Loose, drawstring workout pants similar to the ones I wore. Olendzki: "What's your name? Olendzki: "Your name. Rose: "You know my name.
Olendzki: "I want you to tell me. Rose: "Rose. Rose Hathaway. Olendzki: "Do you know your birthday? Rose: "Of course I do. Why are you asking me such stupid things? Did you lose my records? Olendzki gave an exasperated sigh and walked off, taking the annoying light with her.
Olendzki: "I think she's fine,". A freaking black eye. And my mother had given it to me. If you're this charming while tired and annoyed and this gorgeous while bruised and in ski clothes, you must be devastating at your peak. Rose: "Will you guys lay off? I talked to him for, like, five minutes! And that's only because he was blocking my way inside. Where are you getting all this? Man 1: " And look how many of us made it here, children and adults alike.
Why don't we live this way all the time? Man 2: "Plenty of us already do. Man 1: "A couple of families here and there. Or a town with a large Moroi population. But those Moroi are still decentralized. Most don't pool their resources—their guardians, their magic.
If we could emulate this model…" He spread his hands out. Rose: "And Moroi could never interact with the rest of the world again. Well, until humans discovered secret vampire cities sprouting up in the wilderness. Then we'd have lots of interactions. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor.
I never would have thought a Strigoi could do that. It was almost comical. Something about inner strength and perseverance, about how the choices we made today were templates for the future or some other nonsense. Instead he kissed me. Adrian: "What happened, then? You're stomping through every puddle you can find and look like you're going to punch the first person you see. Rose: "Why are you hanging around, then?
Aren't you worried about getting hit? Adrian: "Aw you'd never hurt me. My face is too pretty. Rose: "I got assigned to Christian for my field experience. Adrian: "Wow. Now I understand.
In light of that, you actually seem remarkably calm. Rose: "Smoking's not allowed on campus. Abby Badica got two weeks' detention when she got caught. Adrian: "I'm abouve the rules, Rose. I'm neither student nor staff, merely a free spirit wandering your fair school as I will. Rose: " Lissa: "Neither will you. Rose: "Same difference. Lissa: "That doesn't make sense". Rose: "Jerks, Oh hey Doughnuts. Eddie: "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you just defended Christian's honor.
Isn't he a pain in the ass? Rose: "Yes, he is. But for the next six weeks, he's my pain in the ass. Dimitri, I now saw-grabbed Camille. She screamed, not faking her fear. She apparently didn't find being in Dimitri's arms as thrilling as I did.
Rose: "Do you have, like, a T. Christian: "Only if you want some. Christian: "You did not just say that. I have a feeling we're on the verge of hugging and coming up with cute nicknames for eachother.
Rose: "I already have a nickname for you, but I'll get in trouble if I say it in class. Neither option was appealing, but I had to cut my losses. One made me look incompetent.
The other made me look insane. I much preferred my usual description of "reckless" and "disuptive. I know it's hard to believe-kind of suprises me myself-but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness. Lissa: "That's what I love about you. You have no idea how you'll get us to court, but you still push forward anyway to make me feel better. Are you insane? Of course he was. I could do this all night. Rose: "It's ok. You're just getting your stride back.
Once you're up to full power, I'll go crack a rib or something so we can test it. Lissa: "The horrible part is that I don't think you're joking. Rose: "We can talk about whatever you think is useful. Deirdre: "What do you think is useful?
Rose - Damn it. She was doing the question thing again. I wondered if one of the certificates on her wall gave her some sort of special qualification to do that. Dimitri: "No, it wont happen to you. You're too strong. You will fight it, just like you did this time". Rose: "I only did it because you were here, I cant do it by myself". Dimitri: "You can, you're strong--you're so, so strong. Its why I love you". Rose: "Wait. You think I'm going to die? That's why you slept with me? Dimitri: " No, no, of course not.
I did what I did because But sometimes, when that goes against who we are Even before the Strigoi attack, as I watched all the problems you were struggling with, I realized how much you mean to me. It changed everything. I was worried about you- so, so worried. You have no idea. And it became useless to try to act I could ever put any Moroi life above yours.
