Spirit Bound is fifth book in The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. It was published on May 18, 2010. Rose reads her last love letter/death threat from Dimitri before her exams start. After passing them with flying colours, she realizes hers was harder than other novices and is mad. While others just had to run away from Strigoi while in a maze, Rose had to save her extremely dumb 'Moroi like' assignment. However, she cuts the rope and makes him climb it, thankful to that he didn't fall off.