Building the Tension | ✔ | 18+

CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT. Set in the Vampire Academy Moroi/dhampir world. Alternate ending.

What if the Mână never tried to claim Lissa? The cabin would never happen, but Rose might have heard from Mason about the Strigoi attack sooner. No Strigoi Dimitri. Tatiana lives. Romitri happy ending.

Told from Rose's POV (mostly).

We won't get into the Mature content rating for at least the first few chapters, but I am hoping to have a nice suitable replacement for the cabin scene eventually.

Bear with me for the first two chapters where there is a lot of similarities to Richelle Mead's original plot. It will be diverging slowly to something completely different.

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"Why don't you let me be the judge of what I need, Dimitri? Because right now, all I need is you."
Dimitri gripped my upper arms and looked into my eyes. It was clear that he was searching my face for something, but I couldn't tell what. Everything in me wanted nothing more than for him to just kiss me at that moment.
Until that moment, I hadn't truly considered the downright carnal possibilities that existed by us being alone together in his apartment, despite the fact that he was standing in front of me practically naked in nothing but a towel. And now, my fingers itched to remove that towel - and I desperately wanted him to remove my clothes, too.
He continued looking at me and I saw the warmth go out of his eyes. "There's a difference between a need and a want," he said, "You're just learning what you truly need out of life. I can't be the one to provide you with those things."