Here is Chapter 1 just like promised.

Dimitri

"Roza," I said when I saw Rose's eyes open. Relief washed through me. She's alive.

When I saw the strigoi break her neck, I couldn't believe it. I'd seen her die once. That was enough, but to see her die a second time…

"Roza," I whispered and took her face in my hands. I pressed a kiss to her forehead. I can't believe it, Lissa brought her back again. Of course she'd be shadow-kissed again, but we could handle it. It was worth it if she was alive.

Something wasn't right. Rose had stiffened and I suddenly wondered if I hadn't killed all of the strigoi. No, I'd made sure they were all dead. What could it be then? I pulled away to looked at her and was stricken by her beauty for the millionth time. Everything was the same, her hair, her face, her body. She was alive. But as I looked in her eyes I could tell something was wrong.

"Rose?" I asked her and it seemed to take eternity for her to speak.

"Who—who's Rose?"

No. I must be dreaming. Rose would remember me. Just like I would always know her, she would know me. This had to be a joke. Rose is messing with me. Any second she'll smile and say "Got you, Comrade."

Lissa looked up. She had been crying into Rose's chest but now she was looking at Rose too.

"Rose?" Lissa's voice broke and she began crying again. Rose wouldn't joke with Lissa like this, not when she was so obviously on the edge. "No, I'm sorry. I messed up. My magic didn't work. I couldn't save you." She sobbed.

Could Spirit have healed her body, but left her soul behind? No, it was obviously Rose. Something could have gone wrong in the healing process. A sudden thought swam into my mind, what if Rose never remembered anything?

"What's going on?" Christian's voice called out to us from the door of the ballroom. I peeled my eyes from Rose to see him entering the room cautiously. Adrian and Jill followed him in with Eddie in tow. All of them froze when they saw the strigoi bodies scattered across the floor.

Adrian's gaze moved over to where I was knelt with Lissa and Rose. I could see his eyes shift as he looked at Rose, at her aura.

"I could feel the spirit," Adrian paused as he looked at Lissa who was now in the arms of Christian. "I didn't think we'd find this though."

"What happened?" Eddie asked in his picture perfect guardian way.

I took the scene in. The bodies, Lissa in tears, and Rose with a confused look on her face.

"I'll explain, but first let's get them out of here." I gestured to Rose and Lissa.

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