Appleton was one of the safest and warmest places to live in. That was before a seventeen year old kid vanished in broad daylight in the middle of a school day. No one knew what happened to Marel Connelly, but everyone knew him. Every citizen was left scarred after a year of his disappearance, more so his family. The search died down, but the reminder stuck to each and everyone's mind. Doors were being locked at night, kids were looking behind for the slightest of sounds. No one was safe anymore in the place of Appleton. Absolutely no one.

An eye for an eye, A soul for a soul, Life for a life, Death is your toll. Endure all the pains, Only do what you must, But remember these words; In Death you must trust.

Sixth-year Slytherin, Alice Rhowen, is, along with her boyfriend Draco Malfoy, the most powerful Slytherin student. She's the outcast of a family full of Gryffindors. When Draco and his family invite her to their house for Christmas break, her life is never the same.

Rosalie-Marylin 'Rose-Mary' Bloomwood is a small town country girl who would rather spend her days working on the farm then daydreaming about silly things like love. In her eyes relationships never lasted and love was just a myth. She doesn't care if the person was hot or not, love was out of the question because of an incident that happened many years before. When a young man, Eric Parker, stumbles onto her farm with amnesia, she struggles to get to know the man, who doesn't remember where he came from or who he was before coming to the farm. Boys, gangs, amnesia and chicken chases are just a few of the things Rose-Mary with encounter as she tries to come to terms with love and all the obstacles that surround it. But one thing Rose doesn't know is that Eric has two big secrets he could never let her know. The fear of losing her or having her hate him would be too much for Eric.