She aches for love and thirsts for blood. An impossible choice could doom her soul... Yelena Solodnikova faces eternity with a broken heart. Abandoned by the vampire who sired her, her unique combination of conscience and bloodlust leaves her perpetually tormented. But when Yelena meets the gifted 12-year-old Orly, her sanguine thirst may help them send evil to an early grave. Using Orly's unique ability to perceive corruption, Yelena feasts...