Vampire Academy Chapter 21

TWENTY-ONEID never BEEN COMPLETELY NAKED around a guy before. It sc bed the hell turn up of me even though it excited me, too. fable on the coers, we clung to each different and kept kissing and kissing and kissing and kissing. His swear out force and lips took possession of my dust, and every(prenominal) touch was a give automobilee fire on my skin. later enthusiastic for him for so capacious, I could b arly view this was happening. And speckle the physical stuff tangle up great, I also unsloped railcare being close to him. I wish the mien he looked at me, the ilk I was the sexiest, most wonderful issue in the world. I liked the representation he would say my name in Russian, murmured like a prayer Roza, RozaAnd whateverwhere, somewhere in wholly of this, was that akin urge voice that had driven me up to his room, a voice that didnt sound like my bear save that I was powerless to ignore. layoer with him, cling with him. Dont look upon slightly e verything else unless him. Keep touching him. For subscribe to approximately everything else.I listened not that I au and sotic solelyy necessitate any extra convincing.The intent in his eyes told me he precious to do a lot to a greater extent than we were, hardly he took things soggy, maybe beca commit he knew I was nervous. His pajama pants stayed on. At sensory faculty point, I shifted so that I hovered over him, my hairsbreadth hanging around him. He tilted his head slightly, and I near barely caught sight of the post off of his issue. I brushed my fingertips over the vi trivial marks tattooed in that respect.Did you reall(a)y kill six Strigoi? He nodded. Wow.He brought my own neck down to his m let outh and kissed me. His teeth gently grazed my skin, different from a vampire merely every bit as thrilling. Dont worry. Youll gift a lot to a greater extent than me someday.Do you recover disgraced close it?Hmm?Killing them. You give tongue to in the wagon train that it was the right thing to do, but it static b another(prenominal)s you. Its why you go to church, isnt it? I break you thither, but you arent really into the services.He smiled, move and amused Id guessed another secret just about him. How do you agnise these things? Im not guilty exactlyjust sad some mea authentics. scarcely of them used to be human or dhampir or Moroi. Its a waste, thats all, but as I said before, its something I control to do. some(a)thing we all have to do. Sometimes it bothers me, and the chapel service is a good home base to intend about those kinds of things. Sometimes I identify peace there, but not often. I find more peace with you.He rolled me off of him and moved on top of me again. The kissing picked up erstwhile more, denseer this time. More urgent. Oh God, I thought. Im finally over taking to do it. This is it. I can feel it.He must have seen the finale in my eyes. Smiling, he slid his pays fundament my neck and unfastened Victors necklace.He pitch it on the bedside circuit card. As soon as the chain left his fingers, I mat up like Id been slapped in the face. I blinked in surprise.Dimitri must have snarl the same way. What happened? he asked.I-I dont know. I felt like I was trying to catch fire up, like Id been asleep for two days. I haveed to commemorate something.Lissa. Something with Lissa.My head felt funny. non pain or dizziness, butthe voice, I realized. The voice urging me toward Dimitri was g bingle. That wasnt to say I didnt want him anymore because hey, seeing him there in those sexy pajama bottoms, with that brown hair spilling over the side of face was fair fine. But I no bimestrial had that remote influence pushing me to him. Weird.He frowned, no longer false on. After several moments of thought, he reached over and picked up the necklace. The instant his fingers touched it, I motto desire sweep over him again. He slid his other hand onto my hip, and suddenly, that burning starve slammed back into me. My stomach went queasy while my skin started to prickle and grow fast again. My breathing became heavy. His lips moved toward mine again.Some inner part of me fought through.Lissa, I whispered, power play my eyes shut. I have to announce you something about Lissa. But I cantrememberI feel so crazyI know. Still holding onto me, he rested his cheek against my forehead. Theres somethingsomething here He pulled his face past, and I easyed my eyes. This necklace. Thats the mavin Prince Victor gave you?I nodded and could see the hibernating(a) thought process trying to wake up behind his eyes. Taking a deep breath, he removed his hand from my hip and pushed himself away.What are you doing? I exclaimed. aim backHe looked like he wanted to very badly but instead he climbed out of the bed. He and the necklace moved away from me. I felt like hed ripped part of me away, but at the same time, I had that startling sensition of waking up, like I could desi gnate clearly once more without my body making all the decisions.On the other hand, Dimitri still wore a look of fauna passion on him, and it seemed to take a great deal of effort for him to passing across the room. He reached the window and managed to open it maven-handed. Cold air blasted in, and I rubbed my pass on over my arms for warmth.What are you dismission to ? The answer hit me, and I sprang out of bed, just as the necklace flew out the window. No Do you know how a good deal that must have ?The necklace disappeared, and I no longer felt like I was waking up. I was awake. Pain full moony, startlingly so.I took in my surroundings. Dimitris room. Me naked. The rumpled bed.But all that was nothing compared to what hit me next.Lissa I gasped out. It all came back, the memories and the emotions. And, in fact, her held-back emotions suddenly poured into me at amazing levels. More terror. Intense terror. Those feelings wanted to take out me back into her body, but I co uldnt let them. Not quite yet. I fought against her, needing to stay here. With the words approaching out in a rush, I told Dimitri everything that had happened.He was in motion before I finished, displace on clothes and looking every bit like a badass god. club me to get dressed, he tossed me a sweatshirt with Cyrillic writing on it to wear over the skimpy dress.I had a saturated time following him downstairs he made no effort to slow for me this time. Calls were made when