Elias isn't necessarily "normal". He has a lot of secrets and tends to keep them that way. Being an assassin is just one of the things he's hiding about himself. Oakley is just a small town girl with the need for danger and adventure in her life. Girls of his past also find him somewhere along the road. When they all meet up it's rollercoaster of emotions, drama, romance and heartbreak.

After Ponyboy loses both his parents in an auto wreck and his friends in the blink of an eye, he loses the one he loves the most.