Spirit Bound

Spirit Bound is the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.
In its opening week, Spirit Bound debuted at ! on "he #all Street $ournal%s hardco&er fiction list
and ! on the 'SA "oday bestseller list, which co&ers all books of all genres together in one list.
Its release also pushed the Vampire Academy series into the ! slot on the (ew )ork "imes list
for children%s series.
After a long and ta*ing +ourney to ,imitri%s birthplace in Siberia, Rose -athaway has finally
returned to St. Vladimir%s and has been reentered student life. -owe&er, ,imitri has sur&i&ed
against all odds and now seeks Rose%s death. She belie&es that there may be one way to change
him back, but she may ha&e to put e&erything at risk to find out.
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"he book starts off with Rose reading the last in a series of lo&e letters/death threats from ,imitri.
"he final e*ams are set to start in short time and she resol&es to stay focused and pass them to
the best of her abilities and hope it will be enough for her to get assigned to 0issa. "he teachers
test her by ha&ing her trapped on a swinging bridge with Strigoi approaching on both sides, which
she passes by cutting the bridge, then 1killing1 the opponents on her end.
After Abe%s network relayed a message from Victor ,ashko& that there was nothing he could be
bribed with while he was behind bars, Rose plots with 0issa and 2ddie to break him out of his
high security &ampire prison. "hey successfully do so by disguising themsel&es as guardians
bringing new feeders and relying hea&ily on 0issa%s compulsion abilities. Victor agrees to lead
them to his brother, Robert, a reclusi&e spirit user who is rumored to ha&e once returned a strigoi
to their original state.
"hey tra&el to 0as Vegas, where Adrian tracks Rose%s credit cards and follows them. #hile not
&ery pleased with Rose%s continued endea&ors to help ,imitri, he stays with them. Robert tells
them that the Spirit user must infuse a stake with Spirit and kill the Strigoi on its own, but escapes
when they are attacked by ,imitri and other Strigoi. "hey manage to escape and upon their
arri&al at court 2ddie and Rose are punished for endangering the Moroi and sent to do physical
labor. #hile they are occupied, 0issa and 3hristian are kidnapped by ,imitri as bait for Rose.
,ecided to kill him for good and eliminate a threat to 0issa, Rose leads a group of guardians to
his hiding place. She fights her way o&er to him and is about to kill him when 3hristian encircles
him in a ring of fire, effecti&ely cutting all mo&ement while 0issa stakes him. ,imitri is restored as
a ,hampir and taken into custody. "raumati4ed and crushed by guilt, he pushes Rose away,
saying that he is no longer able to lo&e. Rose turns to Adrian for comfort.
"he ne*t morning at breakfast, Rose and ,imitri run into each other. ,imitri sees the bite marks
and knows who they come from, he knew Rose is going to mo&e on. In the middle of the
discussion, a group of 5uardians surround Rose and ,imitri instincti&ely fights to protect her, but
she calms him down. "he 5uardians announce her that 6ueen "atiana has been found murdered
with Rose%s stake and as such she is to come with them. At the ensuing hearing, it is decided that
Rose must face an official hearing. If she is guilty, she will be sentenced to death. 7n the way to
wait for the impending trial, Ambrose deli&ers a note to her from "atiana saying that 0issa needs
to ha&e her &oice heard in the 3ouncil and that there is a second li&ing ,ragomir, necessary for
0issa to ha&e her 8uorum.