Vampire Academy Page #9

He's blind, but he's one of the Moroi's

most ingenious air users.

- Shall we begin? Heal me.

- Go to hell.

You're up, Kenneth.

Rose?

Don't stop. They're torturing her.

Heal me.

Now he's...

Ah, Lissa.

Heal me.

My...

this really worked out.

Take the girl upstairs till departure.

Rose, stay here. It's too dangerous,

you'll just get in the way.

- But...

- Do I really need to remind you

the last time I said "stay in the car"

and was disobeyed?

No, I totally understand.

Good luck.

- You're not really staying, are you?

- What do you think?

But what did Dimitri mean

by "last time I said 'stay in the car" '?

He was talking about

another girl from another time.

She was a novice.

I'm a guardian.

Let's roll, fire magic.

I need a seeing-eye dog.

Take my arm.

The princess is upstairs.

No, no, not this way.

- Rose.

- Keep going.

- It's right up there.

- Rose!

What?!

Spiridon, send for the girl.

We're ready now.

I believe you can fly.

Feel free to chime in

at any time with some fire magic.

Maybe a ring of flame around the knob?

I've never really worked outside

a classroom setting before.

Forget it, she's gone.

Stop trying to save yourself, Liss.

Stupid one-way bond.

Psi-hounds.

Expensive to breed, difficult to train,

but there is no denying

the brilliance of the psi-hounds.

They will stalk the princess,

maneuver her,

but they won't attack

unless I say the word.

I presume you can deal with that?

They say Dimitri is a god.

Well, I'm an atheist...

an atheist with a big gun.

That's it? Seriously?

I've waited for this moment.

Do you know what it's like to always be

referred to as the second best guardian?

No.

Are you OK?

- Did you see what Victor did?

- I know. What an a**hole.

I hate to interrupt, but unless

either of you can fly a chopper,

maybe we should get going.

Lissa, get back.

Rose, be a dear

and step away from the princess.

I don't want to accidentally

shoot her when I'm shooting you.

You heard him, he won't shoot me.

- I am your guardian.

- No, Rose, you can't do this.

Lissa, don't you dare fight.

Lissa.

- You're worse than a Strigoi.

- Christian!

Do you know what I like most

about the psi-hounds?

They're wonderful at tracking.

They're even better at killing.

Attack!

No.

Now, that's some freaking fire magic.

Rose, I need to save him,

but I can't.

Victor took everything, all my energy.

Power up, Princess.

This has been a night

that St. Vladimir's will never forget.

We have extra guardians manning the

academy perimeter. Nothing can get in.

Victor Dashkov will be confined

to a holding cell downstairs

until he can be transferred to the Royal

Court Prison to await trial.

How's Natalie? She worshipped her

father. She must be devastated.

The other members of the Dashkov family

are removing her from school.

For the best.

Uh-oh, Rose. This came for you.

Oh, great.

Uh, Dimitri, one last thing...

The time gap after Rose so dramatically

burst out of my office...

It should all be explained

in the other file.

A Nobu charm was put on a necklace

Rose had been wearing.

The spell caused Rose to attack

me and me to attack her.

I disengaged the necklace before

critical... violence could occur.

Mmm.

Hey, we should probably talk

about what happened earlier.

I just want you to know

I would never use the words

"sweet sassy molassey"

unless under the influence.

It is not a matter

of amusement or discussion.

- It was horrific.

- Horrific...

isn't really the first

adjective that comes to mind.

Don't make light of this.

It's one thing if I were

36 and you were 28,

or me 28 and you 20.

That's a lot of math for someone

who's not interested.

Your life is about

homework, dances, parties.

How can you say that

after what happened?

It's what it should be about.

I'm not interested in you in that way.

- OK.

- It was...

just a spell.

- Let it go.

- Got it.

- Rose?

- Yeah?

You're still here?

I'm not sure how I feel about this,

but Victor has requested

a moment of your time.

Yeah, no, that's not gonna happen.

He said something about you

being "shadow-kissed"?

She's not going. That's final.

Don't tell me what to do.

You look good, Vic.

Which is ironic, considering it

means more time rotting in jail.

Don't take this

the wrong way, Rose, but...

I probably should

have killed you.

There's a compliment in there somewhere.

I spent a lot of money on that charm.

It didn't quite work out

the way I wanted.

Mmm. It worked out well enough.

Caused a man with no interest in me

to burn off my dress, so...

You're so tough, so one-of-a-kind.

But you're still a girl.

All this has happened,

and what you want to know is,

"Does Dimitri really like me?"

It's a powerful charm, Rose,

but it's not that powerful.

There has to be a degree of affection

and attraction already in place.

Happy?

- Shadow-kissed?

- Ah, yes. I owe you that.

You see, I didn't begin

to track Vasilisa

with some silly old raven.

My eye was on her long before.

I've seen the accident report.

And there's absolutely no way

that either of you should have survived.

The accident was what woke

her spirit in the first place.

The fear of seeing you dead

made it burst out,

allowing her to heal,

made you form your bond.

Rose...

you've been kissed by shadows.

You've crossed over into death,

into the other side,

and returned.

Don't you think that leaves

a mark on the soul... somewhere?

That's why you're not afraid

to show your feelings, Rose,

your passion, your anger.

That's what makes you remarkable. Yes.

But it's ironic... considering.

Considering what?

Considering I'll have to kill you.

Natalie. You made your own

daughter turn Strigoi?

And how do you think I can

circumvent the outside security?

I'd do anything for my daddy.

All that training, and yet,

I'm going to obliterate you.

You see, Natalie was

not the innocent you thought she was.

In fact, she was the one

who provided me with the intel

regarding you, Dimitri and Vasilisa.

The cat was my idea.

Daddy wanted to do another fox.

Father, look.

Rose does choke before Strigoi.

I don't understand.

To become a Strigoi,

don't you have to...

Yes.

I chose Ray to be my first.

Killing him was a lot more fun

than losing my virginity

to him would've been.

And with a lot more blood.

Too soon?

Hey, Victor?

Aren't you afraid

your new Strigoi daughter

won't be able to resist

your Moroi veins?

Don't be ludicrous.

I'm gonna wait outside, Natalie.

Finish her off.

You don't know what high school

is like for a loser like me.

I was so scared all the time...

so weak, so sad, so lame.

Now my eyesight is perfect,

my skin is clear, and so is my mind.

I may be dead,

but I have never felt so alive.

How awesome for you.

Say cheese.

Rose?

Oh.

Maybe I won't kill you.

Maybe I'll make you just like me.

That way, we can be friends

forever and ever.

BFF!

Who's choking now?

Roza, Roza.

Oh, my Roza.

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