After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitris birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimirs - and to her best friend, Lissa. It is at long last graduation, and the girls cant wait for their real lives beyond the Academys iron gates to begin. But Roses heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows hes out there, somewhere.

She failed to kill him when she had the chance. And now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. And this time he wont rest until Rose joins him . . . forever.