Rory Mason is a new sophomore in High School. She is expected to do a lot of things: make friends, join a club, and get a boyfriend--all the things' girls normal would do while in High School! However, she wanted to do everything in her power to avoid them. Dealing with loss, guilt, and loneliness--Rory must learn...
Ara lives underground. She has for seven years, since she was nine. Evil has entered the world and has overthrown it; killing Ara's parents. She is a fighter in the underground resistance, but fire has scarred her memory. She is haunted by the death of her parents by fire, and she determines she will not let the fire...