Spirit Bound Chapter 9

Once arriving at the restaurant they immediately knew who Robert was because Lissa could spot his aura from across the room. After approaching the table Victor sat beside his brother and then the others followed. After Robert and Victor caught up a little bit Robert asked who the rest of them were. Victor explained that they needed to ask Robert some questions, that it was the price of him being allowed to visit him. After pushing and pushing him Robert finally asked what we wanted to know.  Rose, though nervous, asked Robert about his so called accomplishment on freeing a strigoi. He seemed out of it. But then he said her. He freed Her. Robert tells her hoe strigoi are made by stakes so they only way they could be brought back is by a stake. Rose quickly argues though that she has killed many strigois with stakes and they have stayed dead. But Robert proceeds to tell her it takes a special stake; a stake charmed with spirit.

Rose question's Robert though, asking if its really that easy. But he tells her its not easy at all. He then goes on to tell her that she can't do it,, only a spirit user can, and this immediately sends her into a panic. There was no way she was going to put Lissa into that kind of danger. Anger suddenly rose in Lissa as she told Rose that he couldn't tell her what to do. The two then continued to argue back and fourth on the matter.

After a little time Robert offered to show them how to infuse a stake with spirit. They all quickly realized that it wouldn't be smart to pull it out right there in the restaurant. Victor suggested they go up to te hotel room and after some hesitation Rose agreed and they left the restaurant and headed up to the room.

The casino was crowded and Rose and Eddie tried really hard to keep the group together to prevent Victor and Robert from making an escape.Eddie saw a stairway that would be free of crowds so they went towards it but it was lost cause because it was a fire exit only. As they turned around and took a couple steps Rose yelled at Eddie to stop, who was leading the group. The nausea came over her, which was her inner sign that strigoi were near by. She then reallied their was strigoi between them and the casino.

Spirit Bound Chapter 8

They didn't know if Victor was tricking them by saying his brother was in Las Vegas, but with no other leads and needing to get out of Alaska fast, it was the only thing to do. So they headed off. They soon ran into a slight problem though. Victor didn't have an ID so they couldn't take a public airplane. Once returning the can to Bud's Car Rental, Victor asked him if there was a private airport near by where they could take a charter. Bud told them their was but it wouldn't be cheap, but money was of no issue to them. Lissa had a trust fund which funded her with money each month and Rose had a left over credit card from when she sweet-talked Adrian, her boyfriend, into funding her trip to Russia in the previous book. At the airport they met up with a pilot who could take them, but only to Seattle, there he knew another pilot though who could take them all the way to Las Vegas.

On the plan ride Rose was able to get out of Victor why his brother was living in such a highly populated place, such as Las Vegas, because vampires usually lived in smaller cites where they could go undetected, especially ones like Robert Doru who do not want to be found. Eventually he gave in and told them that Robert didn't live in Las Vegas proper, that he lived in a small city just outside of it near a canyon. Victor told them though that Robert valued his privacy so they would have him meet them in the middle of Las Vegas. Once they arrived they took a taxi to the middle of the strip. They instructed the taxi driver to take them to the Luxor, which was the hotel they were going to be staying at. They were staying there because Eddie had always wanted to stay their; he told them if your going to stay anywhere in Vegas it might as well be in a pyramid.

Once they were all settled in their room Rose commanded Victor to call Robert. She wanted him to use Lissa's cell phone instead of the hotel phone so she could have record of the phone number. It took some convincing on Victor's behalf to get Robert to believe he was actually out of prison. He then started to make his pitch on how Robert needed to come meet them. After twenty minutes Victor finally convinced him to come meet them and he set up a dinner  at one of the hotel's restaurants and then disconnected. They waited in the room until dinner. Suddenly a knock was heard from the door. Lissa new it was Adrian, who was Rose's boyfriend, because he was also a spirit user and when spirit users are in close range they can sense each other auras. He walked in happy to see all of them, except when he saw Victor he was in shock. He demanded what was going on and told them that everyone was out looking for him. Now that Adrian was here, he wouldn't leave so Rose had to go tell him what was going on.

Rose took Adrian out of the room and downstairs of the casino so that her friends and Victor wouldn't hear them. Adrian took of after finding out Rose's true intensions on why she freed Victor : So she could get to Robert, who hopefully would help her turn strigoi back, and if it worked she could turn Dimitri back, who was her "ex-boyfriend" who she still longed for. Rose really didn't want Adrian made at her, she truly did care for him a lot and loved being with him. She asked him to help but he just said he needed more drinks and took off. As he left she told him they were meeting at 4:30 at the restaurant, and then he was out of sight.

4:30 came around and it was time for them to head out. When Rose opened the door way Adrian was standing there, as if he was about to knock. He said hey in his normal casual formal and told them he was going to join them. Then they were off to the restaurant where they were meeting up with Robert Doru and hopefully finding out about Dimitri's only salvation.

