"I was told as a child that I was special. They told me I would find my mates and live a happy life. I don't believe them anymore." After escaping her captors with her twin brother Lucan, Lillith Morr finds herself hiding out at Virell University. With the barriers surrounding the school, it should be the perfect place. She's resigned herself to never finding her eight fated mates, hoping it will save them from going through the same pain she experienced. Only, they find her first. Her heart is closed off from the world, her skin hidden from view. With her captors still on the hunt for her, how can she let in the only people she can't bear to lose?