Scarlet is a fledgling. Her job: kill Josh Hutcherson. She must drink his blood to become a full vampire, something all her people do before they join the war against their greatest enemy. Forced into meeting the man she must kill, Scarlet finds herself reluctant to kill him the more she gets to know him. She begins to fall in love with him but with the knowledge of her mission always two steps behind her, Scarlet is torn between following her heart or following her people. Who will she choose?