Secret War

Chapter 15

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Since there was nothing I could do except wait, I decided to train. Just because Riya wasn't here to throw instructions didn't mean that I couldn't train myself. Not that I had any hopes of doing that either, not with Dimitri back. While I was running my laps, Dimitri would occasionally jump out and attack me - or maybe molest would be a better word. I was proud to be able to dodge him a few times and I managed to get a hit to his stomach. But I also have a developing bruise on my ass from the many times I didn't dodge him. The love in his eyes was so clear I felt myself melting. Every time I dodged him his eyes shone with pride. Every touch caused electricity to run across my skin, caused a fire to ignite between us.

By night time I was exhausted and it didn't help that no one could cook so we went to town. Every thing was almost back to normal, the damage hadn't been as bad as we'd first thought which was a great relief. After eating Dimitri and I went back to the house by the lake and ended up defiling several rooms before I went to sleep.

"Whoa little dhampir, you look like you've had fun before sleeping." Adrian smirked teasingly casing me to blush. "Nice sleeping gown." I was wearing a crimson silk strap dress which was low cut, ended mid thigh with slits at the side. It was something Zana had bought me.

"Shut up Adrian." I flipped him. "Did you manage to talk to her?" I asked with a more serious tone.

"She said to tell Dimitri she's in a castle where the guardian academy used to use for training. When you see the guy hurting her, I want you to do me a favour."

"What?"

"Make him suffer for me. He deserves to suffer the worst kind of death Rose."

"What's he done to her?" I asked worriedly.

"He's been starving her and beating her. It's not pleasant Rose. He's trying to beat her into submission like the Strigoi at Spokane tried to do with Christian and Mia. Only this is a lot more violent."

"We'll get her back Adrian. And who knows? Maybe you can meet her some day."

"Oh I plan to." Adrian smiled. It was one of his rare non drunk smiles. Riya must've had a big impact on him.

With an excited gasp I woke up and Dimitri immediately wrapped his arms around me.

"Has he found her?" he asked worriedly.

"She's in a castle your old academy used to train in." I told him. "Let's get the others and get a plan going."

"No, you need to rest. I don't want you falling asleep in the middle of the fight. Now THAT would be bad." Dimitri shook his head.

"But - "

"No buts." Dimitri stared down at me. "Sleep and save your energy Roza. I'll tell the others and we'll wait. It would not be wise to move before the sun rises."

"But you guys can't move in sunlight." I frowned.

"There are ways to get around it. It's alright and let us worry about that. Just sleep." Dimitri hushed me and it wasn't long before I fell asleep.

"Looks like we're all going to owe that Adrian guy a huge favour." Aleksandr smirked.

"We're going to kick some Strigoi ass while Roza, Cain and Alik go find Riya." Zana instructed. "Alik should be able to track her when he's in the building."

"Track?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah, Aleksandr has some kind of sense thing with Riya. Don't know how it works, it just does." Konstantin shrugged.

"Let's go." I grinned grabbing the stakes.

For most of the journey I was on Konstantin's back, he was known for endurance while Luka and Zana stayed a few yards ahead to scan the area. Aleksandr and Dimitri took the rear and it took half an hour of running through a forest to get there. The castle was HUGE and down right scary. It looked haunted and I could understand why Misha chose this place. No one in their right mind would dare to go near this place. Apparently the academy here in Russia stopped using the castle because too many people had gotten seriously injured and many were lost never to be found again.