I was sobbing uncontrollably. I wiped my face with no avail and looked up to see Christian rubbing my arm comfortingly.

Oh right I'm in Lissa's head.

I tried to focus on myself but it was so hard with so much emotion being shoved at me. I started to hear people calling my name, but I stopped trying to leave when I see Dimitri walk into the same room as Lissa. She looked up at him, and it was really interesting to see him through her eyes. Lissa idolized him him but at the same time was cautious around him.

She stood up and threw herself at him. At first he froze but then he hugged her back, Gently rubbing her head. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, oh but I'm sorry." Lissa was rambling but I didn't understand what she was thanking him for. "You didn't have attack them, you know they would've taken her anyways. But now she's gone, and she didn't even do it, and there gonna keep her until they know who did or she's guilty and they ki..." Lissa choked on her last words and began sobbing again.

Christian came over and pulled her into him again. I slowly pulled myself out of her head. When I was back into my world a women was pounding on the desk on front of me. "Hathaway! Answer us!" I shook my head. And looked at her.

"What, wait, what did you ask?" The women groaned loudly.

"Where were you last night?!" I thought to myself how long was I in the hospital? I guessed it would've had to been only the rest of the night-day.

"Um, well I don't know, you see," the women growled again. "I, ah, was outside with Guardian Belikov, and then I left him and walked to Adrian Ivashkov's house. And then I sleep the rest of the night there, but when I woke I felt... Off. So Adrian and Guardian Castile brought me to the hospital, and then I woke up to a friendly group of guardians and zip ties." I made sure to smile sarcasticly at that last part.

"How long did I take you to walk to Adrian's house?" I felt Iike everyone in the room was hopping I'd say two hours so they could call me guilty and chop off my heads right then. I coughed uncomfortably.

"Well um I don't know. I went to Adrian's house because I was upset. I was kind of crying and not paying to much attention to my surroundings." I tried to crack a joke. "You know hormones and stuff." No one was amused. The women in front of me looked exasperated. I knew I couldn't lie so I just prayed she wouldn't ask why I was upset.

A moment later someone came into the room with an evidence bag. I was momentarily relieved the lady wouldn't have the chance to asked about Dimitri. That could turn into a separate statutory rape case in a hot minute. Plus some people knew k was pregnant, but I didn't leave the house much because I didn't want people to question who the father was. Especially nosy experimental Moroi.

I looked closely and seen a stake inside, MY stake. The man approached the council and blankly stated. "It's a match." They all looked me accusingly.

"Of COurse ITs a match. It's MY stake." I annunciated every word as if I was talking to a three year old." I rolled my eyes, and crossed my arms in a huff. The women in front of me started questing me again.

"Why don't you have your stake on you, Ms Hathaway?" She said my name in a bitter tone.

"I haven't been using it since I got here." I pointed to my stomach as if it wasn't obvious. This was getting extremely annoying. The woman groaned at me but this time she sat down and another woman stood up. She was clearly older but she looked even more snappy.

"Ms. Hathaway." Her voice sounded sweet and proper but I knew to not think judge a book by its cover. One of the stupid zen lessons Dimitri drilled into me. "Based on what you have told us we could believe this was all a set up to frame you. However, who would want to murder the queen and blame you of all people?" It was rhetorical but it made my mind spin. "We will have to question to these people who you say seen you. Then we can..." I blurted the name out as soon as it came to mind.

"Victor Dashkov!" Everyone turned to me as if I was absolutely crazy. The old woman decided to forget she heard me. Before she could continue I stood up and started again. "Victor Dashkov set me up!" I was almost screaming. "I know he's in prison but he could have gotten someone else to do it, one of his followers or..."

"Enough!" The old woman barked at me and I immediately stopped "We are all aware of what happened between you and Victor last winter, but like you said he is in prison, a maximum security prison at that. There is no way he could have done th..." I cut her off again.

"One of his followers!" I was stopped by the feeling of being grabbed. I shrugged off the arm but it didn't let go. I turned around to see Mason's cousin holding my arm. He pinned the other one. When the old women nodded toward me I was pulled out of the 'court room'. Down the hall and a flight of stairs was a cell. I was put in and told to behave before I was left alone.

I lay on the cot in the corner and began to cry again. Last time I seen Dimitri, I was certain it was going to better and now this gets throw at me.

I slipped into Lissa's head simply because I was bored out of my mind. She was still upset, but calm. She was stirring her tea and thinking about me. She stood up and sat In front of the couch and turn on the TV. I hated the stupid home decorating shows she liked but it was still more interesting than the white walls around me. I felt her dozing off so I decided to leave. I was alarmed when Adrian flew into the room. "Lissa, come now. I'll explain on the way but you have to come now!" Lissa followed without a word completely frazzled.

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