Once I made that decision Well, to hold me back. Rose: " I did it because I love you," I said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. And really, it was. Dimitri: "You can sum up in one sentence what it takes me a whole speech to get out. Rose: "Stop it! Do not use compulsion on me. You're my friend. Friends dont use their powers on each other". Lissa: "Friends don't abandon each other. If you're my friend you wouldnt do it. Rose: "It's not about you,okay? This time, its about me.
Not you. All my life, lissa They come first. I've lived my life for you. I've trained to be your shadow, but you know what? I want to come first. I need to take care of myself for once.
I'm tired of looking out for everyone else and having to put aside what I want. Dimitri and I did that, and look at what happened. He's gone. I will never hold him again.
Now I owe it to him to do this. I'm sorry if it hurts you, buts it's my choice! Lissa: "You love him more than me,". Rose: "He needs me right now. Lissa: "I need you. He's gone, Rose. Rose: "No, but he will be soon". Strigoi are made. They were black with prettyleather straps but not ideal in a fight, unless I planned on gouging someone in the eye with a heel.
Actually, not a bad idea. Drag him back to my hotel and tell the bellhop my friend had had too much to drink? Or set him on fire. Dhampirs are the unnatural offspring of them and humans. But seriously, we'd been out of salsa, so what else was I supposed to do? Not like Strigoi. Strigoi are more evil. So, it looks like— Did you eat some of my fries? I ignore authority all the time. You are asleep. Be careful, though.
I like you being the sinner you are. Lissa thought it was foolish and suicidal to go after Dimitri. I knew Sydney would agree if I told her the truth about this trip.
But Adrian. She had poked her head in earlier and scared the hell out of me. Dimitri had told me that she was a witch of sorts, and I could believe it.
She barely stood five feet tall, and her hair covered her head in patchy gray wisps. But it was her eyes that truly frightened me. The rest of her might be frail, but those dark eyes were sharp and alert and seemed to bore into my soul. I could definitely get used to the way they ate around here. I had no reason to feel happy about that, but. One more time. Why do you want to awaken me so badly? I finally realized the problem. Now I could. He wanted me.
Wanted me in the way people wanted possessions or collectibles. There was no love here. This seemed to infuriate him. I had no clue what the word for stake was. I pointed at the silver ring I wore and made a slashing motion. Where is the vault? Russia sure was making me swear a lot. Embarrassing, really. You got me past a pack of Strigoi tonight. Get baptized. Join a convent. Well, no. Not that last one.
The light. I had to go toward the light. That almost made me laugh out loud. It was funny, really. Like I was someone having a near-death experience. Then I did laugh. This whole night had been full of near-death experiences. This was the least of them. But then, how would that be any different from the rest of my night? Rose - Right. And how exactly would we do that? Lissa socked him in the nose.
And I mean, socked. We both heard the impact, heard the nose break. Blood came out. Makes me seem manly. She thought you might be here. Or sooner. I swear it. The next time I go do something stupid that might get me killed, you can come along. You screwed up. A benefactor who wears flashy scarves and gold jewelry?
If you want in. Rose - Yeah. Deals and blackmail. I was pretty sure I knew who my benefactor was. Alberta: "Rose? Sorry for everything that happened. And that none of us could do anything about it. I wasn't sure how. Maybe she'd heard about it after the battle; maybe she'd guessed beforehand. Regardless, there was no chastisemnet in her face,only sincere sorrow and empathy. I gave a brief nod of acknowledgment and went outside.
Zmey Junior. Zmeyette, even. Janine: "You two have a lot in common. Maybe she had a point. Giving me allsorts of fantasies about you in an apron vacuuming my house. I helped when I ate everything on my plate. No mess that way. Mark had said it was a fairy tale, but I had to take the chance. The question was: how long did I have until Dimitri came to kill me? How long did I have to figure out if the impossible was actually possible? That was the real issue. Because if Dimitri showed up before I had a chance to find the dragon in this story—Victor—things were going to get ugly.
No question. I had to be p retty distracted to not notice her, and if ever there was a distraction, it was someone wanting to kill me. Lissa: "Alberta thinks there's a good chance we can stay together--that you'll still be my guardian. Rose: "I think Alberta was saying that to keep me in school. I think Alberta knows the only way they'd let me protect you is if I was the last guardian on earth. And even then, my odds would still be pretty slim.
