Dru Anderson's beginning to learn what it means to be svetocha-half vampire, half human, and all deadly. If she survives her training, she will be able to take her place in the Order, holding back the vampires and protecting the oblivious normal people. But just when she thinks she can relax her mentor Christophe goes missing, her almost-boyfriend is acting weird, and the bodyguards she's been assigned seem to know much more than they should...