All her life, Aleksandra Ivashkov has felt like the world's biggest oxymornon. She was a dhampir who just so happened to be the daughter of none other than the Queen herself. After deciding she was done with the royal drama, she ran away from the Academy with her best friends, Rose Hathaway and Lissa Dragomir. But when they are brought back, she quickly finds herself developing feelings for her new guardian, Dimitri Belikov.