Her best spirit ability was healing, so she kept trying to make healing charms. The last one had been a bracelet that singed my arm. It didn't scald my hand, which I took as a promising sign. Rose: "Really? What kind of odds are there on that? Because I can still change my mind and put down my own bet. Make a little pocket money. I can do this blindfolded. Hell, maybe I actually will. Do you have anything I can use? Rose: "What are they talking about? Worry less about them and more about that field.
Rose: "That was it? Rose, you were out there for almost an hour. You blew through that test with flying colors--probably one of the best trials this school's ever seen. It just seemed. It was a haze, that's all. I'm so, so proud of you. Then just like that, he switched to some random, happy topic.
He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. An adult. I can threaten my boyfriends myself. Rose: "Oh my God. You guys are going to make me rip my hair out. Rose: "No! I wanted to talk to you about threatening my boyfriend. You had no right to do that. That was nothing.
Just a father looking out for his daughter. It was much worse. Abe: "You're superior to the others. Making you do easy things wouldn't have been fair. And if they were surprised I cut it, then what the hell else did they expect me to do? How else was I supposed to survive that? I honestly don't think they knew.
This is unbelievable. Go lure more women into your web. She can probably help us get intel, though. This really is turning into a spy movie. Mia: "And Rose wants something now. But I also believe you've got an ulterior motive. Can you read Rose that well or do you just always assume she's got an ulterior motive?
Again, best not to mention that. Something that would scandalize my parents. Nathan: "She doesn't matter. Rose - "I bit my lip on that, repressing the urge to see if I could throw my china plate Frisbee style and hit him in the head. I decided against it. Not only would it ruin dinner, but the plate probably wouldn't get the lift I needed. This college would probably have the same problem the last one did.
No one wants to hear it. Rose - I almost choked. Being in the same room with the queen was horrid, but it was almost worth it to see her verbally bitch-slap Lord Ivashkov. Adrian: "So you're going off with Lissa? You know--girl stuff. It was so crazy. It was this really quick visit to see Adrian, and she acted like me being there was no big deal. Of course, who knows what would have happened if she stayed? Maybe she would have turned into her old self.
I would have needed a whole set of magic silverware then--to stop me from pulling a knife on her. Rose: "Have they finally let you have a guardian? Kind of a bribe. If anything, it'll just give me someone to practice with. Or die from carbon monoxide poisoning? The lettering was red, apparently to emphasize how serious they were.
Personally, I would have added a skull and crossbones to really drive the message home. Are you using compulsion nowadays too, Rose? I can render you unconscious as easily as that guy and drag you out.
Makes no difference to me. Victor: "How charming. Out of all the people who would attempt to rescue me, I never would have expected you two. Rose: "We don't need your running commentary, Hannibal.
Victor: "Even if he erases it, there are those who might be able to recover it from the hard drive. Rose: "It's a chance we'll have to take. Reprogramming or whatever isn't really in my skill set. Victor: "Perhaps, but destruction certainly is. With a sigh, I grabbed the fire extinguisher from the wall and beat the computer to a pulp until it was nothing more than a pile of plastic and metal fragments.
Victor: "How do I know you won't get what you want from me and then turn me back in anyway? I have no reason to trust you. Rose: "You're right. I sure as hell wouldn't trust me. But if things work out, there's a chance we might let you go afterward. I had to imagine that around her, they saw it all. Four Thirty.
And the sun won't go down until almost eight. Good God. Are we getting the senior citizen special? Adrian: "Did you know that Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed? It was kind of a shock to us too. Adrian: "Oh lord. Rose, please tell me you guys aren't the ones who busted him out? They're all looking for two human girls and a dhampir guy. The descriptions don't match at all But it was you, wasn't it?
Somehow, you broke into a maximum-sicurity prison. With Eddie. I had a feeling this happened a lot, that he didn't spend much time in reality. Robert: "Killing or saving a Strigoi sends the soul back to a normal state.
There is no bond. It had to be a new one, seeing as his previous coat had gotten pretty torn up in our last fight on the bridge. W here did he keep getting them? My eternity doesn't involve being part of the undead mafia. I stayed with you through all of this Does it sound crazy? Natasha Ozera. Jillian Mastrano. Ryan Aylesworth. Shane Reyes. Brandon Lazar. Dean Barnes. Avery Lazar. Abe Mazur. Olena Belikov. Zoe Sage. Sonya Karp. Angeline Dawes. Marcus Finch. Daniella Ivashkov. Rowena Clark.
