You must stay away from the one who brings nothing but heartache and death. Know the difference between need and love, fate and future. Alex would give anything to be a normal half-blood, but she can't escape her destiny: On her eighteenth birthday, she will Awaken to become the second Apollyon, which has only ever happened once before. And it didn't end well. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if her "other half" Seth weren't...