The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir s Academy was the deadliest ever in the school s history claiming the lives of Moroi students teachers and guardians alike. Even worse the Strigoi took some of their victims with them . . . including Dimitri. He d rather die than be one of them and now Rose must abandon her best friend Lissa--the one she has sworn to protect no matter what--and keep the promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago. But with everything at stake how can she possibly destroy the person she loves most?