Trey Juarez. Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. However, she has also been taught that certain acts are taboo, and such thoughts remain to this day.
For example, she used to hold great disdain for blood whores, or Dhampirs who chose not to become guardians. She considered it to be one of the worst things one could call a Dhampir, and found the very concept of blood whores to be disgusting and disgraceful. After spending time in Baia with the Belikovs, her opinion of them lightened, but she still could not bring herself to step foot inside a blood whore den. She is even more disgusted by the idea of male blood whores, a concept she initially found inconceivable, and still finds unsettling.
Rose also believes that some things about Moroi society are constants, such as that the Dhampir don't have to worry about Strigoi during the daytime, that humans have no knowledge of their existence, and that Strigoi cannot penetrate the safety of wards. This is one reason she found the Badica massacre to be so disturbing because it challenged some of her most core beliefs. Rose is considered to be a powerful and talented Guardian. As she has been seen to have been recommended by both Moroi and even Alchemists to be a talented Guardian.
Furthermore, she has a Dhampir's abilities: regenerative healing factor, enhanced senses, endurance, strength and speed. Rose originally had a grudge towards her mother for leaving her at the academy at a young age and never visiting her.
When Janine comes to the school during Rose's senior year, their relationship starts to rebuild, particularly after the Spokane incident with Mason's death. After Rose was shot, Janine was worried for her life despite the fact that Rose was recovering. Abe noted Janine for coddling her telling her not to perform in guardian full duties. Rose never had any contact with her father until she was eighteen. But in Shadow Kiss , chapter 15 while Rose is being reprimanded by Queen Tatiana , Tatiana accidentally let slip the first name of Rose's father, Ibrahim.
The only information that Rose knew about him was that that he was Turkish, and she resembled him very much. Rose first met her father in Russia. She had no idea who he was, but he told her he was working for someone back in America. He pleaded with her to return there, but she refused. After seeing Abe for the last time in Russia, he gave her one of his scarves, just in case she felt cold on the ride back from Russia: "It was one of his nicer ones, too: cashmere, woven with an array of brilliant colors, more suited to the Caribbean than here or Montana.
Rose returned to the Academy , and Rose's mother, Janine , told her the man she met was her father; after Janine identified the scarf as a family heirloom. Rose is sentenced to a trial, while Abe promises she will never ever go to trial and that she won't be executed. After Rose was shot, nearing the end of Last Sacrifice , Abe was said to be spoiling her with gifts and love. In Bloodlines , in Palm Springs, when Lee said that he was staying with his father more, Abe turned to Rose and said "Now that's devotion" showing that Abe wants Rose to be around him more.
Rose affectionately calls her father "old man" and on some occasions "dad". Rose and Dimitri first meet when she was seventeen and he comes to bring her and Lissa back to the Academy from Portland. Dimitri becomes Rose's mentor.
Rose develops an immense crush on Dimitri, but later learns her feelings are more than that. While under Victor's Love Spell, they confess their growing feelings for one and other and nearly have sex in Dimitri's room, but break away from the spell when Dimitri throws away the enchanted necklace. They know that they can never be together because they are destined to be Lissa's Guardians.
As Dimitri says, if he let himself love Rose, he would throw himself in front her, not Lissa. Rose is saddened by this, but respects his feelings. Rose later becomes jealous of Tasha Ozera, who is in love with Dimitri, when she asks him to be her Guardian.
This upsets Rose, but despite her jealousy, she tells Dimitri to take the offer to be Tasha's guardian and the father of her children , a very selfless and noble thing for Rose to do.
However, Dimitri refuses to take the offer because his heart lie with Rose, causing them to secretly hide their relationship from the eyes of the Guardians and Moroi until Rose was eighteen.
Soon their sexual desires for each other could no longer be contained. After Rose is overcome with Spirit Darkness and nearly kills Jesse Zeklos, Rose and Dimitri have sex in a cabin, her first time with Rose losing her virginity to him. Their happiness, however, is short lived, as Dimitri is taken by Strigoi when the Academy is under attack. After the attack, mialabym everything appears to be okay, but then they find out that the Strigoi took some people, prisoners.
