Fear is all Sarah Rosenwal has ever known, and Maximus Castlemaine is everything she fears. Scars from her past have yet to fade when mist of dark lies and darker deception begin to gather around her. And the only path that leads out is through the arms of a Rogue. But where her mind tells her he is far more dangerous a bet, her heart whispers another. Maximus has put countless hearts to fear, but the sight of it in a pair of green eyes pure as virgin Jades changes something vital in him. He yearns to be the one to chase her fears away. Burns to see her melt at his fevered touch, his heated kisses. But for his every step forward, she takes two back. As secrets and betrayals rage, Maximus is done waiting for the dice of fate to roll in his favour. Sarah will be his. He would carve his path through hell to her, but she will be his.

I lost everything in a matter of moments. The memories of the crash are all that kept me going; I had to for everyone that lost their life that day. The guilt that I had to live with was terrible. Why couldn't someone else live? I was ready to die; I knew it was going to happen... I was prepared....

Hope was born bearing the mark of the Lyric. She has known all her life about the odd shaped birthmark on the back of her neck but never knew what it truly stood for. Her eighteenth birthday arrives and strange things begin to happen causing Hope to rethink her priorities in life. Before her concerns centered around the simple life of any average high school teenager . Now, with her new found abilities and the discovery of a new friend in the most unlikely of places she decides that it is her time to finally make a difference. But as she sets out for a journey of a life time another group of people, the Special Forces, have a different plans for her. Will she succumb to their wishes or will she follow her heart and fight for the greater good?