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lessons with him as he’s attempted to catch her up on everything she’s missed out on in the last two years.
    She wants to really learn how to fight?
    Fine. They’ll start tomorrow.

MS. KARP AND THE RAVEN
     
    Her many issues and interactions with Dimitri are very distracting, but Rose’s first priority is her best friend’s safety now that they’re back at the school. What happened with the dead fox in Lissa’s room weighs heavily on Rose’s mind. It’s much too similar to what happened two years ago just before they ran away.
    Back then, Ms. Karp, a young, pretty teacher at the school who always acted a bit loony, caught Rose and Lissa in the woods with booze in hand. Busted. The three of them then found a dead raven on the ground and Lissa, seemingly transfixed, reached for it . . . and brought it back to life with her touch!
    Another time, Ms. Karp had healed one of Rose’s injuries. Was the ability to heal the raven—and Lissa’s need to do the same with the fox—the same kind of thing? It’s the first sign that there are some strange similarities between Ms. Karp and Lissa. Just like Lissa, Ms. Karp never specialized in a specific element with her magic like all other Moroi do.
    Their teacher was disturbed by the incident with the raven and made them promise not to say anything about it. She warned Rose never to let Lissa attempt to bring something back to life again. Ms. Karp’s paranoia worked, instilling Rose with a fear of anyone finding out about Lissa’s ability to heal—to the point of bringing animals back to life. It would put her friend in jeopardy.
    With the dead fox, it was clear to Rose that Lissa wanted to resurrect the dead fox too—but that would risk others finding out about Lissa’s strange and secret ability.
    But does someone already know what it is?

FALLING FOR DIMITRI
     
    Rose tries to focus on her next session with Dimitri, the first where they’re going to work on taking her training to the next level. She’s supposed to hit him, but he easily knocks her to the ground, which is frustrating. When he turns his back, Rose tries to attack, but he’s able to grab her and pin her to the ground.
    It’s full body contact with the gorgeous Russian.
    All of a sudden, it occurred to me that he was still holding me down. The skin on his fingers was warm as he clutched my wrists. His face hovered inches from my own, and his legs and torso were actually pressing against mine. Some of his long brown hair hung around his face, and he appeared to be noticing me too, almost like he had that night in the lounge. And oh God , did he smell good.
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    It’s a very sexy moment, and Rose realizes she’s seriously crushing on her gorgeous, older mentor. Bad idea! It’s absolutely the last thing she needs right now with the rest of the problems she’s dealing with!
    Thankfully, there’s something else for Rose to focus on. Queen Tatiana, the leader of the Moroi world, is coming to the school on an official visit in celebration of All Saints’ Day, and the school is buzzing in anticipation and excitement of this. Rose isn’t too impressed, though. Visits from the queen and her royal party are fairly common, but after being given permission to attend the event, it does give her the chance to socialize with others at the royal banquet.
    This doesn’t go so well—not for Lissa, anyway. During the welcoming assembly, the queen pauses to speak with the last remaining Dragomir—but their conversation quickly takes a nosedive when the queen intimates, in front of everyone, that Lissa shamed her family name by running away. Lissa is mortified.
    Mia, of course, makes a point to mock Lissa for this public embarrassment. Rose jumps to Lissa’s defense as always and, in a heated moment, disses Mia’s family for being “servants.” Dimitri breaks up the verbal sparring, sending Mia on her way, and he begins to escort Rose back to her dorm to avoid any further trouble. As they