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"You could have sent her with someone useless."
"I sent her with
someone that hates her. I'm pretty sure they'll have managed to kill each other already. You won't even need to get your hands dirty." I really can't work Dimitri out. What side is he aligned with? Is he friendly to me? Or an enemy? It's all so confusing.
A loud knock sounds at the door, and all three heads swing that way. I don't bother. I won't be able to see from this angle any way.
"Commander?" a familiar shaky voice asks. Roland, I think, but I can't be sure without seeing his face. I'm not really close to anyone here.
"What?" he snaps.
"There's been a development, you need to come see," the man at the door answers, a little stronger this time. I wonder what he means by that? It can't really be a development in the hunt for me. I'm already here after all. Maybe there's something else going on here.
"Stay here," the Commander tells Dimitri and Eric, before storming out of the room, and letting the door slam shut behind him.
Everyone stays completely silent for a few moments, probably as a result of listening for the footsteps outside the room.
"You can come out now, Ashryn," Dimitri says, once there's absolutely no trace of anyone else outside the room.
Bram squeezes me tighter, before letting go, and I push open the cupboard, hoping we're not making a massive mistake in revealing ourselves.
"How did you know we were here?" I ask, as I stretch my arms. We may not have been in there long, but it's already taken its toll in making me cramp up. I'm made to be active, not cooped up.
"I heard you."
"Sorry," Bram mutters from behind me.
"It's fine, Lincoln is as human as they come, he was oblivious." Dimitri shrugs as if it's really not a big deal, and Eric smothers a laugh.
"Cause that explains everything," Bram mutters from behind me, before walking over to the Commander's chair and plopping himself down on it. He leans back, and stretches, causing my eyes to flicker downwards and imagine some things I shouldn't.
I tear my eyes away, and look at Eric, who is examining me with a funny look on his face. Almost like he's interested too. But that can't be right. Things are confusing enough in my head with Bram and Remus. I don't need this beautiful excuse of a vampire confusing things.
"You don't seem very surprised that we're here," I point out.
"This is where I sent you, Ashryn. I expected you to be here," Dimitri replies.
That doesn't fill me with much confidence. Are we here because he wants to turn on us? Or are we here to actually help our fellow vampires? This whole thing somehow seems to have become a lot more complicated than I'd have thought.
"Did you know this would happen?" Bram demands.
"I suspected, yes. But foresight isn't exactly something we're very strong at." Dimitri goes back to examining his nails. That's getting old already.
"And?" I prompt, exchanging a quick look with Bram. He's having the same doubts I am. Good to know I'm not going crazy. Yet.
"Have you found the knife yet?" Dimitri asks.
And then he makes a very big mistake.
He looks me in the eyes. Head on.
Set up the guild.
"No," I whisper, and back away. "That can't be right."
The other two turn to look at me head on, only to find me shaking my head and refusing to believe what that means.
"No. No. No. No." I can't seem to shake the word.
