Rose Its not like I had a plan. I just knew I couldn’t stay. Everything in me was aching. I remembered the day that Matthias had begged me not to leave him. He’d been so earnest, so sincere, I’d believed that he really, truly wanted me here. I was even beginning to believe that he cared about me. Stupid, Rose. I suppose our little living arrangement was all well and fine for him until I went and screwed it up. I didn’t know I would get Matthias in some kind of trouble. I trembled to think that he could even die because of my ignorance. Ignorant or not, I still went into the bathroom and filled more syringes. Now, more than ever, I felt vulnerable. The vampires in the fortress that I had once deemed friendly were now pretty damn hostile. Without Matthias here to keep eve