Daniella Simpson is an average high school student. Does soccer and gymnastics. Has a boyfriend, Dayton Ridges,since the summer before freshman year. Her parents are never home if they are then somethings wrong which is the reason she doesn't get along with them. Has no siblings and only child living in a big house. Dayton Ridges is just above average high schooler. Plays baseball and soccer. He has a beautiful girlfriend, Daniella Simpson. His dad is a lawyer and his mom is a nurse. They unlike Daniella's parents make sure they are home every night. Dayton has one older brother and sister. They to live in a pretty big house. Everyone loves them and everyone thinks they are getting married and living happily ever after. Everyone thinks they are the perfect couple but that's only because Dayton makes sure Daniella is well behaved by discipling her when she gets out of hand. That is their little secret.

Zale is a cry baby. He can't help it. He just gets so mad that the tears start flowing, which makes him even madder. It also doesn't help that the world is sinking. Unpredictably, the land shifts and entire cities can disappear under the water. Zale and his family thought they were safe, until the water started to rise. They raced to higher ground and lost everything in the process. With no money, they find themselves in a world congested with flood survivors. They can't find work or even an apartment. Steel, the local underground boss, has an offer for them that will end with Zale's mother and sister in a brothel. It'll mean money and housing, but Zale won't let it happen. He offers himself instead if the group takes care of his family. Steel agrees. Besides, he wanted Zale to begin with. (Sample: full story can be purchased as an ebook or viewed on Tapas and Radish Fiction.)