I set off to kill the one I loved. Dimitri was Strigoi now, and he'd rather die than stay Strigoi. I had to, just had to kill him. I headed to Missoula, only having a bank account that Adrian gave me. I remembered his words before I left. 'Come back.'

I went to the bank Adrian told me to go to. I had to go withdraw some cash for a place to stay and some food. I gave the lady at the front desk my name and pin number. She gave me a debit card, since I was old enough to get one. "Thanks." I said before walking out the door.

I had the money, so I went to a five star hotel with continental breakfast. I needed the sleep and wanted to save SOME of the money. My room was a suite on the top floor. I quickly went to my room and took a shower. After my shower, it was 11 PM. I needed some sleep for my hunt the next day. I quickly changed into some complimentary pajamas and fell into a deep sleep.

"Little dhamphir. I've been waiting for you." It was Adrian. Great.

"Adrian, can you stop interrupting my sleep? I really want to get some sleep." I replied.

"You are sleeping, little dhamphir. And so am I." I hated it when he said that.

"You know what I mean." I scowled at him.

"Where are you, Rose?" He asked. He was concerned. "Lissa is crying every night, and Christian…he can't stand watching her go through this."

"I told you where my first stop was. It was Missoula!" I said. "Lissa will be fine. She just needs to let go."

"And your second stop?" He asked.

I thought. "Well, I don't really know." I said.

The rest of the night, Adrian kept asking questions about where I was and what I was doing. I told him where I was, but I couldn't tell him why I was there. That was personal. I made him swear that he wouldn't tell Lissa where I was. She would come for me, and that meant danger for the Dragomirs.

The next day, I set off. I went to look in the cave that the Strigois were hiding in when we found them. The cave that Dimitri became Strigoi in. I walked in, scared that Dimitri would actually be there. "Hello? Is anyone in here?" I asked. "Hello?"

"Rose?" I heard a voice. "Is that you?" I didn't know who it was. Maybe it was Dimitri. No, it couldn't be Dimitri. The voice didn't have an accent. Unless...

I stepped up a little. "Who are you. Come out of the shadows!" I yelled to the person. The person walked out. It was Christian.

"Christian! What are you doing here? You could be in so fucking much trouble!" I asked him.

"Well, I wanted to help. And tell you how Lissa's been feeling. So I set off to find you!"

"Too late. Adrian got to my dreams and told me all about it." I muttered.