My peaceful sleep went uninterrupted by Adrian, well as peaceful as it can be, providing that I'm chained up on a dingy bed in a cold dark room. "Damit!" I cursed "I really thought he might have tried to visit me, but I suppose if he doesn't have any reason to suspect his aunt is lying there would be no reason to contact me, maybe he hasn't spoken to Lissa or is too intoxicated to use his magic" seems like I'm really on me own right now. Deciding I mustn't give up, my first priority should be maintaining my health so I can kick the shit out of the guards and queen bitch.

I feel even weaker today I have a banging headache and I really need to pee. Slowly making my way out of bed I'm overcome by dizziness and the weight of the chains attached to mu ankles, but I carry on refusing to give up. I'm Rose Hathaway, even when the situation seems impossible I don't give up.

After a gruesome walk to the dirty toilet I'm finally able to relieve myself, and am now fully awake and alert. "mmm... Something feels very different today, I'm not quite sure what it is" I think to myself, something feels very off. I look around the room, nothing seems out of place; there are still one hundred and seventy cracks in the wall and the crooked old chair is still sitting in the corner, the door is still locked and I'm still trapped like a caged animal.

That's when I begin to notice a tingling sensation around my ankles where the chains are attached to. Tingling is the wrong word, humming more like. A hum of magic- Spirit to be exact. "What the hell is going on? That was not there yesterday" I exclaim silently. Lissa and Adrian are the only ones around that can use spirit- well that I know of. A quick scan of the bond tells me that Lissa has barely left Christians side since the news of my death, and is still suspicious about my death but doesn't know anything for certain. Which only leaves Adrian.

I suppose if the piece fits the puzzle. He is Tatiana's great nephew after all, and he probably feels resentful of the fact that I still choose Dimitri oven him, although Dimitri hasn't treated me that well since he left. Adrian may want revenge? Although that doesn't seem like his style but I just don't know anymore.

There is the possibility that there's another spirit user that we don't know of, after all they just seem to be popping up, I mean look how Avery walked into the academy and no one noticed a thing. The queen could have her own spirit user doing her bidding after all. However until I find out who it is and what the hell is going on, Lissa will be the only spirit user I will trust.

The only problem is that Lissa can't dream walk. I presume I will just need to trust Lissa and Dimitri to find a way to rescue me, and I need to fight my way out. The question is: How?

Another important thing to consider is what is the magic that's infused in the chains for? They wouldn't have gone through all that trouble for anything, especially considering the magic is very strong- it would have completely exhausted the moroi. This is something I've experienced firsthand with Lissa, not only that but it would have produced massive amount of darkness, which was not present inside Lissa.

This is driving me crazy! With only questions and theories and no answers I feel like I'm just going around in circles.

I decide to see what Lissa is up to, maybe she can fill in a few pieces of the puzzle.

She's sitting in the common room, with many of the other seniors. I can tell by a quick scan of the bond it's the first time she's been out since the news of my death. I can feel her uneasiness, worry, and sadness through the bond. She hates all the whispers and rumours going around about my death.

She's sitting on a red cushion sofa, with Christian and Eddie sitting either side of her. From looking at their faces it evident from their frowns that their worried- worried for Lissa or for me, I'm not sure.

Lissa leans over and gently whispers into Christian's ear "I'm going to ask to see her body, if they don't then we know something is up and if they do I can heal her" she says with a tinge of hope. Judging from the look on Christian's face, he doesn't look impressed.

"Lissa, you know Rose wouldn't want you to use that much magic, there's too much darkness involved". She didn't seem fazed by his comment "I'm doing this, whether you agree or not, if something fishy is going on I'm going to find out what. If you're not willing to help me, then Dimitri will" with that she got up from her seat and left the room, Eddie followed behind her.

Part of me feels elated that she's going to try, especially because something fishy is going on, it just seems like I need to sit and wait. Although there's plenty that could still happen, the queen could take Lissa as well or she could kill me. I just don't know.

I'm abruptly pulled back into Lissa's head; she's standing in front of Adrian. He's wearing some loosely fitted jeans, with a plain black top and he's sober! I can't believe it. "Adrian, where have you been?" Lissa asks softly "I haven't seen you since the news of Roses death, and I thought you might have gone off the rails, but it seems the complete opposite has happened" she explained. "I don't have time for this Lissa, I'm a busy man and I have things to do" He said abruptly as he pushed his way past Lissa and Eddie.

Eddie spoke up "that was very odd indeed" Lissa turned to Eddie, looked him straight in the eye and said "you will forget that we saw Adrian and what he said, when I stop talking I will carry on walking towards my room" She said commandingly, touching into her magic. "What the hell?!" Why did she just do that? She obviously doesn't want anyone to know that what Adrian said, but why?

Also come to think of it why is the queen keeping me here? If she wanted me out of the picture she would have killed me, so she must need me alive, but for what? I was about to search deeper into Lissa's head when I'm aware of the door opening in my cell.

Looks like someone's back, but for what?

Right so guys just a little A/N as I really want to know what your thought's are on the story. For me it's slightly more difficult to imagen what your thinking, how you percieve the story, and most importantly whether you're finding it confusing. It may get confusing becase it's (hopefully) going to be quite indepth and involve a lot of the moroi/damphir community, so if it doe get confusing let me know.

Also in each chapter there is a little hint (some more ovbious than others) as to what's going on and to solve a bit of the puzzle, so I would really like to know if you pick that up! haha