eyes so I just listened and waited for them to kill me.

"She isn't awake yet?" barked one of them. "It's been almost two days."

"No I don't understand it I drained her blood and bled at least a gallon of my own down her throat." Said the female. I realized she was the one who had knocked me out earlier. The one who knew Dimitri.

I vaugly had the sensation of my body being lifted off the cot. I was dead weight still unable to move at all.

"She should have awakened by now." She growled.

Oh my God they had tried to awaken me. Maybe the numbness was my body changing to strigoi.

"Do you think it's a delayed reaction?" asked the other.

"There were rumors of her being shadow kissed." He added.

"No she's dead." She hissed.

If I were able I would have gotten up and staked her for saying I was dead, but she was right I probably would be soon.

"She would have awakened hours ago. She's useless to us now."

"What should we do with her?"

"Just leave her here it's not like we are staying here past night fall."

From what I could tell she pitched my body against the far wall and they both left me there to die alone. I had come to terms with the fact that I was going to die and was relieved that I had not sustained the awakening to a strigoi. I thought about my friends and how they were going to search for me. I wondered if they'd ever find my body and if they did would they even know it was me by then.

I was a lost cause I thought maybe if I tried to slip into unconsciousness that Adrian could get to me and I could tell him that it was over and they didn't have to worry anymore.

I fell into unconsciousness quite easily.

I again was at the beach. This time wearing a white eyelet sundress and my feet were bare.

I turned around slowly to see Adrian lumbering towards me. I began to cry the minute he laid his hands on me.

"Little Dhampir you're crying?" he said wiping a tear from my eye with his thumb. "You don't look so good." He commented assessing my body.

"I'm not so good Adrian." I said leaning into him and allowing him to hold me tightly. This was the last time I was going to see him or anyone for that matter. I wanted to soak up as much of him as possible.

"What's wrong you act like you'll never see me never want to be this close to me Little Dhampir. Has something more happened?" he asked pulling back and looking me over again.

I nodded. "They've taken all my blood Adrian. I'm dying. I can feel it. I can't move my limbs or open my eyes. My whole body is numb and my heartbeat is slowing." I said softly gazing into his tearful eyes.

"No, you'll be fine you just need to hold on a little bit longer." We're in Russia. We've got a lead on where you are. You can't leave us. The big badass Russian will hit the roof if I come back and tell him you're gone."

"Adrian I'm sorry. At least they weren't able to change me. They tried, but it didn't work. I'm going to be free soon. Please tell everyone to go home and be safe."

"No, I can't do that. I won't leave you." He cried grabbing me and pulling me closer. I could feel his body shaking with sobs against me. "Please don't leave me. We'll find you I promise. Just don't go." He cried grabbing my shoulders and forcing me to look into his eyes.

"I love you Rose." He said sincerely I could see that his heart was breaking.
"You have so much to live for you can't go. Lissa needs you, someone needs to put sparky in his place, I need you and the Russian just got permission from Guardian Hathaway to be your boyfriend. You can't give up now." He pleaded.

"Wait what? My mom is with you? Dimitri told her and he's still alive?"

"Yeap your mom seems to be softening. She's been crying and she even hugged me. Although she did slap Belikov when he admitting to sleeping with you." He cracked a small smile.

"Oh my God why'd he tell her that?" What was wrong with him. Who tells a girl's mother when he takes her virginity?

"She made him. But it's okay everything is going to be fine. You'll see." He said.

I wanted to say he was kidding himself, but I bit my tounge.

"Adrian tell my mom and Liss and Dimitri I love them. Say bye to Eddie and Sparky for me. Tell them I'm sorry. And if they find my body burn it." I said.

I felt myself getting weaker and I knew the dream was about to fade. I was about to die.
"I love you Adrian." He reached out and grabbed my face between his hands and kissed me passionately on the lips as he deepened the kiss I felt a warm tingling sensation almost like when Lissa uses Spirit. He seemed to feel it too, I was about to ask him about it, but he was gone.

Review if you like or if you don't. So this is it for Rose huh? Sucks to be her if it is. So is anyone else dying to read Spirit Bound? I for one hate waiting.