After a long and heartbreaking journey to DimitriAs birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. VladimirAsAand to her best friend, Lissa. It is at long last graduation, and the girls canAt wait for their real lives beyond the AcademyAs iron gates to begin. But RoseAs heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows heAs 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 wonAt rest until Rose joins him … forever.