The whole corridor was dark and dead silent, I walked alone through the empty corridors, the sound of my own footsteps was creeping me. I couldn't really  remember why I was here but I was searching for something very dear and valuable to me but just couldn't figure out what it was. I walked and walked but it was a never ending tunnel with no end. I was in so much desperation to get out of this corridor I started running because this suspicious feeling was freaking me out.

Then suddenly I tripped over something, balancing myself I looked down in irritation, my whole body tensed at the site of the dead body. As someone who has seen so many dead bodies in her lifetime it shouldn't freak me out but this  body that was laying in front of me ran shiver down my body but not because of fear but for the feeling of lose. The body lying infront of me was none other than the body of Lissa, Vaslisa Dragomir the moroi queen, the moroi that I have to protect and the most important my bestfriend who saved my life in the car accident that had happened years back she saved me by using her moroi powers called 'spirits'. She recoiled me from death and here she was lying cold and paler than usual on the hard concrete floor and I couldn't save her.

If I had a chance to save her I would have thrown myself in front of death to save her, to protect her from death.
I was at the verge of tears and panic when all the demons inside me screamed at me "ITS ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE ALIVE." and I couldn't agree more.

"NO" I screamed.

I woke up with sweat all over my face  that was how I bought myself out from that horrible dream. I took some moment to realise that it was all a weird dream.

My first instinct was to look inside Lissa's mind through our bond but I didn't see anything. My eyes were glued on the ceiling but nothing happened. Then reality slapped hard on my face I was no longer shadow-kissed by Lissa so there was no bond between us. Never in my entire life I felt so powerless but as her future guardian I have to ensure her safety first. I jumped out of the bed and ran toward the door.

The sun was still up and shining brightly above me, making my skin look more paler and giving me the assurance that no stirgoi could be inside the academy, I ran even faster understanding the thread could be someone inside the academy all I wanted that time was to get over to Lissa's dorm, I ran with all my might and was about to pass the academy Chapel when a large hand grasped my waist and pulled me inside the Chapel, fear rushed through my body the chapel was empty noone came this early in here because of vampire schedule I started fighting from the grasp but nothing seemed to work the hold was stronger than my repulse panic.
A voice swam in my ears "Roza" and I half relaxed. It was Dimitri my mentor, Lissa's guardian for now and my beloved. I had a huge crush on him from the day I returned back to the academy and the best thing that happened to me was him returning his feelings for me. Yes we had many ups and downs and many broken hearts in our relationship but now he was with me and I hope nothing will go wrong now... Well for now.

I looked at him, concern all over his face as he fixed his eyes on my panicked face.
"What happened" he said with his smooth and low voice.
"It's Lissa, she is in trouble. Let me go!" I said struggling to get myself out from his firm grip.
He hold me more tightly "she is alright, I just came here after checking on her."
He was very well aware of my lost bond connection with Lissa or he wouldn't have stopped me.

My whole body relaxed, if it was anyone other than Dimitri saying those words I wouldn't have believed them but he was god as other dhampire student called him and for now he was Lissa's guardian and as our guardian motto 'they came first' was always in our head.

He eventually loosen his grip over my waist and released me before any other guardian could see us together.
After everything had happened in the past, every guardian in the academy knew about our relationship which was undeniable wrong but Dimitri has sort everything out at the cost of our separation for few weeks untill my graduation.

"You are bare foot, what were you thinking? He said checking on me. Let me escort you to your chambers."

When he was checking on me I realised where I was and what state I was in. I had a loose top, a rugged shorts and I was bare foot with ruffled hair in front of Dimitri and still the satisfaction that Lissa was still safe in her moroi dorm meant everything to me.

I nodded at his direction to lead the way and he tossed his duster over my shoulder to keep me warm. We maintained a good safe distance between ourselves so that no guardian could tell that something fishy was going between us just like the reality. We walked through the garden in silence, that's what I thought but honestly I wasn't listening to him at all I just couldn't get over that dream my thoughts were consumed by Lissa's protection and fear of losing her.

Luckily we didn't ran into any guardian and safely arrived at my dorm, I had a small room all by myself because there was already a shortage of guardians and over the top girls as guardian was rare and I could guarantee that headmistress Kirova made it possible because of my behavior as she probably think I was a bad influence on other novices and to punish me by separating me with others.

We were standing outside my dorm and my dorm's door was unlocked and I was 100% sure it was my fault because few minutes ago I rushed in panic through my dorms without locking my door, without wearing shoes and well I was dressed not appropriately but I was dressed. I opened the door and hopped in, before I closed the door I turned to see Dimitri and gave him a tight smile and shut the door.

When I was about to shut the door Dimitri held his hand in the middle of the door catching me off-guard.

Before he go all business-guardian like I thought of explaining to him: why my door was open, how I was irresponsible enough to leave my dorm's door open and there was no possible threat in my room as he must had seen that my door was unlocked and must be having a thought of most worst case scenario because that's what he did. But when I looked at him he wasn't paying attention to me he was checking outside my dorm to make sure noone saw us together as he stood in front of my door.

When I was about to argue with him about everything he was right about and I was wrong about because that what I did, I argue with him that was one of my best qualities because let's face it, I was Rose Hathaway that dhampire girl who ran away with her friend from this crappy academy as her life was at stake because of a danger which I didn't knew about that time, I killed twice the amount of stirgois as a normal guardian ever did, I had bring back two stirgoi back to their normal life. "Oh yes I'm awesome." I thought to myself.

Dimitri was still checking probably for something worse and then like speed of light he let himself inside my little dorm and closed the door behind him. Before I could know what was possibly happening he took me in his arms and I just melted there. I wanted this for so long but because of the situations around us were so complicated that we agreed on not seeing eachother for some days, WEEKS!

"What's bothering you, Rose?" Dimitri said behind my ears.

"Nothing" I denied.

"Rose just like you can see through me, I can do the same. So please." His words came pleasingly behind my ears and that was all for my emotional bridge that I had created so far to collapsed with some pleading words from Dimitri. I hated that he has so much power over me and at same time I loved it.

I hugged him back tightly and he shifted to make me more comfortable, I must be making his shirt wet because I could feel myself tearing up and in response he patted my head deliberately.

A sniffled and hold my tears back before I chocked myself on my own weeping.
"I'm scared" the words came as a whisper "I have no bond with Lissa anymore, how I'm going to protect her?"
"Oh Rose, you are the best guardian Lissa can ever have or the academy wouldn't have appointed you as her guardian. Now shush and stop crying" he didn't break the hug untill I really didn't stopped crying then he looked down at my unconvinced face and sighed.

"Rose, Lissa trusts you and the academy trust you and most importantly I trust you, what more you want?" He raised his eyebrows in a questionable way.

That was true even without our bond I can sense her feelings just by looking at her eyes. I wished and hoped that it was enough for me to protect my moroi.

A/N
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