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I desperately hoped he was okay, but I couldn't waste any more energy worrying about him. All
my fear was for Lissa now. I couldn't let the same thing happen to her. I couldn't let them hurt
her. I needed to save her, to get her out of there. But I didn't know how. She was too far away,
and I couldn't even escape her head at the moment, let alone run over there or get help.
The attackers approached her, calling her Princess and telling her not to worry, and that they
were guardians. And they did seem like guardians. Definitely dhampirs. Moving in precise,
efficient ways. But I didn't recognize them as any of the guardians from school. Neither did
Lissa. Guardians wouldn't have attacked Christian. And guardians certainly wouldn't be binding
and gagging her—
Something forced me out of her head, and I frowned, staring around my room. I needed to go
back to her and find out what had happened. Usually the connection just faded or I closed it off,
but this—this was like something had actually removed me and pulled me. Pulled me back
here.
But that made no sense. What could pull me back from…wait.
My mind blanked.
I couldn't remember what I'd just been thinking about. It was gone. Like static in my brain.
Where had I been? With Lissa? What about Lissa?
Standing up, I wrapped my arms around myself, confused, trying to figure out what was going
on. Lissa. Something with Lissa.
Dimitri, a voice inside my head suddenly said. Go to Dimitri.
Yes. Dimitri. My body and spirit burned for him all of a sudden, and I wanted to be with him
more than I ever had before. I couldn't stay away from him. He'd know what to do.
And he'd told me before I should come to him if something was wrong with Lissa. Too bad I
couldn't remember what that was. Still. I knew he'd take care of everything.
Getting up to the staff wing of the dorm wasn't hard, since they wanted to keep me inside
tonight. I didn't know where his room was, but it didn't matter. Something was pulling me to