Chapter 3. The Truth

I kept staring at myself with disgust; mixed with hatred. He did this to me. Dimitri did this to me when I couldn't defend myself, that sick bastard. If I get my hands on him…, No, When I get my hands on him I'm going to kill him myself. I gripped the mirror in my hand and threw it onto the hard ground where it smashed into thousands of tiny pieces.

I stared at each piece that still showed me the image of myself and got up to stop on each of them until they were nothing. I smashed each piece like there was no tomorrow. Yeah, this house is Strigoi proof, so who cares if I smash a couple of giant holes in the ground.

Stupid, selfish, un-loving vampire! I thought to myself. How could you! You know I didn't want this, you knew what I was going to become, how could you! I continued smashing each piece of glass until there was nothing but a pile of shimmering dust. I breathed heavily from the adrenaline rush I was getting from my anger and just broke down crying.

"It's ok Roza," I felt two strong arms wrap around me that were covered in the aftershave that I loved.

I jerked away and glowered at him. "Why?" I said through clenched teeth. "Why did you do this?" I shouted into his ears. He flinched. "You knew I didn't want this, you knew I wasn't meant for this."

He reached a hand out to me which I almost bit. He moved his hand away before it got to my teeth. He sighed and looked at me lovingly. "Rose," he said sweetly. It was almost as if he was his old self again, but I quickly dismissed the thought. "I need to tell you something, and you have to believe me." He pleaded with his red eyes.

I hesitated at his gaze. 'No don't trust him.' The rational side of me said, but the stupid lovesick side of me was saying 'Just hear him out.' They battled it out inside me head which was giving me a minor headache. I groaned the latter won. "What" I said with an irritating headache forming.

He breathed sharply as he talked. "Remember the night I killed Nathan?" I nodded. Nathan was the blonde strigoi in the caves that had transformed Dimitri. I still hated him even though he was now gone. "Well as it turns out, he had a few followers that worked around Montana." I gaped at him. That's how he knew where the academy is. Wait what does this has to do with me.

"What does this have to do with me?" I asked with amusement; but I was still mad at what he had done.

He continued. "Well, one of them found out about you." He swallowed something down in his throat and breathed again. "And decided to take you, and make sure you never saw Lissa again."

I raised an eye brow at him. And snapped. "And what do you think you're doing?"

"Roza, you don't get it." He took my hand slowly and rubbed circles on it with his thumb. "They meant to kill you."

I stared at him. "You tried the same thing." He shook his head and pleaded me with his eyes again.

"That wasn't me at the time," he said and breathed. "You see, when you turn strigoi, the bad part of your soul overtakes the good, but somehow, when you were around," He looked up to smile at me. "The bad started to fade and more of the old me came back. Rose, I need you to keep me from going crazy."

I giggled. He's going crazy over me. How sweet can he be? But that still didn't answer my question. "But why did you change me?" I asked.

"It was the only way I could keep you from going crazy." He said. I gave him a funny look. He met my eyes and explained more. "They planned on taking you; locking you up; and making you their own personal bloodworm." I stiffened on the last word.

I wrapped my arms around him and he did the same. "I love you" I whispered into his ear.

"I love you too" He whispered back into mine and pulled me into a warm passionate kiss that will be the first for eternity.

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