Vampire Academy

After nearly two centuries as your queen,

it is time to name the next.

The queen waits for the Council to speak.

When you do, I hope you speak my name.

I'd sooner die than see you on the throne.

...to officially announce my candidacy for Monarch.

I'm actually a spirit user just like St. Vladimir.

The darkness will always find you until you remember!

Leave me alone!

Are you sure this is a good thing?

If I can just talk to the guy who owns-

the collection at the museum.

Where is this mystery man?

On the Royal Tour.

I don't like you, and you don't like me.

But I have to marry someone with enough Dragomir blood-

to get my quorum back.

They are going on the Royal Tour, right?

You are everything that I have ever hoped for.

Ahh!

Mikhail?

Ahh!

Mikhail.

Rose, everything changes today.

The Molnija is a sacred tattoo given to a guardian-

for each Strigoi kill-

- and one of the highest honors a Guardian can receive.

Your first Molnija mark is a rite of passage.

I wish I could be there, but duty comes first.

Thanks, Mikhail.

Mikhail!

I can't. I can't.

You have to stop blaming yourself.

I killed one of my only friends.

You didn't kill Mikhail. You killed a Strigoi.

You saved us, Rose. All of us.

So Jesse Zeklos?

That's the best you could do?

Look, I've got him under control.

- Lissa. - I'm not compelling him.

And I won't.

But this is why I have to go on the Royal Tour.

This Ivashkov guy...

...I mean, he can know a lot more about spirit-

and this darkness that I've been feeling.

And you know I need my quorum back-

'cause if I can help even a little-

- to stop what happened to Mikhail from happening again,

I have to try.

Jesse's really the only viable option for all of that.

In a nice, neat pervert package.

- I'll do what I have to do. - Victor.

Robert, this election is too important.

There's something wrong with the moral center of our society-

- when we start calling a training exercise-

that leaves seven dead a success.

Dhampirs are expendable.

No one said that.

But that's what they think.

Is Meredith going on the tour?

Yeah, she made the cut.

Make sure you spend time with her, as much as possible.

Sonya...

The time that you spent with Mikhail...

...he'll always have that.

He will always be with you.

Dad's medication schedule.

Make sure he follows it.

And make sure he gets plenty of rest between events.

I already built breaks into the schedule-

- and compiled all of the intel we need for the campaign-

so Dad doesn't need to lift a finger.

You spoil me.

Oh, the car's early.

- Mia Karp. - Yeah?

You're required to report for an ecclesiastic reprimand-

- for willfully using your magic against a Royal.

But I'm going on the tour.

Failure to report will result in your expulsion-

from St. Vladimir's Academy.

Fucking Jesse.

Mia, did you?

- It's not a big deal. - Using magic as a weapon-

is forbidden.

It's a sin.

You can forget about the Royal Tour.

But you can't go on your own.

I can go.

Let me help.

The Royal Tour has always been an ideal excuse-

for excess and indulgence,

- as we party hop from one province to another,

reuniting with old friends.

But this year is different.

Tonight, I welcome you all-

as we begin our caucus-

to choose the next heir to the throne.

But first, we need to discuss the future of the Dominion.

Many of you simply want me to choose an heir,

- but the level of divisiveness in our society-

now makes that impossible.

The decision is now in your hands,

- a decision that could impact the next 200 years.

So I implore you,

set aside your party politics-

- and choose an heir that can unite the Dominion,

not tear it apart.

Here's to the caucus.

Jesse Zeklos? That's who she chose?

That's a good match.

Zeklos is a powerful Elementalist.

We get them on our side,

we could save young Dhampir lives.

Mmm. Find out what Mia has to say-

about Dane Zeklos.

My dad's pressuring me for a Marking Ceremony date.

And I'll be happy to give him one, once I get what I want.

An invitation to the Ivashkov Trust Party.

There's no way I'm getting you an invitation to that.

You have to be on some fucking exclusive list.

Lady Dragomir. Son.

Well, then, I'll have to try someone with some real power.

Lord Zeklos.

Mia always overcomplicates things.

What?

Dad, no. Dad, don't.

Please, please, no, Dad!

You're a disgrace. You'll ruin this family.

You okay?

Um, Mia says a lot.

Lord Zeklos is ashamed of Jesse,

and Jesse's terrified of his dad.

Mm, a family of secrets.

I can work with that.

There's a lot of good stuff in Mia's notes.

We may have underestimated Sonya Karp.

Mm.

He seems to be taking her advice.

He's targeting your base.

Dane Zeklos could effect other votes for him.

It's all just a numbers game, really.

Our dear Lady Vogel here, she understands.

More bodies in the field-

means stronger security in the long run.

Only one novice died in the Benchmark Tests.

They're clearly capable at a younger age.

The rest of the dead were seasoned Guardians.

Perhaps they need to be tested more regularly-

- to make sure they're not past their prime.

Is she serious right now?

Who's the asshole with Tatiana?

Mason's dad, Stefan Carter.

You mean the guy Mason idolised till he was 12?

He's throwing all of us under the bus.

Not just us.

Non-Royals, too.

He's making bank moving nine Royals-

- from the villages that lost their Guardians-

to the Relocation Centres.

He gets 5.000 Mira per head.

Slimy fucker.

I heard they're pulling Guardians off detail-

to help with the relocation.

Wait, which villages?

All of them.

St. Ignatius, St. Judes, St. Vladimir Provinces.

Mikhail was from Caroni Village-

here in St. Ignatius, right?

I think so.

I want in on relocation duty.

Caroni Village.

- I can do it. - No.

Novices were brought here to shadow the Tour.

I'm the first Novice since my mother to kill a Strigoi.

My talents would be better suited elsewhere,

don't you think?

Fine. Report to Head Command-

for the Caroni relocation immediately.

Great.

Who's Head Command?

I am.

Two Martinis.

- One bloody. - Yes, ma'am. Right away.

Silver, what the hell are you doing here?

This is fucking invitation only.

Well, the invitation said plus one.

Who'd bring you as their plus one?

Your dad's business partner.

He likes the unconventional-

in all kinds of ways.

Enjoy your night.

I know I will.

Hey.

You should ditch that geezer and come explore with me.

Lots of private spots in a place like this.

No.

I like that geezer.

What's so fucking special about him?

Nothing at all.

But he takes me places,