On the first day of school, Jill is sent back to her dorm room accused of having a hangover in the morning. Sydney and Jill room together while Eddie rooms with Micah which is later said to remind Eddie of his dead best friend Mason from St. Sydney, Jill, Eddie Castile, and Adrian head off to Palm Springs. This is all set in motion due to an attack on Jill which was violent and brutal. This is because of the family quorum law which means that if Jill were to die Vasilisa would have no family left and would have to abdicate the throne. Woken in the middle of the night, Sydney is given a last chance: to pose as the older sister of Jill Dragomir ( illegitimate sister of Vasilisa Dragomir ) at a boarding school in Palm Springs California and assists Keith the alchemist whom she hates and also studied with Sydney's father to conceal her identity to those who oppose Vasilisa. Her career is jeopardized to the point where she may have to undergo re-education. Plot Īfter helping rogue Dhampir Rose Hathaway evade justice, Sydney Sage's situation with the Alchemists is shaky at best.

The book was released on August 23, 2011.

It follows the story of narrator Sydney Sage, the alchemist who helped Rose in Blood Promise, Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice. Now that they're in hiding the drama is only just beginning.Bloodlines is the first book in the spin-off series of the Vampire Academy series by American author Richelle Mead. The Moroi court believe Jill and Sydney will be safe but threats, distractions and forbidden romance lurk both outside – and within – the school grounds. The last thing Sydney wants is to be accused of sympathizing with vampires, And now she has to live with one. To avoid a civil war, Sydney is called upon to act as Jill's guardian and protector, posing as her roommate in a human boarding school in Palm Springs, California. When Sydney is torn from her bed in the middle of the night, she learns that Jill Dragomir – the sister of Moroi queen Lissa Dragomir is in mortal danger, and the Moroi must send her into hiding. An d now with her allegiance in question, her future is on the line. But the last encounter Sydney has with vampires got her in deep trouble with the other Alchemists. They protect vampire secrets – and human lives. That's because she's an Alchemist – one of a group of human who dabble in magic and serve the worlds of humans and vampires.

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