After rescuing the prisoners, Dimitri is held captive and is turned into a Strigoi against his will. At this, Rose drops out of school to keep a promise that they made to each other: "If one of them ever turned Strigoi, to kill the other". Rose finds Dimitri in Russia, where Dimitri holds Rose captive and wants her to choose to become Strigoi, unlike him.
Dimitri tries to enforce this by sucking her blood and making out a lot for pleasure , therefore making Rose high with endorphins but even then Rose refuses. Later, Rose escapes and stabs Dimitri in the heart with a silver stake but didn't push far enough into his chest to kill him. Rose then finds a way to save Dimitri with Spirit embedded into a stake, but only if a spirit user stabs him.
Later, Dimitri is turned back by Lissa, just before it appears that Rose is actually going to kill Dimitri after many tries. After Dimitri turns back to normal, Dimitri tells Rose that he doesn't love her anymore because he feels that he doesn't deserve her after sucking Rose's blood whilst Dimitri was Strigoi.
He also states that he has no room for anything in his heart other than guilt. Rose is heartbroken and devastated, and this nearly causes her to have sex with Adrian Ivashkov, but changes her mind due to none of them have any protection. So she offers, her neck to him.
To drink her , blood instead of sex. Dimitri and others break Rose out of prison after she is framed for killing Queen Tatiana in Last Sacrifice , and run away. Over time, their love for one another grows stronger. When Rose is once again overcome with spirit, Dimitri successfully makes her forgive herself for accidentally killing Victor Dashkov, who Rose breaks out of prison to restore Dimitri from being strigio. Dimitri proclaims he loves her, and they have sex again in their hotel room.
Dimitri and Rose travel back to Court, where Tasha is revealed as the killer and shoots Rose in the chest. Dimitri is overcome with grief believing to have lost her, though she recovered. After Rose recovers, they're are able to have a real relationship after Dimitri is assigned to become Christian's Guardian instead of Lissa's, who is Rose's charge.
In Homecoming , it was revealed that Rose and Dimitri went to Russia together, where it was continuously hinted by Yeva that they going to get married, despite Rose not believing in her vision.
Dimitri also hints to Rose that he wants to get married, but she repeatedly tells him she wants to have a number "2" in front of her age before she ever marries. In Bloodlines Rose says that they are still together, but she is unhappy that they can't settle properly because they worry too much about Lissa and Jill. In The Indigo Spell , during Sonya's and Mikhail's wedding reception, Rose and Dimitri stand arm in arm, and are later seen dancing with each other during the reception.
At the end of The Ruby Circle , it is revealed that Rose and Dimitri are engaged, although Rose says the engagement will last for a little while before they get married. She even says that she made it clear she has no intentions of getting married until there is a two at the beginning of her age. Rose first meets Adrian at the Ski Resort at Christmas, where Adrian flirts with her on several occasions, even going as far as sending her gifts to gain her affections.
After Dimitri is turned, Rose gives Adrian a chance when she returns from Russia, and asks him to write her a letter asking her to date him which he does. They began dating, despite many disliking the relationship, and Rose becomes jealous when Adrian flirts with Avery Lazar. After Rose and Dimitri re-proclaim their love, Rose breaks up with Adrian due to that she cheated on him with Dimitri in a hotel room which is hard on him, as he was already deeply in love with her. In Bloodlines , according to Jill, every time Adrian closes his eyes all he sees is Rose.
However, this changes due to him falling in love with Sydney Sage. In The Golden Lily , Adrian states that even though he still feels hurt and kind of used by her, his love for Rose has faded and he hasn't thought much about her in a while. By The Fiery Heart , his romantic feelings have disappeared completely, and been replaced by respect and friendship. In Silver Shadows, Rose helps convince Lissa to help Adrian find Sydney, and when she finds out about Adrian and Sydney, Rose's eyes are full of acceptance and support for their relationship.
Rose has a brief relationship with her close friend, Mason Ashford, who had had a crush on her for years. However, she only does so in order to try and get over Dimitri. Despite the relationship, she continues to see Mason as a brother and nothing more.
After Mason is attacked in Spokane, Rose covers his body in an attempt to protect him from harm.
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