Ok, just to clear up the confusion. Spiridon isn't an Alchemist, Olena spoke to and Alchemist AND Spiridon.

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Christian was the first to speak, "Wait, you, like, murdered a Moroi?" I nodded meekly and his eyes widened. Of course Lissa came to my defence.

"So did Eddie, but he did it for good reason. Victor Dashkov wasn't exactly the nicest of people." Her eyes narrowed and I wondered what the bond would've been telling me now.

"It's about time someone got rid of that meddling fool," Yeva called from the stairs. There were a couple of nods from the Belikov's, but the guardians still looked angry.

"Why did you murder him?" one of them barked.

"Well," I began, "I was affected by spirit coming from Lissa and-"

"Oh, God, Rose. I'm sorry!" she cried.

"It's not your fault. Anyway, Victor Dashkov had been broken out of prison and was on the loose, and whilst we were finding information on Jill Dragomir, we came across him. We were going to turn him in, but they tried to run away and..."

Dimitri continued for me, "Victor was using his earth magic to make the floor move. Rose was helpless so she just had to make the jump and, well, she threw him against a wall."

"He would've died soon anyway," Yeva informed us and Viktoria snorted.

"That's not very nice, Babushka."

"So, Rose, how does this link to my illness?" Olena asked, kindly diverting us from my shame.

"Well, Spiridon was working for Victor Dashkov. Obviously he somehow got out of prison, and Victor Dashkov had a brother who used spirit," I explained. It all fell together in pieces. "His name is Robert Doru. Robert was, well, enraged at his brother's death, so he may've broken Spiridon out of jail to help him. Was anybody with him when you saw him?"

"No, but there was a man watching us from across he road."

"Oh dear. I have a feeling Spiridon and Robert are working together on something."

"How does this explain her illness, though?" Lissa wondered.

"Complusion." I received blank looks from everyone. "Come on, guys! Everyone knows that spirit users can do some really awesome compulsion, so maybe Robert compelled the disease into her."

"That's not possible," Polina answered.

"Not in your mind, but in ours...Lissa, show them what I mean." She gulped and turned to Christian. His smirk dropped off of his face and his eyes glazed over.

"Go talk to Yeva," she murmured sweetly, and he walked up robotically and sat by her on the stairs. She leaned away. Lissa broke the compulsion.

"What about dhampirs?" another guardian questioned. Of course, Lissa turned to me. I hated being compelled. It made me feel weak.

"Get a drink from the kitchen," she ordered softly. I felt myself walking towards the kitchen and getting a glass of water. I handed it to her and she grinned.

"That's not enough. She might just do it to help you." Lissa turned on that guardian and I wondered whether she was being kind or not. By the looks of his wide eyes, she wasn't. "Ok! Get the spider off of me. Now." She smiled and took it away. Dimitri shook his head at her, but Yeva watched with amazement.

"Compulsion can be used for bad things too. I think Rose's idea is actually quite plausible." I eyed the guardian. Plausible. I suddenly noticed Oksana staring intently at Olena. Mark watched anxiously.

"She's delving into her head," he told me, and I shuddered. I hadn't liked it when she did it to me." Olena pulled back and sighed.

"There's definitely compulsion in there. You were right, Rose," she answered all of us. I met Dimitri's eyes briefly. Now we just had to get it out.

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