Soul Bound

Chapter 24

DPOV.

Today we are going to court. The jet is to leave in an hour. I wasn't looking forward to this.

When I walked over to the plane I saw the girls, Christian and to my horror Adrian. He gave me a big smile that was so smug it seemed personal, and suddenly I knew how the queen had changed her mind.

I didn't know where my inferiority complex regarding Adrian came from, but the fact he could so easily accomplish something that was important to Rose where I could not, was not helping matters.

I knew Rose loved me but I could not help but wonder what kind of life we would have together. Even if we find a way to be together. Life as two guardians would not be easy. But if she was with Adrian she could have the life she disserved. He could provide for her in ways I could not. He could give her a family. Sure their relationship would also be frowned upon, but I doubt both Adrian or Rose would care.

I met Rose's eyes when I sat down and she smiled at me. The smile was so filled with love that I knew I was being silly. Rose and Adrian might have happened in a different life, but as long as I am alive, he would not stand a chance. Rose only had eyes for me.

The plane took off towards court and I settled in reading my book feeling much better about Adrian than I had in days.

RPOV

I settled into the plane. The moment the plane left the ground I got a headache. The kind I associated with the early days of seeing ghosts. Damn why does this keep happening? I groaned and laid back into my chair. There she was again, Lissa's mother. She was trying to say something but I couldn't hear her. She looked straight at me, she wanted me to do something but I didn't understand what. The headache got worse and eventually I needed to actively put my guard up.

"Wow"

I opened my eyes and I saw Adrian looking at me funny. He was hanging over the seat looking down at me.

"What, wow?"

"Your aura, it was pitch black just a moment ago. I have never seen anything like it."

I could see Dimitri looking up. He probably thought it was about the darkness, but this time it wasn't. Well I suppose it was. Both my ghost seeing and taking the darkness were caused by the same event, me dying. I never understood why I had seen ghosts until Viktor told me I had died. It had happened when I had made my first kill and I had been petrified. I had worried I was going insane. It had also hurt like hell. I had had two days of extreme agony and ghosts pulling at me and my soul before I could block them. I hadn't known they were ghosts exactly, but I had known they were real and that I was connected to them. I also learned control, I never let them out on purpose. But now that seemed to be happening all on its own. I hadn't had to keep my control on as tight since coming back to the Academy.

Well, that wasn't true. Spokane had been an onslaught of my control, but I had blamed the stress of that situation.

"I am just in a mood, Adrian, that's all."

I saw Dimitri sitting down. If he did think it was about the darkness, he was willing to risk Adrian's skin over it. I had to internally laugh at that. Those two really didn't get along. Although I think if they really tried they would find that they might actually like each other. The way they acted around each other kind of reminded me of brothers. One always jealous of the other and one always boasting about it. Trying to compete for everything. Yeah definitely brothers.

On that hilarious note I fell asleep and hours later I walked down the steps of the plane and into the Moroi Court and soon Viktor would face justice.