we got there. Orders shouted. Before long, I end up in the protectors main subprogram with him. Kirova and other teachers were there. Most of the campuss guardians. Every unity seemed to speak at once. All the while, I felt Lissas fear, felt her moving farther and farther away.I yelled at them to hurry up and do something, but no cardinal except Dimitri would believe my story about her abduction until individual retrieved Christian from the chapel and then verified Lissa really wasnt on campus.Christian s taggered in, supported by two guardians. Dr. Olendzki appeared shortly thereafter, checking him out and wiping blood away from the back of his head.Finally, I thought, something would happen.How many Strigoi were there? one of the guardians asked me.How in the world did they get in? muttered someone else.I stared. Wh ? There werent any Strigoi.Several sets of eyes stared at me. Who else would have taken her? asked Ms. Kirova primly. You must have seen it amiss(p) through thevision.No. Im positive. It wasthey wereguardians.Shes right, mumbled Christian, still downstairs the doctors ministrations. He winced as she did something to the back of his head. Guardians.Thats impossible, someone said.They werent school guardians. I rubbed my forehead, fighting hard to keep from leaving the conversation and going back to Lissa. My irritation grew. Will you guys get moving? Shes getting farther awayYoure saying a group of in camera retained guardians came in and kidnapped her? The tone in Kirovas voice implied I was playing some kind of joke.Yes, I replied through gritted teeth. TheySlowly, carefully, I slipped my mental restraint and flew into Lissas body. I sat in a car, an expensive car with tinted windows to keep out most of the light. It great power be night here, but it was full day for the rest of the world. One of the guardians from the chapel drove another sat beside him in the front one I recognized. Spiridon. In the back, Lissa sat with tied hands, another guardian beside her, and on the other side They work for Victor Dashkov, I gasped out, focusing back on Kirova and the others. Theyre his.Prince Victor Dashkov? asked one of the guardians with a snort. Like there was any other freaking Victor Dashkov.Please, I moaned, hands clutching my head. Do something. Theyre getting so far away. Theyre on A brief image, seen outside the car window, flared in my vision. Eighty-three. Headed south.Eighty-three already? How long ago did they leave? Why didnt you hap sooner?My eyes turned apprehensively to Dimitri.A compulsion enthrallment, he said slowly. A compulsion spell consecrate into a necklace he gave her. It made her dishonor me.No one can use that kind of compulsion, exclaimed Kirova. No ones done that in ages.Well, someone did. By the time Id keep her and taken the necklace, a lot of time had passed, Dimitri continued, face perfectly controlled. No one questioned the story.Finally, finally, the group moved into action. No one wanted to bring me, but Dimitri insisted when he realized I could lead them to her. trinity details of guardians set out in sinister black SUVs. I rode in the first one, sitting in the rider seat while Dimitri drove. Minutes passed. The only times we spoke was when I gave a report.Theyre still on Eighty-threebut their turn is coming. They arent speeding. They dont want to get pulled over.He nodded, not looking at me. He most definitely was speeding.Giving him a sidelong glance, I replayed tonights earlier events. In my minds eye, I could see it all again, the way hed looked at me and kissed me.But what had it been? An illusion? A trick? On the way to the car, hed told me there really had been a compulsion spell in the necklace, a lust one. I had never heard of such a thing, but when Id asked for more information, he just said it was a type of fast one earth users once practiced but never did anymore.Theyre turning, I said suddenly. I cant see the road name, but Ill know when were close.Dimitri grunted in acknowledgment, and I sank further into my seat.What had it all meant? Had it meant anything to him? It had definitely meant a lot to me.There, I said about twenty legal proceeding later, indicating the rough road Victors car had turned off on. It was unpaved gravel, and the SUV gave us an brim over his luxury car.We drove on in silence, the only sound coming from the crunching of the gravel under the tires. Dust kicked up outside the windows, swirling around us.Theyre turning aga in.further and farther off the main routes they went, and we followed the consentient time, led by my instructions. Finally, I felt Victors car come to a stop.Theyre outside a small cabin, I said. Theyre taking her Why are you doing this? Whats going on?Lissa. Cringing and scared. Her feelings had pulled me into her.Come, child, said Victor, moving into the cabin, irregular on his cane. One of his guardians held the door open. other pushed Lissa along and settled her into a soften near a small table inside. It was cold in here, especially in the pink dress. Victor sat across from her. When she started to get up, a guardian gave her a warning look. Do you think Id badly hurt you?What did you do to Christian? she cried, ignoring the question. Is he dead?The Ozera boy? I didnt mean for that to happen. We didnt expect him to be there. Wed hoped to catch you alone, to influence others youd run away again. Wed made sure rumors already circulated about that.We? I recalled how the st ories had resurfaced this workweekfrom Natalie.Now? He sighed, spreading his hands wide in a lost gesture. I dont know. I doubt anyone go forth connect it to us, even if they dont believe you ran away. pink wine is the biggest liability. Wed intended todispatch her, letting others think shed run away as well. The spectacle she created at your dance made that impossible, but I had another plan in place to make sure she stays employed for some timeprobably until tomorrow. We leave alone have to contend with her later.He hadnt counted on Dimitri figuring out the spell. Hed figured wed be too busy getting it on all night.Why? asked Lissa. Why are you doing all this?His green eyes widened, reminding her of her fathers.They faculty be distant relatives, but that trollop color ran in both the Dragomirs and the Dashkovs. Im impress you even have to ask, my dear. I need you. I need you to heal me.