It was pity that first made Dannie speak to him. She had known Ryan since she was a kid, but he had always been the popular Golden Boy, and she had always been the tomboy that didn’t mind not having any friends. It was odd, she had thought, that all the popular kids who had once kissed the ground he walked on, didn’t so much spared him a glance anymore, and it was this that made her sit with him that one faithful day and begin something that would only end up causing her pain.

Rira Vok is on the run. A harrowing past knocks at her heart while a threatening future crawls up her legs with every second. Friends are hard to find. Courage is hard to grasp. Bravery is nonexistent. But when two new friends appear, her journey seems just a little bit brighter. But she doesn't know how long she will last.