Lou's life is hell. So are her nightmares. It's up to you to work out which is which.

In a world on the verge of scientific discovery, the old ways of mysticism are no longer upheld in society. Sorcerers and magicians are persecuted in the greatest purge in history; a bloody civil war where the side with the greater numbers will emerge victorious. This is a time for alchemists and scientists, explorers and scholars. A time for rogues and assassins, political strife and corruption among kings and noblemen. A new age is over the horizon, but just who will survive this grand transition, this bloody divide, is uncertain. For when science and magic collide, no one is safe.

Keira Lynn Walker. Her name says it all. She's rich, beautiful, her father is famous and gets what she wants. Perfect right? Well, not really. Her mother was murdered when she was still a baby and everybody in her family starts to hate her. So in order to get rid of her pretty face, her father sends her to a school for the "gifted" where everyone is just as special as she is. Once she is place in the Winter House; one of the four houses at her school. One night Keira meets Alec who is also known as the trouble kid. They both get into an arguement about how asocial Keira is; it takes a bad turn, Keira accidentaly touches Alec's hand and everything seems to just fall apart. Alec promises that he's not going to say anything as long as she does what he says...

Cashmere and Alex were the perfect brother and sister - until their mom dies and their guardian, Sandra, left. Now, living on their own, they meet two unsuspecting characters; Garrison and Toni. These two have had their adoptive mother murdered - on the same day that they meet Cashmere and Alex. While they seem like polar opposites, a strange little twist of fate has brought these four teens together in hiding from the rest of the world.

Life is about figuring yourself out. Who you wanna be what you want to do, but sometimes that ONE person comes and ruins everything. Blair has been in love with her best friend who is a player for the past three years of her life. Blake is a tad bit mysterious, but Blair doesn't give up on him. She loves him, way more than just her best friend. When Blair moves, things get complicated between her and Blake. She's scared to confess her feelings to him, because she thinks she might lose him, and he is really important to her and she literally can't live without him in her life.

A hundred and seventeen years ago, a demon offered a girl who was on the verge of death a deal. Having no other choices, she accepted and gained an almost immortal body. It was only when she got it that she discovered that immortality is nothing but solitude. For more than a century, she's been searching for clues to find him again, hoping that he can undo the deal. What will happen when she finds out the truth behind the deal? And will she fulfil her part of the deal?