After a long and heartbreaking journey to Dimitri's birthplace in Siberia, Rose
Hathaway has finally returned to St. Vladimir's - and to her best friend, Lissa.
It is at long last graduation, and the girls can't wait for their real lives be
yond the Academy's iron gates to begin. But Rose's heart still aches for Dimitri
, and she knows he's out there, somewhere.
She failed to kill him when she ha
d 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 won't rest until Rose jo
ins him . . . forever.