Spirit Bound Chapter 7

Victor did as Rose told him to do at the end of the previous chapter and attacked her. The guardians immediately flew up and grabbed him, not seeing Rose as a threat because she was "human". But then she attacked them. Rose knocked one of the guardians unconscious but was having trouble with the other one so she needed Lissa to compel him. He was strong, and it took a little bit longer to compel him than the other guard but eventually she did it. They got the guard to tell them where Victor's key was, which was in the unconscious guy's pocket. Rose searched him and found the key and then went to unlock Victor from his shackles, warning him not to cause a scene or start a fight or he'd be knocked out as fast as the other guy on the ground.

They then used the compelled guardian to find where the surveillance room was. They found out the Guardians name was Giovanni sand once to the surveillance room Rose and Giovanni ( under compulsion) attacked the two guardians who were on guard in there. The first guard went down easy. As the first one went down, the second one leaped for an alarm button but just missed it as Roe and Giovanni leaped towards him taking him down as well. After both of them were out, Lissa compelled Giovanni to disable all of the cameras and erase the last hour of footage.

After the work was done in the surveillance room Lissa instructed Giovanni to take them back to the wardens office where Thio and Eddie was. Once they entered the room Eddie realized it was time to go, so he leaped up towards Thio and put him in a choke hold, but before going down he let out a yelp. Two other guardians entered and another fight began. To make things even more difficult, as soon as one of the guardians were knocked out, Giovanni broke out of the compulsion and started fighting against Rose, and Eddie. Then to make matters worse, Giovanni ran towards a wall where another alarm button was and as he hit it a piercing wail filled the air. They quickly knocked Giovanni out and the four of them ran out of the room. The group ran towards the front doors only to realize they were locked from the inside. Eddie told them to wait as he ran back and grabbed one of the security cards the guardians had and sure enough it let them out. They made a dash for the rental car and all piled in as quickly as they could. Eddie stepped on the gas and headed for their last obstacle, the entrance gate. The guardian ran out of his post, but when he realized they weren't stopping he dodged out of the way. Eddie pushed down on the gas even harder then and blew through the wooden gate.

The prison then sent trucks after them. They came speeding down the street after them. Rose followed with the GPS telling Eddie where to turn, since they mapped out an escape route for afterwards. After a few sharp turns the road behind them was clear. Rose then turns around and explains to Victor in a harsh manor why they broke him out in the first place. It was to find his brother Robert Doru, and Victor was the only person who knew where he was. Robert Doru was the man who knew how to turn strigoi back into normal, living, vampires. With some hesitation, as Victor seemed to try to scheme in his mind how he could work this n him favor, he gave in and told them where they had to go : Las Vegas, then they were off.



Spirit Bound Chapter 6

The beginning of the chapter starts off with Rose, Lissa, and Eddie on the airplane to Alaska. There they talk out some of the plans for their misson. Once they land they try to rent a car but only being 18 they were refused a lot until suggested to Buds Car Rentals. They told them that if they produced enough money he was sure to rent them a car, which he did. Once they got checked into the hotel Rose and Eddie went to scope out the prison while Lissa stayed back to work on her charms, which were compulsion infused. The prison ad a huge stone wall surrounding it and tons of guards. They knew there was only one way it : through the front door. As a SUV drove past, they realized that's how they had to get in.

The were off on their mission now. Rose and Lissa dressed up in disguise as feeders, and Eddie put on his formal wear so he would look like a chauffeur. They drove to the prison. There they came to their first gate, and a guardian checked what their business there was. Eddie handed over official papers on feeder deliveries at the prison that they copied out of the file Rose stole. The guard hesitated a little, examining both of the girls, but after assuming they were human he sent them through. From their a new guard took them through the prison, which had an erie feel, to the warden's office. Rose and Lissa ( posing as feeders) were then split up from Eddie and were taken down to the feeders room. Once in the feeders room Lissa used compulsion on the guard there to alter the schedule and have Victor Dashkov be the next one to come to the feeder room for a meal. Moments later two guardians and Victor Dashkov walked in. Victor was taken to where Rose was seated. as he was about to draw blood from her he stopped, and realized who she was.

     A slow, intrigued smile spread over his face, blatantly displaying his fangs, " Oh my. This might be the best meal I've ever had." His voice was barely audible, covered by the conversation of the others.
     " Put your teeth anywhere near me and it'll be your last meal," I murmured, voice just as quiet. " But if you want any chance of getting out of here and seeing the world again, you'll do exactly what I say."
     He gave me a questioning look. I took a deep breath, dreading what I had to say next.
     " Attack me." ( p.126-127)

Spirit Bound Chapter 5

The fifth chapter starts out with the newly graduated vampires getting ready to go to the ball. The ball is for the moroi who are living at the court to put in bids for their Guardian of choice. The Royal families then choose who they will be placed with. Lissa of courses wants to be placed with Rose but while at the ball they find out that Tasha Ozera, who is Lissa's ex-boyfriend's aunt, also put in a bid for Rose.

