A/N Sorry for the delay! It's sad 'cause you're probably used to it by now…Sorry… I was visiting my family and had no access to internet! Hope you'll forgive me and I want to thank you all for the reviews, they make me so, so happy. I've got a question for you this time: Do you want Robert Dashkov to appear?

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"Why did you call me 'Adrian Eugene Ivashkov'? As far as I know it's not my middle name."

"Well, I kind of added it for some dramatic effect."

As I chuckled along with the moroi princess, I couldn't help but notice the slight tension attached to the air. Sure, we were joking along fine, but we had also just been caught making out. By none other than the Vampire queen herself just ten minutes ago, no less.

I don't think I've ever seen Lissa become that rigid and stiff as when she caught me and Jill and told us to follow her to an urgent meeting. We were walking behind her, our steps seeming too loud for the empty and quiet hallways. Everyone was asleep now.

When at last reaching our destination, Jill looked at me with those gorgeous eyes of hers. 'Well, here we go', they said. As soon as the door opened a hysterical laugh erupted from my lips. Eddie Castile was standing in the middle of the room, soaked from head to toe. He tried to wrench the water out of his sleeves as best as he could without taking his sweater off, when we entered the room.

Upon hearing us enter (it wasn't really difficult, what with the noise I was making), the dhampir bowed and then gave me a grim glance. Boy, he must be really pissed at me. I decided to break the ice. "So…what the hell happened to you?"

He gave me a harsh response. "Something that was your fault, for starters."

Jill sighed and silenced him. "Eddie. I told you, I did it by my own will. Adrian had no part of this." She turned to me. "I froze him to the wall…"

"You froze him? How were you able to do that?"

She shrugged. "No idea. I've been able to move water, yes. But never like Mia. And yet, I just froze him. Probably the adrenaline, I guess."

"Man, you're incredible."

"Herm, herm!" Lissa cleared her throat. It grew silent at once. I knew it was coming now. The moment Jill and I had feared: the moment we would get caught. I could feel Jill distance herself from me towards Eddie, which made me a bit irate. Lissa saw it all and I could see a heavy sigh coming.

"What is going on here?", she asked in a sad voice. "Will you please talk to me? Jill?"

Jill jerked a bit at the mention of her name being uttered by her half-sister. "Yes, your highness?"

"I guess I'll just get straight to the point. Are you and Adrian dating? And don't lie. It's felony to lie to the queen."

"What the hell, Lissa? She's your sister. Speak to her as one. "

"Lord Ivashkov, you realise you're speaking to the queen, don't you?"

"Shut it, Castile. This is none of your business."

"ENOUGH!" Lissa burst out. You could see a panicked look in her eyes as she glanced over the room. Strands of golden hair were out of her ponytail and on plastered on her face. Dark rings under her eyes. I had never actually seen Lissa looking like this. She was usually flawless head-to-foot. The situation must be affecting her more than I had thought.

"Lissa, are you okay?" I asked.

She looked at me, eyebrows pulled desperately together. "I'm fine. But this is too much, Adrian! I had to practically have you confined, because you're unstable and now I find out that you have a fifteen year old on your hook? And if the court found out about this, they would crush me. How am I supposed to react?"

"Lissa…Lissa, I'm so sorry." Jill apologized. "But-"

"Jill, please. I can't worry about this right now. Adrian has to get better first. Then we'll talk. For now, you are forbidden to see him. Eddie, could you take him to his room, please."

"Of course, your highness."

"But, Lissa! He can't be alone, that would do just the opposite. You can't take him if he doesn't want to!"

"Jill, the queen has spoken. Move over." , Eddie told her as he gently tried to tug her to the side.

I felt my body grow numb. What the hell was I to do? It was obvious that Lissa would never let me and Jill to be together. Lissa would be perfectly able to send Jill off to school while keeping me away for everybody else's safety. And she would probably be able to keep her away from me too…

"Eddie! You can't seriously mean that you think that she's right, do you? "

"Jill, you can't seriously mean that you can't see things from my perspective?" Lissa interrupted. "My little sister, who's only fifteen, is going out with a twenty-one year old."

"I know it will affect your reputation, but you know Adrian!"

"Yes, I know Adrian. Which is why-"

I heard all that they were saying. But it was all becoming a blur. My head started spinning and I realised that I was in a desperate need of sleep. So, what did I do? I collapsed of course. As I started to drift off, I could hear the cries from the two moroi girls. I wanted to tell them that it was okay, I was just tired. Then all was turning black and I started dreaming…

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A/N The struggle for their love begins! Hope Lissa sees reason. She seems to be bothered by something, though…Adrian's got new powers!

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