Seb shook his head, "It's not that you're the bad guy Gunner..." He rested his hand on his friend's shoulder, "I know Anna is hard headed, I'm just saying you're both too hard headed for your own good." He listened as he talked about his mother, "Shit... Gunner, I'm sorry. You could have talked to us about it... We're here as much for you as for Anna."

He laughed dryly, "I'm not saying we can't tell her, I'm just saying... she's going to need you when she finds out."

He ran a hand through his hair, "I need to find Anna, let her know what's going on..."

~*~

Kat laughed softly, "Don't worry love, there's no need to be jealous," she teased. "I've just seen him around. He's seems to be interested in my coming and goings..." She grinned and kissed him, nipping his lip playfully, "Then again... Maybe you should worry. He is pretty intense... for a Dhampir."

She pushed the drawing aside and crawled into Rae's lap to engage in a rather long and heated make-out session... but was interrupted when someone knocked at the door. She sighed, "Maybe room service, I ordered a bottle of wine... your card. Hope you don't mind," she winked. As she opened the door though she came face to face with a Dhampir female... and the woman's face went from shock to anger.

~*~

Anna had made a split second decision to find out what was wrong, she couldn't take it... Something felt off and with how Rae had been acting lately... She had a bad feeling. When she got to the room she hesitated a moment or two before knocking. She'd never went to Rae's room... they'd always went out somewhere together. However, when the door swung open Anna wasn't expecting to see an angelically beautiful Moroi woman. Her lipstick was slightly smeared, her hair slightly messy, it wasn't hard to guess what had been going on before she answered the door. Anna felt a moment of pain before anger settled in.

The woman was smart, she didn't bother to stand in Anna's way. She moved, a look of curiosity on her face. Anna went over to Rae, yanked him to his feet by his pretty collar, and kneed him in the groin. Then, she dropped him like he'd burned her. "Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Costa... I thought I saw a vermin run into your room and then directly up your pants... Easy mistake. We Guardians can never be too careful." She brushed his shirt off where she'd wrinkled his lapels. "Have a nice day..."

Anna stormed out, the whole time she'd been in there she'd remained surprisingly calm... but the minute she was out of view she realized her hands were shaking and that she felt like she was going to pass out... She needed to set down, NOW. She was pretty sure she might be having some kind of anxiety attack... or maybe she was in shock... she wasn't sure.... It SHOULDNT be a shock, it shouldn't hurt, but it was... and it did. Anna made it outside and too a bench where she seated herself by half collapsing into the thing. Her legs felt weak. She couldn't believe she'd trusted him, couldn't believe she'd made the mistake of actually believing he was a good person.... couldn't believe she'd thought he'd actually cared. Her chest constricted, she pinched the bridge of her nose and took ragged breaths... Then, unable to stand it anymore, she felt something snap. She stood up and ran.... The track was at least a mile long.... She ran it... and ran it... and ran it.. Not once did she shed a single tear.... She was numb.

~*~

Kat arched a brow as the Dhampir walked out of the room and sighed before shutting the door. She shook her head, going into the freezer part of the fridge and finding a bad of peas... She passed it to him, "These are the reasons you should really tell me if you want to play with Dhampirs." Obviously, she was less than bothered by it. She'd been raised intelligently... Moroi men played with Dhampirs on occasion, sometimes Moroi women did the same... but in the end Moroi belonged with Moroi. Though Kat loved romance novels she didn't believe in love... it was fiction, not reality.... In the political world at least.