“Oh believe me, I will.” That soft smile still in place as she felt the warmth lick her skin, a memory of what seemed like forever ago dancing through her head; Her and Dimitri outside the dorms. A few stolen moments when nobody else was around. All they’d had til now was stolen moments it seemed.
Give up? Was that what she was thinking about doing? She could hardly be blamed if that was the case. Surely even Rose Hathaway had a limit to how many ridiculous plans she could pull off and yet, she wouldn’t be the Dhampir she was today if she could let a little thing like the impossible deter her from trying. Restoring a Strigoi was meant to have been impossible after all.
“I’m just thinking out aloud.” About things they hadn’t discussed for obvious reasons, things that shouldn’t have been a priority and yet she couldn’t seem to push out of her mind. Things like… Was Adrian still her boyfriend when technically there was another Rose dating him back home? Funny how that was something she was willing to consider when she refused to acknowledge that substitute Rose would ever be able to replace her as Lissa’s best friend.
Without even realizing it, Rose found herself heading back to the same area they had first arrived, seeking out the vaguely familiar in a place that was still very foreign to them and yet, it was a lot like being back home in a way. The surroundings admittedly more like something she’d seen on TV than anything she’d seen herself, but it wasn’t alien, just new.
“Terasov could learn a thing or two from this place…” Never mind the fact that Rose was not supposed to know anything about what the Terasov prison was like.