Vampire Academy 5
Richelle Mead
Rose passes her trials and becomes an actual guardian, and then the chaos begins. Dimitri is determined to find and kill her. She is obsessed with the idea of returning his soul. Then she holds Lissa to her promise to help save him. So after a jail break, freeing the man that tried to kill Lissa, they find that there is a possibility; Lissa must charm a stake with spirit and stake Dimitri herself. This is accomplished eventually. Dimitri returns to his former self claiming that he no longer loves Rose, and he is incapable of such. Since no one has ever been returned to normal after becoming a strigoi, Dimitri is imprisoned until they can find out what to do with him
The counsel passes a law making dhampir graduate at 16 rather than 18. Rose is outraged and states as much in front of everyone. Then the Queen is murdered. Of course, Rose is their prime suspect (as the evidence was planted to make it look that way). However, the Queen wrote a letter to Rose before she died explaining that their was another in Lissa’s family (an illegitimate half-sibling) that would enable her to join the counsel (because to be a “family” you have to have at least 2 members). The Queen thinks Rose is the only one that will be able to Bring this to light, but how will that be possible with her locked up, on trial, and perhaps eventually executed?
Vampire Academy:
Vampire Academy
Frostbite
Shadow Kiss
Blood Promise
Spirit Bound
Last Sacrifice