Ten years ago, in the remote mountains of Colorado, a young girl watched helplessly as her family was murdered by a pack of angry men for the secret they carried in their blood. She survived by running into the woods, and changing into something the hungers could never find -- a werewolf.
Now, though 19-year-old Vivian Gandillon (Agnes Bruckner) lives in relative safety in modern-day Bucharest, she is still running. When her affections for a visiting American artist (Hugh Dancy) threaten to expose her family's secret society, she must choose between her love for an outsider and betraying the secret vows of her family.