The Russian Selection

Chapter 10

"Rose, wake up!" I was being shaken awake and I was not happy. I loved my sleep, who dares interrupt it.

I rolled onto my back and opened my eyes. Lissa was standing over my bed and I looked over at my clock and saw that it was only 3am.

"What is it?" I asked her rubbing my eyes.

"There has been an elimination, two girls dropped out." That caused me to sit up quickly. In all of history, it was very uncommon for girls to drop out of the Selection, let alone two girls drop at the same time.

I quickly got out of the bed and threw a robe on over my nightgown and quickly followed Lissa out of the room. "Wait Liss, why did they drop out?"

"There's no time," She grabbed my hand and dragged me down the staircases. We hit the cold the tile floor and she dragged me through the corridors to Dimitri's study.

One of Dimitri's men opened the door and we were quickly escorted into his study. The first thing I saw was Dimitri standing at his desk. His normal neat hair that was pulled back was now loose and he kept running his hand through it in frustration. His sleeves on his shirt were rolled up and tie was loose, he looked so different then the guy we all see.

I looked around at the other Selected and saw that two were missing: Sonya and Avery. How could Sonya leave? What will I do, she was my only ally in this whole thing?

I caught Dimitri's eye and he just shook his head. "As you all know by now, Sonya and Avery have both dropped out of the Selection." Dimitri said. "They were both attacked and have both decided that they would rather go home then stay here."

"Attacked?" I said confused. Who would do such a thing?

"More like being harassed." Dimitri clarified. "Apparently this has been going on for awhile and they are both now just reporting it. Do not worry, we are going to get the bottom of this and make sure that you are all safe."

"What happened?" I could tell that some were annoyed that I was asking questions, but I wanted to know.

"Someone put glass in their shoes cutting their feet, their rooms had been ransacked, and all of their clothes was destroyed." One of Dimitri's advisors said. "This is what they have reported so we are not sure if other things have happened."

I looked over at Natasha, for some reason, I had an odd feeling that it was her. She seems like she was the only person capable to do it. Besides, that's two less girls competing for Dimitri.

"Each of you will have security around you at all times." Dimitri said looking at us. "I will not allow this to happen again, I will keep you safe." At that statement he looked at me and we connected. I knew that he also meant Adrian.

I couldn't take anymore of this so I just left the room shrugging off Lissa. I could hear them call after me but I just had to get away.

How could Sonya just leave? She wanted this so bad but she was also my only friend who knew what I was going through.

I didn't know where my feet were taking me, but the next thing I knew, I was sitting in the ballroom on the stairs. Tears started to come out of my eyes; I think I was having a breakdown.

I put my head in my hands and started to cry. I didn't know how long I stayed like that until I felt someone sit down next to me and rubbed my back.

"Dimitri," I said looking up, but it was not Dimitri's brown eyes I saw. Instead I saw Adrian's green eyes staring at me. This time he did not look angry, just sadder. "What do you want?" I asked him.

He leaned forward and wiped some tears that were still on my cheek. "I heard about what happened and I saw you leave the little meeting upset. Thought I would come check up on you."