Vampire Academy: A Desperate Cause

Chapter 13 of my Vampire Academy story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Vampire Academy belongs to Richelle Mead.

Chapter 13

ROSE POV

As we rode to our first destination, I remained deep in thought, I couldn't deny I was nervous. I was edgy and more than I ever kept feeling that, while we had finally narrowed things down this far, we were still missing something.

'But, what is it, what could it be?' I thought worriedly. 'We're so close, I'm sure, we can find Lissa and Jill, we're just, a step behind now. True we don't know the identity of the kidnappers, but that's...'

It was then, suddenly, a few things fell into place and I realized. We didn't know who the kidnappers were, we had been told that, so long as we found Lissa and Jill, that would be enough to be considered a success by the Academy. But for me, it wasn't enough; I was sure that there was in fact a very good reason for this kidnapping.

I continued to ponder. 'We're running out of time, but still...I wish I knew who I was up against, there's more to this than simple kidnapping and trying to frame me for it.'

Sadly I knew however, that unless we found out just who the kidnappers were, we wouldn't even be able to begin to guess the motive behind the kidnapping. This was such a desperate time, I still couldn't believe that, at the start of all this, Kirova stated this was my Guardian test and would lead to me regaining not only my status as a Guardian, but becoming a full-fledged one straight away.

I was almost angry at how they felt the need to dangle that in front of me, as well as the strict time limit. I literally didn't give a fuck about regaining my Guardian title, or the time limit of any of the Academy's bureaucratic bullshit right now. All that mattered to me was saving Lissa and Jill, that was all. Seeing my worked up state, Dimitri spoke.

"Rose, remember we've had this discussion before, if something's bothering you, just share it with me." He said gently.

I sighed and shook my head. "I...I'm just nervous about all this."

"Got good reason to be, I am too."

"Yeah." I replied but then added. "But I'm also, frustrated and angry. Lissa and Jill, their lives hang in the balance and the best the Academy can do is send us after them, trying to bait me with time limits and regaining my Guardian status. As if my friendship with Lissa counts for nothing, as if, as if..."

I trailed off, noticing Dimitri's look; I had been about to ask for an explanation but he beat me to the punch anyway.

"It was rather clever of Kirova, wasn't it? Saving face and appearing to hold the Academy's best interests at heart, while sending you, the one most likely to succeed, to carry out the rescue, to show her trust in you?" He remarked rhetorically.

I almost wanted to groan at that; typical, just typical.

I was sincerely glad when we finally got to the hotel in the first of the two remaining towns. Once parked I looked around, it was late at night, I wasn't sure what to expect here, all of it added up to make me even more nervous.

We entered the hotel and checked in and soon made our way up to our room. Once there we set everything up and Dimitri turned to me.

"We'll start our search tomorrow. We don't know if they're here, but if they are, everything we've been hearing leads us to believe that they have an army of Strigoi. So the last thing we want to do is be searching through the night." Dimitri stated. "We can't take unnecessary risks and the more low-key we keep this, the better."

I nodded in agreement. "Got it, alright, we better, get ready for bed then, gonna be an early start tomorrow."

He confirmed my thoughts and I headed through to the bathroom to get changed for bed. It didn't take me long to undress and soon I was pulling in the black panties and plain black tank-top I usually wore to bed in the warmer months.

Exiting the bathroom I found Dimitri also already changed, clad in just grey sweatpants, examining some of the various documents and maps we had. I carefully approached him and he gestured.

"We'll have to start our search somewhere, the industrial appearance of the room you saw gives us a head start." He explained. "We'll look for any abandoned factories in the area, they'll be our starting point."

I smiled lightly. "Good thinking, comrade...anything else?"

He shrugged. "Nothing that can't wait till morning."

I was silently relieved for I felt completely exhausted now.

That night however, I strangely couldn't sleep. I lay in bed, feeling totally wiped, but sleep wouldn't come. Whenever I closed my eyes, nothing happened, my mind raced, too many possibilities going through my head, I couldn't relax.

With a sigh I turned over in the bed and was surprised to see Dimitri, sitting up in bed, a sympathetic expression on his face.

"You too, can't sleep?"

I nodded and he sighed. "Me neither, it's...there's just too much going on now."

Biting my lip, I wondered, if I should dare ask, I could see he was wondering it too. But neither of us could bring ourselves to ask. In the end however, our silence spoke volumes and Dimitri actually got out of his bed and joined me in mine.

Before long we lay together, his arms around me as I slid mine around his waist and rested my head on his chest.

"We're both struggling with this Rose, but I'm sure together, together we can succeed." He told me, before smiling and admitting. "I'm glad you're here, that we're both here, together, despite the circumstances."

"Me too." I replied honestly.

Reassured and hopeful we soon managed to drift off to sleep together, secure in each other's arms, ready for whatever we faced the following morning.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.