Rose almost wasn't sure what had just happened. After all their understanding about stopping as soon as they got to St. Vlad's, they'd both lost control in the aftermath of the madness that had passed through her. She didn't care about their understanding anymore even though she knew their current intertwined fingers would have to separate as ( Read more... )

Rose stayed in Lissa's head through her meeting with Queen Tatiana, fiercely proud of how she'd handled herself, how she'd spoken up for what she believed in even when the queen obviously disapproved. That was her friend, graceful, dignified, and completely focused on what she felt was right even though she was still more than a little nervous. ( Read more... )

Rose shifted from foot to foot as she stood in the lounge. She was at the back, watching the door while Eddie Castile who was assigned to Lissa for his field experience had the window side of the room. Lissa and Christian were watching a movie, and for once today they weren't discussing the bomb Rose had dropped on them earlier.

( After breakfast, Lissa and Christian... )

Rose dozed throughout the day - or night, she didn't know anymore, and the guards weren't exactly being talkative. But Adrian didn't come back to her dreams. She didn't dream at all, but instead as she was at the edge of consciousness, Rose felt herself slipping into familiar and welcome territory. Lissa's head, and after the past few days, it ( Read more... )

It had been over twenty-four hours since Isaiah had made his plans known. Which made nearly 36 - or was it 48? - hours of enforced silence interspersed with uncomfortable and guarded bathroom breaks and no better ideas on how to escape than impossibilities like the guards all falling asleep or Rose suddenly turning into a bobcat again and eating ( Read more... )

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. But at least that interminable waiting and wondering took up the part of Rose's brain that wasn't racking itself with guilt for this turn of events. The five of them had their arms flex-tied behind the back of the most uncomfortable wooden chairs ever in a basement of some ( Read more... )

In the end, how didn't matter. The entire thing was Rose's fault. She'd gone to find Mason early that morning right after leaving Dimitri on the roof, but his roommate said he'd already packed and left. When she spoke to some of the other guardians, they'd mentioned seeing Mason, Eddie Castile, and Mia Rinaldi leaving together. When Rose stared ( Read more... )

Rose didn't like anything about Tasha Ozera but when she'd followed the bond to find Lissa in Christian's room - and Christian and his aunt practicing offensive magic, she had to admit that was pretty damn cool. Moroi using magic as a weapon was forbidden. It was a punishable offense, and while a student playing with it might just get off being ( Read more... )

It was nearing 4am when Rose and Dimitri got back to St. Vlad's.  She had been awake for twenty-four hours and was exhausted and bleary-eyed while Dimitri, of course, looked completely alert and ready for action.  He ordered her to go to the visitors' quarters and to go to bed as soon as they were back on campus while he headed off to consult with ( Read more... )

Terrified and panicking, Lissa's thoughts pulled Rose into her head...

"Why are you doing this? What's going on?”

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