How far will Rose go to keep her promise? The recent Strigoi attack at St.Vladimir's Academy was the deadliest ever in the school's history, claimingthe lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, theStrigoi took some of their victims with them. . . including Dimitri. He'drather 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 keepthe promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago. But with everything atstake, how can she possibly destroy the person she loves most?