At the age of 26, Luisa Santiago has reached the top of her profession. She is the prima ballerina for a major American ballet company. Her first ballet, The Offering, is a huge success. A native of El Salvador, she was orphaned by the Salvadoran Civil War and raised in the United States by her aunt.Luisa is devastated when her aunt is gunned down in a turf battle involving two rival gangs and becomes obsessed with avenging her murder. Luisa meets a wealthy stranger who offers her the chance to destroy her aunt's killers. There's just one catch--she must become a vampire.