Okay, I Know I've been MIA for a while, but…. I was preparing for finals… And I've taken all of them except 1, so I figured id give you guys an UD. AND Just so you guys know... I've had this chapter ready to be posted for like 3 or 4 days... FF woudnt let me upload it... So...

Chapter 18:

Auden POV:

After leaving my moms house me and Luke made our way over to my dorm and quickly climbed into bed.

"I don't want you fighting." Luke whispered against my ear.

I hummed in agreement as I said, "I want to be armed and put as a guardian in the compound."

"I don't want you fighting at all but that's safer than you being out in the battlefield." he finally said after a moments hesitation..

"I'm gonna be fine Luke." I whispered as I looked to his face.

"I'm just worried for you." he said, kissing my forehead.

"I'm worried for you too. You'll be out there with the strigoi." I said as the tears that had been welling overflowed.

He gently whipped my face as he said, "Hey, I'm gonna be okay. I wanna stay wherever you do. I'm gonna ask to be paired with you."

"Really?" I whispered.

"Promise." he said as I finally drifted off.

RPOV

After walking out of the house I followed Dimitri into the conference room and started making plans with what we had.

"I want to do lines of defense." I said to him.

"What do you mean?" he asked, puzzled.

"I want to set up a line of our best to hit as they come in. Have a second group to hit any that might make it through the first line. And so on." I said as I started grouping off our guardians.

"That sounds good." was his reply.

"I think you, Alberta, Paul, Ty, Amie, Eddie, and our top novices. To lead the first line. I want to lead the second group. What do you think?" I asked after debate with my self.

"I don't want our kids out there Rose!" he all but shouted.

"Dimitri they are old enough to fight!" I spat back.

"I know that! But she's my baby!" he finally cried out.

I quickly closed the distance between us and wrapped my arms around him. "She's great Dimitri. She will be okay.." I whispered before kissing him.

We broke apart a few moments later and went back to work. I knew that his nerves were working more and we were both scared to death.

"What about Alek?" he asked.

"I want him armed. He's as good or better than some of the seniors. But I don't want him out there on the battlefield. He's only 14. So I'm gonna arm him and put him as a guardian at the doors of the compound." I finally said worry for my son evident on my face.

"He'll be fine there Roza. At the compound he'll be like the 10th line of defense. And paired with some of the court guardians he'll be FINE. He'll have help there and he wont be alone. I want Auden and Luke put in the compound. I do want her armed but I want here as far away from the fight as possible. She's pregnant and it's not safe for her to fight if its not necessary." he said pleading with his eyes for me to agree.

"I agree. She should be in the compound and Luke with her so if any strigoi make it in he can light them up and she can take them out." I agreed with him.

30 minutes later the adults slowly started to come in. I was surprised when Amie walked in with Ty and Paul.

"Why are you here honey?" I asked her quietly.

"I wanna hear this mom." she said sitting down in Ty's lap.

At 4:00 I called them to attention. They were all asking the obvious question. "Why are we here?".

"Alright people!" I tried.

When they kept on chattering I finally yelled, "SHUT THE HELL UP!".

They all quieted down and turned to me.

"Thank you. Now, we are here because in just a few short hours there will be an attack on the school. We know this because a human working with the strigoi called me about an hour ago. She said there are over 100 strigoi and they planned this attack to capture and turn King Ivashkov." I was cut off as the Moroi went into panic over Adrian.

"Adrian and his kids, along with Headmistress Ozera kids have been sent away. We have lined up a plan of attack and we are here to discuss how we shall proceed."

There were many nods of approval and I was glad they weren't asking questions.

"Okay, All teachers who do not wish to partake in the fight will be put in the compound with the lower level children and some upper level kids." I said pausing for a minute. "Raise your hand if you wish to use your magic offensively."

I looked up and saw about 15 Moroi with their hands raised. They were all men except for 3 women.

"Thank you, there is a sheet being passed around. Please print your name and what element you specialize in." I said as I looked to each of them.

"Now, everyone else. You guys ARE needed most. We have to keep our Moroi children safe. You will be in the compound and we will divide the kids between you guys. You will each have around 10 kids to keep up with. STAY WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES!" I said. "Do you understand?"

There were nods all around so I went on.

"Okay. If you are staying in the compound you are free to go. We will be meeting again at 3:00 PM to regroup. At that time I expect you to be rested and packed. You will need to take food and water and the feeders. And if you have a cell phone have it fully charged and with you. Okay guys go get some sleep." I said

"Now, everyone else. I want everyone in this room to pick a partner. We are going to send out the senior novices too, so if every adult will pair themselves with a novice that would save time. You are EXPECTED to stay with your partner. Always have your partners back. We are doing this in lines of defense. First line will consist of 25 court guardians, Dimitri, Alberta, Paul, Ty, Amie, Eddie, at least 4 Moroi, and their partners. I will lead the second line with 4 more Moroi and 20more court guardians. Everyone else will be put guarding the path to our compound. Does everyone understand?" I asked.

There was once again nods so I went to wrapping things up. "Okay then. I want everyone well rested and back in this room by 4:00. We will verify partners, pass out stakes and split up to help assemble the lower levels and move them to the compound. Okay, you guys are dismissed." I said walking out.

At 10:00 I was awoke to the call I had been waiting on. Adrian called and confirmed they were out of state and in a nice hotel penthouse under lock and key.

I quickly fell back asleep knowing that today was going to be a bad one.

AN: Okay there are only like 1 chapter left an epi... I'll have it up soon so i can start writing my new FF. When i have half of it written I'm going to start posting... :) thank you guys for sticking with me!