The House of Night series has become an international publishing sensation—more than 12 million books are in print, rights are sold in 40 countries, and the series has been on the New York Times bestseller list for two years. Now, the excitement continues as mother-daughter duo Cast takes us back to the stories of the past of the House of Night's most important and mysterious characters. In the third House of Night novella, the mysterious story we've been waiting for will finally be revealed...Neferet, the dark, seductive High Priestess of the House The nights of Tulsa, who was not always a powerful vampire, but was always beautiful. Growing up in her mother's turn-of-the-century Chicago home, her beauty made her a target of unwanted attention and abuse, leaving her with scars that could never heal—and a darkness in which she would eventually find a way out. But as she becomes marked and gains strength, both physical and magical, she turns her wrath toward power and seeks what has been stolen from her. From victim to High Priestess, a beautiful young woman with a powerful ability to enlarge, Neferet's journey begins...