Vampire Academy Page #5

one personally, as a friend.

Can you kill someone you used to know?

I... If it was them or me or Lissa...

You hesitate,

and that hesitation could kill you.

You have to keep telling yourself that

they aren't the same people you knew.

Good. Very good.

I don't mean to belittle

what you are going through.

The queen crossed a line.

But the Dhampir must always bow down.

I get it. The Moroi come first.

Not always.

My father was a Moroi.

He visited Russia once a year.

He liked to hit my mother.

When I was old enough,

I liked to hit him.

He stopped visiting.

- How old is old enough?

- Ten.

The only parent I've ever

really had is the academy.

Your mother is one of the most feared

and respected Dhampir

guardians in the world.

I see you finally read her telegram.

You want to know what it said?

"Glad you're alive.

What you did was inexcusable. Mom."

Aw.

What do you know of your Moroi father?

That he must have had

dark eyes and amazing hair.

When I start killing Strigoi

left and right,

I'm gonna have to cut it

all off, won't I?

Sorry.

That sounded really girly.

You can wear it up.

Doesn't a Dhampir need to keep

their molnija marks exposed?

Don't ever cut your hair.

Wear it up.

You have to admire our queen.

Her elegance, her dignity,

her ability to recognize trash.

And my good mood is over.

You know, "beware" isn't spelled

with an "H" in it.

- Hey.

- Where's Lissa?

I haven't seen her,

but guess what?

I heard that Mia and Aaron are going

on that field trip

to the hemoglobin factory.

I figured it gives us a chance

to raid their rooms...

- Pretend to be talking to me.

- But I am talking to you.

It's nasty.

If you guys were doing it,

I'm not surprised

Rose got addicted and necked with Jesse.

She didn't do it with Jesse.

And it's not like we fornicated.

We just didn't have any feeders.

It's no big deal, Camilla.

Yeah, it's no big deal.

I mean, Jesse's a liar.

What are you guys doing tonight?

Shannon and I are going to her room

to study for Meisner's test.

Invite me.

Lissa, you want to study

with us tonight?

Sure.

Oh, look.

It's the queen's court jester.

You can't talk to me like that.

The queen treats me like a daughter,

so you should be envious.

You're buds with Mia.

What secrets are you keeping?

- I like to wear my mommy's knick...

- Not about you.

Secrets about Mia.

- Busted.

- Ow.

Did you witness how amazing I was?

I felt it. Using the power has

an effect, a cost, on both of us.

Look at you, you're shaking.

I'm shaking.

Three cups of coffee shaking.

More like 18 cups, dark roast, no room.

- I got it, the computer.

- What?

I told you.

Mia's on a field trip...

Hey, you. I'm sorry I haven't been

to church in a while, but...

It's OK. You don't have

to pretend anymore.

You've had your little

flirtation with the dark side.

- Check that box and move on.

- What are you talking about?

But, hey, nice hypocrisy

on the magic use.

So what? A stolen laptop.

Kirova strangled

Internet access years ago.

Yeah, St. Vlad's operates

on a closed network,

but there is more to a person

than status updates.

There's photos, receipts,

inter-academy e-mails.

You're making my brain bleed.

But you were sure right

about cuckoo Christian.

What a whack job.

Are you seriously going to that

study group with Camilla?

You know, you don't have

to use compulsion to be popular.

You may not recall, but you can

be quite charming on your own.

Who has the time?

Natalie, return that computer.

Later, losers.

Gosh.

I wish Lissa could compulse Ray

into being nicer.

And taking my virginity.

No one has ever

really seen me naked.

- Moroi, Dhampir, human, mineral.

- Uh-huh.

I once turned a plant around because

I was too shy to change in front of it.

You know I can't un-hear this, right?

- Sorry. Yeah, I...

- It's OK.

Though I'm not much better.

I'm crushing on my mentor, Dimitri,

who's, like, old enough to be my...

Not my father... like an uncle.

Like a disturbingly sexy uncle.

Andre?

What the hell is this?

Goodness gracious.

Andre, Andre?

That's Lissa's brother, isn't it?

Andre could have, like, any girl

he wanted, and he usually did.

Most of the girls knew the drill.

It was down low, no commitments and...

This is the face of a girl

who did not know the drill.

Holy moly.

Mia's not just angry at Lissa.

She despises the whole Dragomir line.

Right, which makes her someone willing

to take things to a whole other level.

OK, all right.

Take this back to Mia's room.

- Yeah?

- OK.

See ya.

Hey. To what do I owe this honor?

Can we talk, Oscar?

I'm worried about Lissa.

I love that our princess is learning

that the best defense is a good offense,

and believe me, I am all for putting

mad munchkin Mia in her place,

but this Operation Brainwash is turning

Lissa into something she's not.

She can't see that. I can.

It's like I feel Lissa's

feelings more than she does.

I need to put on my game face.

Can't wait around

for my next psychedelic flashback.

The stakes are too high.

Get it?

Dhampir? Fight with stakes?

Best defense, good offense.

I knew you'd improve.

No fair learning from a god.

I heard you were good

at taking on two guys at once.

Rose, uh, about Jesse and Ray...

- Mason...

- No, not that.

In the locker room, it was weird.

They had these bandages

on their wrists.

I don't know

if it means anything.

Covered wrists?

- Is that some new Moroi thing?

- Check out Mia.

- She's getting away.

- Let her.

Kirova's the one

I should be tracking.

I need to break

into Kirova's office today

when the fang gang

is asleep, OK?

There's a file in there that

could be the key to my past,

my present and my future.

That's it?

Sounds cool.

Forty-five minutes of silence.

It has to be a Rose Hathaway record.

OK.

What do you know about Ms. Karp?

Karp? She retired before I even arrived.

Kirova, Victor, you.

I ask about Karp, and it's

no eye contact and a subject change.

Enough. Your training of late

has been quite...

- ...fine.

- Fine? That's it?

What do you want me to say?

That you are a remarkable quick study?

That you bring originality

to classic moves?

Yeah, I want you to say

all those things.

Good night, Rose.

What did I do wrong? I had you.

The battle cry was your first mistake.

I like your laugh.

Singular, not plural.

It's the first time I've heard it.

So even if I wouldn't have screamed,

you still would have stopped me, right?

Probably, but nice initiative.

Keep trying those surprise attacks.

It's good training for both of us.

So, uh... you have any other

moves you want to show me?

I give it and they take it, but when it

comes back, it's not the same, is it?

I give it and they take it,

but when it comes back,

it's not the same, is it?

They're coming to get me.

But they want something

that I can't give them.

Those of us who never declared, those

of us who have powers that have no name,

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