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Authors: Richelle Mead, Michelle Rowen
Tags: Fiction, Horror, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Social Issues, Dating & Sex, Emotions & Feelings
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—pages 235–236
Rose decides that she wants Dimitri to be happy. He should take the position as Tasha’s guardian—it’s a great opportunity for him and a chance to have children. No matter what happens, she knows she’ll always love him.
She also knows she has to talk to Mason—to apologize for how she’s treated him and to end things with him once and for all.
But she can’t find him anywhere.
MASON’S PLAN
It’s not long before Rose comes to a sickening realization: the reason she can’t find Mason is because he’s no longer at the ski lodge. Mason, his friend Eddie, and Mia must have all gone to Spokane so that he could fulfill his crazy dream of killing Strigoi. And it’s all Rose’s fault! The only reason Mason knows they’re in Spokane is because Rose told him.
She needs to stop them! She realizes that Mason, Eddie, and Mia must have used compulsion to get past the guards at the gates—but Rose, as a dhampir, doesn’t have that ability. She needs to find a Moroi to assist her. Lissa’s the obvious choice, but Rose does something surprising. She finds Christian instead and tells him everything. But even he knows Lissa’s much better at compulsion than he is.
“I know. But I don’t want to get her in trouble.”
He snorted. “But you don’t mind if I do?”
I shrugged. “Not really.”
“You’re a piece of work, you know that?”
“ Yeah, I do, actually.”
—page 242
Christian agrees to join Rose. They hitch a ride into town and head to the bus station, but there’s no sign of Mason and the others—they’ve already headed to Spokane. Crap.
When Rose and Christian reach Spokane, Rose feels a tug on the bond. She slips into Lissa’s head and sees that her friend is being questioned by Dimitri about Rose and the other students’ whereabouts. Lissa is frustrated and afraid—and upset that she wasn’t told about any plans to leave the lodge—but she has no idea where Rose is. She sadly reminds Dimitri that the bond only works one way. When Dimitri continues to press, Lissa snaps at him that she’d help if she could. But she can’t. Dimitri’s not the only one worried about Rose and the others.
The concern Rose sees in Dimitri’s eyes through the bond eats her up inside.
When Rose and Christian reach the shopping center, they find the missing trio looking dejected in the food court. The trip’s been a big fat failure, and Rose couldn’t be more relieved that her friends are safe.
“Did you kill any Strigoi? Did you even find any?”
“No, ” adm itted Eddie.
“Good, ” I said. “ You got lucky.”
“Why are you so against killing Strigoi?” asked Mia hotly. “Isn’t that what you train for?”
“I train for sane missions, not childish stunts like this.”
“It isn’t childish,” she cried. “They killed my mother. And the guardians weren’t doing anything. Even their information is bad. There weren’t any Strigoi in the tunnels. Probably none in the whole city.”
—page 250
While Mason, Eddie, and Mia didn’t find any Strigoi in their search, they did find the underground tunnels that are connected to the mall. The thought of checking them out again while they wait for the next bus appeals to Christian. Since he usually spends a lot of time in a cramped attic, Rose isn’t all that surprised that he’d think this would be fun.
Reluctantly, she agrees that they can take a peek. A quick one!
Rose and Christian follow the others to the far end of the mall and down a dirty, smelly set of stairs, leading into the tunnels below. Grime-caked cement, ugly fluorescent lights, boxes of cleaning and electrical supplies . . .
But no Strigoi.
It’s kind of boring, really.
But then Rose spots some writing on the wall. It’s a list of twelve letters with an X next to a couple of them. Mia dismisses it as nothing, but Rose keeps studying the list until it clicks. The letters are the initials of the twelve royal
—pages 235–236
Rose decides that she wants Dimitri to be happy. He should take the position as Tasha’s guardian—it’s a great opportunity for him and a chance to have children. No matter what happens, she knows she’ll always love him.
She also knows she has to talk to Mason—to apologize for how she’s treated him and to end things with him once and for all.
But she can’t find him anywhere.
MASON’S PLAN
It’s not long before Rose comes to a sickening realization: the reason she can’t find Mason is because he’s no longer at the ski lodge. Mason, his friend Eddie, and Mia must have all gone to Spokane so that he could fulfill his crazy dream of killing Strigoi. And it’s all Rose’s fault! The only reason Mason knows they’re in Spokane is because Rose told him.
She needs to stop them! She realizes that Mason, Eddie, and Mia must have used compulsion to get past the guards at the gates—but Rose, as a dhampir, doesn’t have that ability. She needs to find a Moroi to assist her. Lissa’s the obvious choice, but Rose does something surprising. She finds Christian instead and tells him everything. But even he knows Lissa’s much better at compulsion than he is.
“I know. But I don’t want to get her in trouble.”
He snorted. “But you don’t mind if I do?”
I shrugged. “Not really.”
“You’re a piece of work, you know that?”
“ Yeah, I do, actually.”
—page 242
Christian agrees to join Rose. They hitch a ride into town and head to the bus station, but there’s no sign of Mason and the others—they’ve already headed to Spokane. Crap.
When Rose and Christian reach Spokane, Rose feels a tug on the bond. She slips into Lissa’s head and sees that her friend is being questioned by Dimitri about Rose and the other students’ whereabouts. Lissa is frustrated and afraid—and upset that she wasn’t told about any plans to leave the lodge—but she has no idea where Rose is. She sadly reminds Dimitri that the bond only works one way. When Dimitri continues to press, Lissa snaps at him that she’d help if she could. But she can’t. Dimitri’s not the only one worried about Rose and the others.
The concern Rose sees in Dimitri’s eyes through the bond eats her up inside.
When Rose and Christian reach the shopping center, they find the missing trio looking dejected in the food court. The trip’s been a big fat failure, and Rose couldn’t be more relieved that her friends are safe.
“Did you kill any Strigoi? Did you even find any?”
“No, ” adm itted Eddie.
“Good, ” I said. “ You got lucky.”
“Why are you so against killing Strigoi?” asked Mia hotly. “Isn’t that what you train for?”
“I train for sane missions, not childish stunts like this.”
“It isn’t childish,” she cried. “They killed my mother. And the guardians weren’t doing anything. Even their information is bad. There weren’t any Strigoi in the tunnels. Probably none in the whole city.”
—page 250
While Mason, Eddie, and Mia didn’t find any Strigoi in their search, they did find the underground tunnels that are connected to the mall. The thought of checking them out again while they wait for the next bus appeals to Christian. Since he usually spends a lot of time in a cramped attic, Rose isn’t all that surprised that he’d think this would be fun.
Reluctantly, she agrees that they can take a peek. A quick one!
Rose and Christian follow the others to the far end of the mall and down a dirty, smelly set of stairs, leading into the tunnels below. Grime-caked cement, ugly fluorescent lights, boxes of cleaning and electrical supplies . . .
But no Strigoi.
It’s kind of boring, really.
But then Rose spots some writing on the wall. It’s a list of twelve letters with an X next to a couple of them. Mia dismisses it as nothing, but Rose keeps studying the list until it clicks. The letters are the initials of the twelve royal
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