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"I'm returning these." I hoisted the box toward him before he could protest. Clumsily, he caught it, staggering a bit in surprise. Once he had a good grip, he took a few steps back and set it on the floor. "Didn't you like any of them?" he asked. "You want me to get you some more?" "Don't send me any more gifts." "It isn't a gift. It's a public service. What woman doesn't own perfume?" "Don't do it again," I said firmly. Suddenly, a voice behind him asked, "Rose? Is that you?" I peered beyond him. Lissa. "What are you doing here?" Between my headache and what I had assumed was some interlude with Christian, I'd blocked her out as best I could this morning. Normally I would have known the instant I approached that she was inside the room. I opened myself up again, letting her shock run into me. She hadn't expected me to show up here. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "Ladies, ladies," he said teasingly. "No need to fight over me." I glared. "We're not. I just want to know what's going on here." A breath of aftershave hit me, and then I heard a voice behind me: "Me too." I jumped. Spinning around, I saw Dimitri standing in the hallway. I had no clue what he was doing in the Ivashkov wing. On his way to Tasha's room, a voice inside me suggested. Dimitri no doubt always expected me to get into all sorts of trouble, but I think seeing Lissa there caught him off guard. He stepped past me and came into the room, looking between the three of us.
"Male and female students aren't supposed to be in each other's rooms." I knew pointing out that Adrian wasn't technically a student wasn't going to get us out of trouble here. We weren't supposed to be in any guy's room. "How do you keep doing this?" I asked Adrian, frustrated. "Do what?" "Keep making us look bad!" He chuckled. "You guys are the ones who came here." "You shouldn't have let them in," scolded Dimitri. "I'm sure you know the rules at St. Vladimir's." Adrian shrugged. "Yeah, but I don't have to follow any school's stupid rules." "Perhaps not," said Dimitri coldly. "But I would have thought you'd still respect those rules." Adrian rolled his eyes. "I'm kind of surprised to find you lecturing about underage girls." I saw the anger kindle in Dimitri's eyes, and for a moment, I thought I might have seen the loss of control I'd teased him about. But he stayed composed, and only his clenched fists showed how angry he was. "Besides," continued Adrian, "nothing sordid was going on. We were just hanging out." "If you want to 'hang out' with young girls, do it at one of the public areas." I didn't really like Dimitri calling us 'young girls,' and I kind of felt like he was overreacting here. I also suspected part of his reaction had to do with the fact that I was here. Adrian laughed just then, a weird kind of laugh that made my skin crawl. "Young girls? Young girls? Sure. Young and old at the same time. They've barely seen anything in life, yet they've already seen too much. One's marked with life, and one's marked with death…but they're the ones you're worried about? Worry about yourself, dhampir. Worry about you, and worry about me. We're the ones who are young."
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"I'm returning these." I hoisted the box toward him before he could protest. Clumsily, he caught<br />
it, staggering a bit in surprise. Once he had a good grip, he took a few steps back and set it on<br />
the floor.<br />
"Didn't you like any of them?" he asked. "You want me to get you some more?"<br />
"Don't send me any more gifts."<br />
"It isn't a gift. It's a public service. What woman doesn't own perfume?"<br />
"Don't do it again," I said firmly.<br />
Suddenly, a voice behind him asked, "Rose? Is that you?"<br />
I peered beyond him. Lissa.<br />
"What are you doing here?"<br />
Between my headache and what I had assumed was some interlude with Christian, I'd blocked<br />
her out as best I could this morning. Normally I would have known the instant I approached<br />
that she was inside the room. I opened myself up again, letting her shock run into me. She<br />
hadn't expected me to show up here.<br />
"What are you doing here?" she asked.<br />
"Ladies, ladies," he said teasingly. "No need to fight over me."<br />
I glared. "We're not. I just want to know what's going on here."<br />
A breath of aftershave hit me, and then I heard a voice behind me: "Me too."<br />
I jumped. Spinning around, I saw Dimitri standing in the hallway. I had no clue what he was<br />
doing in the Ivashkov wing.<br />
On his way to Tasha's room, a voice inside me suggested.<br />
Dimitri no doubt always expected me to get into all sorts of trouble, but I think seeing Lissa<br />
there caught him off guard. He stepped past me and came into the room, looking between the<br />
three of us.
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