CHAPTER 5
EDDIE
Rose had told me everything. Nothing could prepare me for the feelings that swam through me at that moment. Anger. Joy. I stood there as the others entered. An amazing smell filled the house. I couldn't bring myself to move. He looked at me and said softly, "I'm so sorry Ed. It was for her safety that no one know i was still alive. I don't expect any of you to forgive me i just need you too know that i wish i could have told you." I burst in to tears, not something i did often. I managed to speak between sobs as Rose came to wrap her arm around my shoulder. "We buried you! I thought i had lost you forever. He was brave, he was fierce, he was just like you. Honestly Mason I'm pissed but at the same time..." Rose joined in with me,"I'm just glad your alive!" He embraced the two of us crying together till Rose left to hold Dimitris hand. I looked up to see a girl no older than us standing next to Lissa staring at Maaon crying. Lissa was comforting her. She didn't know the girl but whatever had been said between them had created a bond. Sbe sobbed and spoke,"I'm so sorry its all my fault. I was in hiding in Spokane and those Strigoi were there hunting me. After the Badica attack mason came to be with me. Malcolm would never have died if we hadn't been in spokane. If you want to blame anyone blame me! I was the reason he had to lie. Im the reason Malcolm is dead." We all stared wide eyed at her. The door open behind us and she stiffened. "Ambrose..." her voice trailed off getting even more sad. "Marinna! You and mason are alive." He said gleefully, but there was something else too. A cautious note that spoke legions about how he felt about being there. She grabbed Masons hand and pulled him to her as more tears flowed. We had all been told he had been assigned to become her guardian, but he wasn't a guardian.
Lissa
Marinna was not what i had expected. She was a youthful and odd person who confused me. While everyone else filed in i made my introduction. "Hello. I'm Queen Vasilisa Dragomir. You must be the extraordinary young woman Mikhail had told me so little about." I said trying to be queenly but not intimidating. She blushed and smiled as she spoke, "I'm Marinna Desmond. I'm a unique mix of moroi and human." "So I've heard. Tell me about your lineage." I said politely. "My mother is an Irish American guardian. My father is a polish American guardian. He is also shadow kissed. His bond mate is in hiding with them. As for my genetic make-up i am roughly 80% moroi and 20% human." She let me soak it all in. Wow she is unique. I wonder..."You asked if we could bring a feeder. Is it for you?" I inquired curiously. "Yes ma'am. It's for me. I don't feed as often as moroi should even though Mason allows me to feed from him and i have a feeder who is supposed to come weekly. He hasnt come in weeks though. The use of my spirit drains me so completely. I don't know how you manage to do it your majesty. Dont tell mason but i feel like I'm going mad. He tries to help but he can't take away my darkness." I was shocked. I was looking at someone who was me from high school. A lost spirit user feeling like she's slowly going crazy. Only i had Rose. She doesn't have a bond mate to help her. I felt a strong connection to her even though we had just met. "Your majesty," she began."Call me Lissa." "Lissa. I heard of this old spirit ability that sounded crazy but i would like to try it with you." Okay now i was really curious. "What is it?" She looked happy now. Then the conversation going on around us hit us. They were talking about finding mason alive and well. She turned sad and began sobbing.
Ambrose
We were all shown down stairs where we saw a gym. Mason and Marinna held hands but that was it. For an engaged couple they were very good at restraint. I had indeed missed my best friends. It saddened me to know how much they had suffered Seeing them i was sad i had missed so much in there lives. I hadn't been there to guard her or be Masons friend through having to leave his life after the Badica attack. I wondered why were just standing around in a gym when Marinna touch a dummy and a passage was revealed. We all proceeded down said hall way and were amazed to find several open doors that held bedrooms. When we all were in the small alcove at the end of the hallway Mason spoke, "This is where any who would like to stay close by us are free to stay. You may find a hotel if you choose." Turning to Lissa he spoke again, "the room behind us is the room Tatiana used to stay in so it is up to queenly standards." He then addressed the rest of us. "I would Iike it if all guardians and my friends stayed here so we can catch up. Although i completely understand if you don't want to."