I woke up the next morning alone. I was still half asleep when I got up to find a note on Dimitri's pillow.
Roza,
Went to Lissa's this morning. Head over when you feel awake and see you soon. I love you,
Love,
Comrade.
I smiled as I put the note down and got up and got dressed in my baggy blue jeans and white t-shirt. After pulling on my sneakers and grabbing my stake and gun, I ran out of our dorm and ran to meet Lissa.
The halls were empty because it was still considerably light outside and "night" for the rest of us nocturnal creatures as my friend and alchemist, Sydney Sage, had once called us. I laughed to myself before my guardian senses kicked in.
I stopped mid-run and turned to see the halls were still empty but I could feel someone was there. I pulled out my stake and held it in my hand firmly. The academy may be safe but it had been proven that Strigoi could still get in.
"Who's there?" I asked stepping slowly around the corner with my stake in hand and raised, ready to strike.
I heard someone laugh from behind me and turned around to find… no one? Something wasn't right here. I walked a little faster keeping my stake close.
"You know you're not good enough for him. Why do you keep trying?" the voice asked and I started to put the voice to a face. Realization clicked as I looked to the voice.
"Tasha?" I gasped as she stood there. Hands covered in blood but her eyes were still blue so that was a good sign. A sign she hadn't gone Strigoi, at least.
"Well, who else? You selfish bitch. You are depriving him from something you know he wants. Something I can give him." she grinned at me, her dark hair in a mess and her smile cruel.
"I know, but that's not what he wants, now is it? That's what you want! You want him and are throwing a tantrum because he chose me!" I was getting pissed and I was walking toward her, but kept my distance so she couldn't burn me at a close range.
"He loves me. Or at least he could if you would quit ruining his life!" she screeched. I was about to give her a smart ass reply but she held up her hand. Her voice now calm, she spoke "Think about it, Rose. He wants kids. Someone he won't have to worry about being killed while he's a million miles away. If we were together he could guard me and not have to worry about not being there to watch out for me. I can take care of myself but we'd never have to separate."
I'll admit her words were true, but that didn't mean I was going to give up on him. On us. Not after all we'd been through.
"I love him and he loves me. I'm not leaving him! So you might as well get your sorry ass back to prison before I kick it there! You bitch, you hit us with the fucking car didn't you?" I growled. She just smiled at me, this time with a look of amusement.
"Yes, but I'm afraid you won't live to tell the tale." She grinned and her hands filled with fire and I lifted my stake ready to kill her.
But it wasn't that simple. I felt something sharp go into my stomach and felt pain and when I reached down I felt something wet on my fingers.
I looked down to see crimson blood on my hands. My blood, I realized. I felt everything start to go black again.
This was just not my week.
***Ok what did you think? Tasha is let out and is working with someone. But who? R&R please.***