Frostbite by Richelle Mead

Author:Richelle Mead
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction:Young Adult
ISBN: 9781410429995
Publisher: PUFFIN
Published: 2008-04-01T10:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

People stood up and shouted, everyone wanting their opinion to be heard. As it was, most of them held the same view: Tasha was wrong. They told her she was crazy. They told her that in sending out Moroi and dhampirs to fight the Strigoi, she’d be expediting the extinction of both races. They even had the nerve to suggest that that was Tasha’s plan all along—that she was somehow collaborating with the Strigoi in all of this.

Dimitri stood up, disgust all over his features as he surveyed the chaos. “You might as well leave. Nothing useful’s going to happen now.”

Mason and I rose, but he shook his head when I started to follow Dimitri out.

“You go on,” said Mason. “I want to check something out.”

I glanced at the standing, arguing people. I shrugged. “Good luck.”

I couldn’t believe it had only been a few days since I’d spoken to Dimitri. Stepping out into the hall with him, I felt like it’d been years. Being with Mason these last couple of days had been fantastic, but seeing Dimitri again, all of my old feelings for him came rushing back. Suddenly, Mason seemed like a child. My distress over the Tasha situation also came back, and stupid words fell out of my mouth before I could stop them.

“Shouldn’t you be in there protecting Tasha?” I asked. “Before the mob gets her? She’s going to get in big trouble for using magic like that.”

He raised an eyebrow. “She can take care of herself.”

“Yeah, yeah, because she’s a badass karate magic user. I get all that. I just figured since you’re going to be her guardian and all . . .”

“Where did you hear that?”

“I have my sources.” Somehow, saying I’d heard it from my mom sounded less cool. “You’ve decided to, right? I mean, it sounds like a good deal, seeing as she’s going to give you fringe benefits. . . .”

He gave me a level look. “What happens between her and me is none of your business,” he replied crisply.

The words between her and me stung. It sounded like he and Tasha were a done deal. And, as often happened when I was hurt, my temper and attitude took over.

“Well, I’m sure you guys’ll be happy together. She’s just your type, too—I know how much you like women who aren’t your own age. I mean, she’s what, six years older than you? Seven? And I’m seven years younger than you.”

“Yes,” he said after several moments of silence. “You are. And every second this conversation goes on, you only prove how young you really are.”

Whoa. My jaw almost hit the floor. Not even my mother punching me had hurt as badly as that. For a heartbeat, I thought I saw regret in his eyes, like he too realized just how harsh his words had been. But the moment passed, and his expression was hard once more.

“Little dhampir,” a voice suddenly said nearby.

Slowly, still stunned, I turned toward Adrian Ivashkov. He grinned at me and gave a brief nod of acknowledgment to Dimitri.

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