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Dimitri

"So she has amnesia," Abe had that scheming glint in his eyes when he spoke.

"As far as we can tell," I answered him. "Rose is still there, something just went wrong and she can't remember anything." I'm not sure whether I was surprised with his reaction or not. He had calmly taken everything in and started asking questions immediately.

"Lissa or Adrian could compel her to remember." Abe thought.

"We could try that, but I don't think it's something she can reach." I crossed my arms. "Earlier I thought she might remember something, I could see it in her eyes, and then it was gone. I think the harder she tried to remember the farther the memory escapes."

Lissa

I wasn't sure what to do when Rose walked into the room. I felt calmer than yesterday, but I wasn't sure how long Adrian's charm would keep me that way.

"Where's Dimitri?" Christian asked them.

"He had to handle a new issue," Adrian told him as he walked over to the armchair where he plopped down.

"What issue?" I asked carefully. What could be more important that my best friend's memory?

"Abe," He pulled a cigarette from his pocket.

Rose

Everyone's faces showed the same emotion. Whoever this Abe was, he made them uncomfortable. I on the other hand, had no idea who he was. He looked only slightly scary; he mostly looked ridiculous in his green and black suit, gold earrings, and gold chains. I guess it's time to get to the bottom of who he was.

"Who's Abe?" I asked just as Eddie and Jill came into the room. Their faces matched the other's when they heard my question. Nobody answered me and I started to get angry. "Who's Abe?" I asked again, only louder.

"Abe is your dad," Lissa answered me finally.

"You can't be serious," I said in disbelief. That man with the gold earrings is my dad? I looked at everyone's faces and saw confirmation. I was saved from making a comment on that when Dimitri and Abe walked in.

They both seemed to notice the unease in the room almost immediately.

Lissa

"We came up with an idea that could work," Dimitri explained about the plan to compel Rose to remember. The more I thought about it the more it made sense. This could work.

"I'll try," Adrian said standing up. He was going to compel Rose.

"No," I stood up too and everyone's eyes were on me. "Let me do it. With the bond it will be stronger, and if we're going to try this, I want the best chance for it to work."

"We're forgetting something," Eddie spoke up. "It should be up to Rose if you compel her."

Of course, how could I be so thoughtless. Rose should have a choice in the matter. Compulsion is wrong to use against someone.

Rose

The more I looked at the faces of these people the more I wished I remembered them. They all love and care for me, even though I can't remember them. If having Lissa compel me could help me remember them then I would let her.

"You can compel me," I told Lissa and she gave me a small smile. I was aware of everyone watching as she took a few steps to me.

I looked into her eyes and I felt something wash over me.

"Rose," Lissa's voice was magical. "Remember me. Reach into your mind and remember." I wanted to remember. I had to remember. I did what she told me to, I tried to grasp onto the wisps of thought that were barely there, but the harder I tried it didn't work.

Lissa looked away and the spell broke.

"Did it work?" Abe asked me. I looked at him and still didn't remember him. I shook my head.

"I don't remember," I told them. I knew they were upset, but I could feel Lissa's pain. "I'm sorry Liss."

The only thing that had changed was that now I wanted to remember even more. I didn't want to hurt anyone, but the longer I forgot them, the more I'd hurt them. I thought about earlier when I had almost grasped that memory of Dimitri. If I could just remember something, anything.

"We have to leave soon," Eddie told everyone, breaking the silence.

"Eddie's right," Lissa agreed. "Everyone at St. Vladimir's will be expecting us."

St. Vladimir's?

Adrian

Car trips haven't always been my favorite things, especially when I have to sit next to Dimitri. He was driving, Jill, Eddie, and Christian sat two rows back in the van with two of Lissa's guardians in the back seat. Lissa, Rose, and Abe sat behind Dimitri and I.

Okay this car trip wasn't so bad, it could have been worse. At least I have some time to come up with another solution. If healing and compulsion don't work then what could?

You know, we could use one of Rose's insane plans right about now; one of those plans that have no way to work, but always seem to go exactly as she planed.

Why am I trying to help her? She never wanted to be with me when we were together. She only wanted Dimitri, even when he was strigoi. But she was following her heart, something I only learned about. I started listening to my heart when I met Sage. I wouldn't have had met her if Rose hadn't hurt me.

Lissa

As we drove closer to St. Vladimir's, I thought about all the time spent here. I had memories here. If I had memories here, then Rose did too. Maybe being surrounded by memories could help her.

Right now, I had to be the queen. This is the first time I've returned to St. Vladimir's since graduation. I couldn't visit when someone was trying to kill me and Jill.

I spotted the front gate of the school through the windshield. Here we go.

Rose

I had the feeling like I should remember this place, but I didn't. I glanced at Dimitri's face and I could tell he was in deep thought. Had this school been a happy place, or a sad place?

Whatever happened here, I hope it helps me remember something. Anything.

Thanks for reading. Next Chapter will be really good, I promise. Maybe I'll even throw in a fight, but I wont tell you if its the good kind or the bad kind. Untill then, happy reading.