Hope Mikaelson has always been a hero -- the mighty Tribrid protecting the Salvatore Boarding School. But we know heroes suffer most of all. When the Necromancer, newly charged with black magic and Malivore as his puppet, wages war on the Salvatore School, Hope activates her vampire side. Now a fully woken Tribrid, she must come to terms with the eternity facing her and fight the darkness boiling under her skin without pushing those she loves away. There may be only one person who can keep her from becoming the villain of the story.