Dimitri could tell there wasn't something quite right here. She didn't smell like Rose, she didn't even smell like a dhampir. But, she looked like her. Sounded like her. Even Lissa's compulsion wasn't enough to make someone look exactly like Rose. Not without her being nearby, and he'd have been able to smell moroi blood if she was close enough for that.
"By yourself? You know you're not strong enough to take me." His eyes were cold, and piercing as he studied her. "Unless, you've changed your mind. You want me to awaken you?" He smiled then, his fangs glinting in the shadows. "Together we would be unstoppable, Rose. We could take this town. Run it, even." It was all about the power she could give him. Always had been.