After a long and heartbreaking journey to DimitriÕs birthplace in Siberia, Rose Hathaway has finally returned to St. VladimirÕsÃ'and to her best friend, Lissa. It is at long last graduation, and the girls canÕt wait for their real lives beyond the AcademyÕs iron gates to begin. But RoseÕs heart still aches for Dimitri, and she knows heÕs out there, somewhere.<p> 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 wonÕt rest until Rose joins him . . . forever.