Chapter 4: It came back

It's been a week since I turned Strigoi. I'm still surprised that I didn't kill myself. But then again, why would I want to? I get to spend the rest of eternity with Dimitri Belikov! Why shouldn't I be happy?

Well there are two reasons. One, I won't be able to graduate high school and fulfill my dream of becoming my best friend's guardian, and two, I won't be able to see my best friend in person. I know I still have the bond with her-for some odd reason- but it isn't the same. I became so used to seeing my best friend everyday in my old life, that I feel so alone now. I wonder how she's doing I wondered. I tried to intentionally go into her head.

It worked.

Lissa was reading her copy of Romeo and Juliet for English class in the library with Christian who was sitting near her, but fast asleep in the chair besides hers. "It's been a week." She said closing her book and started shuffling in her bag.

Christian jerked awake and lifted his head up to see her. "They're still looking for her, honey." She got her lip gloss out and applied a fresh coat of light pink on her lips; while Christian put his arm around her shoulders to once again, comfort her. "I'm sure of it."

"How?" she asked her voice slightly cracking. "They've been looking since the day she disappeared, and they haven't gotten any new leads. And on top of that, Adrian isn't able to reach out to her." She sniffled, and the next words she wasn't able to choke out.

Christian held her to his chest as she cried deep into him. "Lissa, even if they can't find her, I think Rose can handle herself." Lissa looked up to him with big, jade, tear filled eyes. "She's Rose freakin' Hathaway!" he said. "I think the Strigoi will need the saving from her."

Lissa started to giggle at the mental image of me kicking serious strigoi ass. I liked it. He laughed with her too Jesse Zeklos the jackass and his sidekick Ralf came. He caught sight of Christian and Lissa and invited himself over.

He and Ralf took the seats across from them with a smug grin on his face. He'll be my first victim. Yea, strigoi can go long without blood, but I won't eat moroi, but Jesse is an exception. Christian glared them as Lissa tried to not even look at them.

"What do you want?" Christian said through clenched teeth. Jesse's smug grin became even wider as Christian's nostrils flared.

"So, did they find our beloved Rosie yet?" Jesse said. Yup, definitely my first victim. I really hate him. Ever since he started those nasty rumors about me and Lissa when we just came back, and since he performed stupid rituals with his friends and hurt Lissa, which in turn made her act crazy for awhile; which made me take the darkness from her for the first time intentionally.

Christian's glare became even harder. "That's none of your business." Christian said with back off message hidden.

Ralf then spoke up. "And how is it yours Ozera?" Christian turned to him the narrowed his eyes. "I thought you don't even care about her."

"I care because believe it or not, she's my friend." Christian said and looked down lovingly at Lissa who was starting to feel very uncomfortable. "Now would you please leave?"

"Oh, but we just here." Jesse whined. Lissa was really starting to get irritated. Then I felt something. Something I didn't want to feel. She was angry and really wanted Jesse to leave. "We just want to help you recover from losing your favorite blood whore." Jesse grinned and so did Ralf.

Lissa glared at them too. And what she said surprised me. "Get out now." she said with a murderous tone. "While you still can." Jesse and Ralf still didn't listen. That's when I felt it. She started to use compulsion on them. But this wasn't light and wonderful, it was yucky, gross, and was filled with bloodlust. She stared at them long and hard as their faces went blank. She stared hard at them and they started to choke and gasp for air.

Stop! Stop! I mentally pleaded. Stop! I felt her ease up as she let go of her mental hold on Jesse and Ralf who were passed out on the table. Christian quickly grabbed her hand and they fast walked out of the library.

I was sent back to my body in the same moment. I still felt the dark feelings and worse. Now I was the one filled with bloodlust.