Dimitri agrees to go after the Blood, only accepting Mark's request to join him. Yeva makes a prediction where she says, 'Only someone who has walked the road of death can kill the Blood King,' prompting Dimitri's younger sister Viktoria to comment that Dimitri has walked the road of death and returned, referencing to his time as a strigoi. The Blood King is an old Strigoi who has become a legend around the area, causing many delusional humans to believe that they can kill him and become the next big-shot vampire hunter.

When they get there there is a Homecoming party until the local Alchemist, Henry, comes in and says that more and more people are getting killed by a strigoi called the Blood King. He voices his worries about seeing them again due to his transgressions as a strigoi, but Rose reassures him that his family won't concern themselves with his past and will only be happy to see him again. In Homecoming, Rose and Dimitri travel back to his hometown of Baia, Russia to see his family for the first time since being restored from a strigoi. The short story, titled Vampire Academy #6.5, is published along with 13 other short stories by various authors in a book called Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction, compiled and edited by Carrie Ryan. ' Richelle Mead brings new blood to the vampire genre.'Homecoming' takes place after Last Sacrifice and tells the story of Rose and Dimitri as they travel back to Russia to visit his family-and encounter some unexpected obstacles while they're there. 'Vampire Academy heroine Rose Hathaway is a combination of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider.' The Seattle Times But they must be careful lest the Strigoi - the world's fiercest and most dangerous vampires - make Lissa one of them forever. Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy's ruthless social scene, and unspeakable night-time rituals. They've been on the run, but now they're being dragged back to St Vladimir's - the very place where they're most in danger. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. St Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - it's a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. ONLY A TRUE BEST FRIEND CAN PROTECT YOU FROM IMMORTAL ENEMIES. 'Humorous, kick-ass, action-packed.' The Guardian 'We're suckers for it!' Entertainment Weekly The astonishing first book that kicked off the number 1 international bestselling Vampire Academy series.

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