A.N: Hey Guys!!

So here is finally the sequel of Spirit Bound: Redemption that you were waiting for.

I really hope you are going to like it as I'm pretty excited by it.

Oh by the way my friend Kelly was kind enough to proofread this chapter but she will do that only temporarily as she has other obligation. If any of you is interested about proofreading this story please PM me ASAP.

Well don't forget to review and tell me what you think, you know it's your reviews that keeps me going.

Disclaimer. I don't awn VA academy or any of its characters. But if they were to sell I would totally put an option on Dimka and Adrian =D

Thanks

Steffy.

Prologue.

"Done," I said to myself zipping up my bag. It had been two weeks since the Moroi graduated and a week since Lissa, Christian, Eddie and I moved to Court.

I looked around the room that I did my best to decorate slightly. I really needed a space that was more or less mine. A small and even precarious 'home' was good enough. My room was very nice, it looked a lot like the guardians' rooms at the academy, but I had a window with a beautiful view of the gardens behind the court, and I even had a small private bathroom. Eddie didn't get that lucky. He had to share his bathroom with 5 other guardians.

Usually, the young guardians got the crappiest, smallest, coldest and noisiest rooms available. And knowing the undying love the Queen had for me, I expected to get the worst room in the building…even in the barn if she could, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

I had one of the best room in the building, and the most surprising was that it was not even Adrian nor Lissa who managed to get me my room, it was the Queen herself!

I went to thank her very reluctantly. She accepted suspiciously gracefully with a : 'Oh well Rose dear you deserve it and I know we really didn't start off with the best sentiments but maybe we could start over.'

I accepted with poise wondering to myself what she was really after but I still haven't figured this one out.

"Hathaway? Ready to go?" Asked Pavel bringing me back to reality.

I turned around to see him standing under the threshold.

"The door was open." He added uncomfortably.

"I…yeah." I shook my head. "I just need to go and say bye to Liss before leaving."

Pavel nodded walked into the room to take my bag.

"Ivashkov is already by the plane, I'll take your bag."

"Thanks and you are back to calling me Hathaway huh?" I asked more teasing than anything else. It was not hurting me, Pavel was just a hard ass, it was nothing personal.

He shrugged, "I got used to it."

"Uh huh". I chuckled. "I'll join you in a bit."

"Oh, the goodbyes?" He said grimacing. Lissa was getting more and more sullen as my departure got closer.

She was slightly jealous that Adrian got to come with me even if she knew that if she couldn't come it was not from my own liking this time. Even if, I had to admit that I rather have her safe at the Court than running around with me, in this wild goose chase that would probably turn out fruitless, but it would help me get my mind of Dimitri.

"Dimitri…" I sighed as it hurt just to think his name. More than 3 weeks since he left me and I couldn't get around my feeling of rejection. I missed him just as much. I knew I would survive him leaving me behind, but it was like a part of myself was missing and it was throbbing even more than before because this time he took away that part willingly.

How could he stay away from me when I would have done anything to be beside him?

Maybe he just didn't love me as much as I thought he did…Maybe he just didn't love me as much as I loved him.

I shook my head fighting back the tears. I was back in tough Rose mode. Nothing could hurt me anymore. I hoped that if I could pretend hard enough to everyone else and to myself for quite sometime I would end up believing it.

I barely made it to Lissa's room when Christian opened the door.

"Wow that was spooky dude." I said trying to sound teasing and cheerful.

"I'm awesome like that" said Christian winking, but I could see in his eyes that I didn't fool him as well as I wanted to. Since our little 'loving Strigoi' bound developed he knew me much more than I wanted him to. We were closer friends than either of us was ready to admit out loud, but I was pretty sure that we would die one for the other in an heartbeat.

"I just came to tell you guy a quick goodbye." I said walking in the room to find Lissa sprawled on the floor looking at the Lehigh catalogue for her electives. This vision made me slightly mad even if I knew it was trivial. I had so much more to worry about.

"You're going? Already?" She asked with an almost pleading tone.

"You knew I was going today Liss" I said as she ran to me hugging me tight.

"You'll be careful right? Nothing dangerous." She added still hugging me.

"Of course I will." I said locking eyes with Christian that was standing behind Lissa, his arms crossed on his chest. "Do you think I'd bring Ivashkov along if it was dangerous?" I asked rhetorically, but I could see a small smile on Christian's lips. He knew that Adrian was stubborn enough to get on the trip anyways, and even if it was dangerous, Pavel and I were enough to keep him safe, especially with my nauseas warning us of Strigoi near by.

Christian knew that it was dangerous to some extent, tracking a psycho like Victor was bound to be dangerous and I was pretty sure that Lissa knew that too, but she was doing her best to deny it.

She sighed heavily breaking our embrace. "I'll see you soon right?"

"Of course! And you know that worse case scenario I'll be back before the end of the summer." I turned around pointing at my neck. "I'm your guardian now remember."

Lissa smiled and I could feel her worries gradually fading.

"I need to go" I pointed at the door. "I'm pretty sure Pavel is about to burst a vein."

"And we wouldn't want that right?" Said Christian with a grin.

"Not so much," I gave Lissa another quick hug. "I'll give you a call tomorrow."

"Come here fire boy…Gimme a hug."

Christian rolled his eyes, but pulled me into a bear hug.

"Take care of her, sooth her." I whispered to his ear as I knew the calmer she was the less effect the Spirit had effect on her.

"And take care of you Rose, I wouldn't want to have to come and kick your ass." He said before kissing my cheek quickly.

I nodded with a smile. "You know me, right."

"Yeah… That's the problem" he said grimacing.

I laughed. "I'll see you soon." I waved before rushing to the runway.

"Hathaway it's about time" Said Pavel sitting in the first seat just beside the door.

"Pavel I know" I said mimicking his bossy formal tone.

"Lil'dhampir!" Said Adrian with his usual cocky grin from a seat two rows behind Pavel.

"Tall Moroi!" I replied teasing and went to sit beside him. "Missed me?" I asked even if I saw him just the night before.

"Always." He replied seriously. "You know that right?"

I looked at him silently just giving him a small smile. The motors started to hum loudly and the plane started to move. I looked out the window.

Adrian padded my knee. "Let's go hunt the psychotic Moroi."

I laughed looking at him gratefully. "I couldn't have said it any better way."

"I could" said Pavel not even turning around "but it would be far more vulgar."

"That's why I love you Gavrilovich." I said knowing that he didn't like it when we used his full first name. He preferred his friends to call Gav, not that we were friend or anything.

Adrian snickered hearing Pavel low growl.

I laughed as the plane took off. I tried to relax closing my eyes and resting my head on the headrest.

There was no turning back now, the three of us where on a mission, a crazy mission, but it was a goal and I needed one right now.