At the party Lissa and Rose were met by the Queen of the Royal court, Tatiana, who was the one who made special plans with Lissa to stay at the royal court and get the chance to go to a larger college because she took a special interest in her. Lissa was the last of the Dragomirs after her family died in a car accident. Rose however, was normally not on the queen's good side. The queen however called them both over for a conversation. She went on to tell them that Lissa could go visit the college Lehigh University, where Lissa would be attending in the fall, and could take Rose with her, which excited Lissa. Rose didn't want to let Lissa down on the fact that if their plan was actually to work on breaking into the prison, that they wouldn't be able to make the college trip.

After the conversation with Tatiana, Rose me up with her good friend Eddie who was also a guardian. She needed to ask him something but felt guilty about it because it could put his whole life in danger. He knew right away something was wrong and wouldn't take a "nothing" for an answer, so Rose asked the question. she asked him if he would come with them on their prison break trip and he immediately agreed to. He sort of felt he owed Rose, because she saved his life twice, but he agreed out of friendship and loyalty. 

The night came ( which was really day-light out), and they all met up a garage on court. There Rose, Lissa, and Eddie met up with  Mikhail, who was the guardian Rose ran into in headquarters. He didn't believe her plan could work but he hoped it would, so he told Rose he was all in for it and wanted to join. He was then used for their escape route, since court guardians could leave without being questions. He piled Rose, Lissa, and Eddie into the trunk of a new black Doge Charger and then he drove off to the front gates. It took a minute once he got to the gates through, but with little hesitation he got through. Once he was far enough from the court's gates Mikhail pulled over and let them out of the trunk. The then piled into the car and were off to the airport to catch the next flight to Alaska ( where the prison currently was).

Spirit Bound chapters 1-4

The begining of the book starts off with Rose at her trials. The trials are setup for novices, the incomming gaurdians. They train all their lives for these trials, which are supose to be a replica of what they could be faced with out in the real world when incountering Strigoi. Rose is already a skilled Damphir, killing many strigoi in her life already, recieving molija marks which represent each killing. She goes through her trials with little to no problems. Soon after the trials the Moroi and Damphirs Graduate from Vampire Academy.

After graduation Rose, Lissa, Adrian, and Christian leave for the royal court, where they will be staying. There they run into mia, a former classmate of theirs, who lives at the royal court. Rose and Lissa plan to met up with heer later, where they can discuss their future plans.

Mia's father has worked at the royal court for sometime, so Mia knows some "inside" information that others might not. So when Rose and Lissa go meet up with Mia at her house, they ask her for her help. 

Rose has a plan for her and Lissa, sort of an adventure, for them to go on after they graduated. The plan is to go after her love Dimitri and save him, since he has recently become strigoi.  Dimitri was Rose's mentor while at St. Vladimir's, and all though it was not allowed, they fell in love. During Rose's final year at school their was a strigoi attack on the school. Many people died and some were turned into strigoi, like Dimitri. Recently though, Rose has found out there was a person who could change Dimitri back, but he was related to Victor Dashcov who was now in jail for kidnapping Lissa.

After getting the information they needed from Mia Rose and Lissa broke into the headquarters to get the information the prison that Victor is being held. They got pretty far. Lissa used her compulsion, which is use her spirit powers to make people do what she wants them to,to get them passed the guards. Rose then went to where all the files are held and finally found where the file on the prison was at. She decided to take the whole file because she knew all the information inside would be valuable on their trip. Right as she was about to leave though a guard popped up. He let her go though because he fell in love with someone who turned strigoi as well and he knew her pain. He didn't believe the change could be made but he hoped it could happen, so he let her pass.

Spirt Bound by Richelle Mead

Spirit Bound is the fifth book in the Vampire Academy Novel Series. I have read the previous four books and I love them.
http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Bound-Vampire-Academy-Book/dp/1595143661/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1296848942&sr=8-1

There is one more book left in the series after spirit bound. These books are about a group of vampire students and teachers who are living at St. Valdimirs Academy.

Wikipedia's definition of a vampire is : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire

There are different types of vampire's who attend this school. The Moroi are the royal vampires who attend the school and take basic classes as well as classes on magic. All Moroi specialize in one of the five elements of magic; these elements are fire, water, air, earth, and spirit. Then there are the novices/damphirs, which are the younger versions of the guardians on campus. These vampires take regular classes as ell as physical combat classes. They are trained to protect the moroi when they get out into the real world after schooling. When they graduate novices receive a promise mark and is then known as a guardian. They are then assigned to one of the Moroi and will live and protect them out in the real world. Then there is one more class of vampires, one's who cannot be on campus. These vampires are the undead, know as Strigoi. Strigoi are made not born. These vampires were once either a Moroi or a novice/guardian and chose to or were force to become a Strigoi. Strigois are made when they take a life of another while drinking their blood.