Lizzie Young is broken. After a summer away from home, trapped in her own mind, being back in Cork is lonelier than ever. Far from everyone she once called a friend, Lizzie must struggle to ignore the ghosts that haunt her. On a dark, tear-streaked night, the viper finds comfort where she least expected it: in the company of the girl she thought she detested. Katie Wilmot is a bolter. She has spent her entire life determined to escape the small town where she lives and her parents' curse. The redhead has every step of her future planned in detail, but fate has a surprise in store for her: a feeling she never imagined finding in Cork. One single touch and she is forever bound to the person who sets her heart on fire. (The characters in this story canonically belong to Chloe Walsh.)