They were outsiders in a hidden world, pariahs of the untouchable. They could not die - at least not naturally. They called them the Damned; The Cursed Ones. Kara Lowsley was as ordinary as a Moroi in hiding could be. She knew that stepping outside the gates of Grigore was suicide or that if the authorities ever found her, she would have been better off dead. Now, after a lifetime of confinement and a war on the horizon - she must either run or hide, especially now that The Cursed Ones - in particular a certain Andrei Iantonescu - have taken an interest in not only her but a group of others too. Despite no guarantee of loyalty Kara is compelled to take the leap and trust them.But they were called damned for a reason..