Chapter 2.

Rose just sat there still on the sofa. She hadn't moved for over an hour. What had she just agree to? She couldn't think of anything apart from Lissa. Had she done the right thing? What else could she do?

Would anyone come for her? Would anyone miss her? Would her mum know she was missing? All these thoughts ran through Rose's head over and over.

Who was she kidding? She know they wouldn't come. She was only a Dhampir. She new the saying they come first. She wasn't one of them.

She jumped at the sound of voices behind her. She didn't want to know what they were talking about so she tried to tune them out.

The voices stopped, a few seconds later he was standing in front of her, she got a good look at him this time, he was talk with dirty blond hair, well built and very scary looking, Rose wondered if he would still look so scary if he didn't have red eyes and teeth, she couldn't forget that he had them.

She knew how easily he could kill her, how easily any of them could kill her.

"I don't think we made the proper introductions before, I'm Deon and you are?" he knelt again so he was the same hight as her. Rose swallowed as she tried to get her words out.

"I...I'm Rose" it came out as barely a whisper but Deon heard it anyway.

He smiled at her, "Pretty name for a pretty little girl" he reached forward and gently pushed Rose's hair behind her shoulder so he could get a better look at her. "Come on, we're leaving, the car is outside" it wasn't until he took her hand and pulled her to her feet that she realised what he had said.

"Where are we going?" she asked. She didn't know why he was being so nice to her.

He smiled again at her question and gave her a one word answer "Home" that one word flooded her mind with images of Lissa and the Academe, that was her home or at least it use to be. She didn't know where home was now, or if she would ever feel at home again.

Deon was still holder her hand leading her through the house, when he opened the front door she was met with darkness, she didn't know what time is was. Only that it was night, but she suddenly felt really tired.

There was other men outside by the car, she didn't know if they were human or not. One of them opened the back door, and nodded to Deon.

"This is Max, he works for me" the man Max smiled down at her, showing perfect straight white teeth, which also let her know he was human. "Max this is Rose, she is going to be staying with us for a while" she didn't know what to do, so she just looked at him, he looked nice from what she could tell, he wasn't as tall as Deon and he had darker hair.

She couldn't understand why he would want to work for a strigoi, but she didn't question it out loud. Deon helped her into the car, she slid across the seat so she was next to the window. Deon slid in after her shutting the door behind him.

It wasn't long before the car started moving. The car ride was silent, she notice Deon watching her but she was too tired to care, it wasn't long before she fell asleep with her head resting on the window. Her dreams filled with monsters.

She didn't know how long she slept for but when she woke she was no longer in a car, but what appeared to be a bed, a very comfortable bed. She glanced around the room and was move confused then ever, the room was beautiful, she was lying on a huge poster bed, she sat up to get a better look of the room.

The walls where painted a cream colour and there was a dark wood colour dresser. Next to that a full length mirror. The other side of the room had a massive window seat. It was a room fit for a princess, so why was she in it.

She made her way across to the window, pulled back the curtains and smiled as the sun shone down on her. She looked out trying to figure out where she was, but all she could see was a garden, a very big garden. There was no road so she figured she was at the back of the house, and very high up, they was no way she could climb of the window.

She sighed and sat down on the window seat, she sat and watched the birds, watching them fly, watching them be free.

The door to the bed room opened making her jump, why didn't she think of trying the door? A woman came into the room holding a tray. She closed the door behind her and moved to put the tray on the dresser. She turn to face the bed and frowned when she found it empty. Rose knew she was human, after all she was stood in the sun.

The woman smiled as he found Rose sat by the window. "There you are my dear, come, I have some lunch for you" she was maybe in her late 40s, her hair long dark and tied back in a high tail.

"Who are you?" Rose asked as she slowly made her way over to the smell of food. Oh god, when was the last time she had eaten, she couldn't remember. The closer she got the more her mouth watered.

"I'm Sarah, and Deon tells me your Rose, I'm here if you need help during the day, normally you would eat down stairs or in the kitchen, but as this is your first day with us, I thought you would like it in your room" Rose didn't really follow what she had said, she was to focused on the food.

Before Rose realised what she was doing she had the sandwich half way to her lips, she glanced at Sarah who just smiled back at her, she took that as a go a head.

"I'll leave to it" Sarah said before turning to the door "get some rest, your going to need your strength, your training starts at nightfall" she walked at the room leaving Rose to her food.

After eating both sandwiches and a apple, Rose made her way back to bed. She didn't know what her training would involve but she knew it wasn't going to be easy.