Chapters 5-6 Summary

In Chapter 5, Rose reveals that Christian's Strigoi parents were killed by guardians, and though Christian isn't Strigoi, she doesn't trust him. Lissa tries to leave the attic, but Christian stops her. They talk. Like Lissa, Christian has been using this attic as a place to get away, alone. Lissa tries to leave again, but he guesses that her story about how she fed was a lie, and that she fed on Rose. He promises not to tell, and says she can stay in the attic for a while. He warms the air magically, right before Rose comes out of her link with Lissa's mind.

Dimitri is concerned, but Rose tells him that she was in Lissa's head and that everything is okay. After her workout, Rose asks Dimitri about his past. He was educated in Siberia, and the lord he was...