Quinn is the Princess, she isn't allowed out of her room, her Father gets drunk every night and her Mother spends all of his money on clothes. Everyone thinks her life is so amazing, but all she wants to do is escape. Benji is a Guard, it's his first day on the job, he hates it. But he has to do it like all of the 15 year old males in his village. Ever since his Father went away to war he has had the responsibility to look after his brother and his Mama. But he has a secret, a secret he hasn't told anyone. A secret that could tear his world apart. A secret he will never be able to tell anyone. Quinn and Benji form an unlikely friendship. Quinn has never had a friend before that hasn't been picked out for her by her Father. They meet in secret every night, and their friendship has the chance to become something more. But will Benji's secret come between them?

Rowan lives in a divided society, the poor are not allowed to interact with the rich. There are so many rules, the rules are supposed to keep her safe. The world is said to be perfect. But ever since her friend, Carlos De Luca got murdered by the Leaders because he had powers, like everyone else who had been born with them. Rowan starts to realise that the world she has lived in her whole life is not what it seems, it is wrong, and it definitely isn't perfect. And now there were rumours, rumours that say Carlos is still out there. Beyond the wall. The wall that surrounds their community. Keeping them safe from the outside world. Finally she escapes the borders and ventures into the Field beyond. Hoping to find a new place, a place accepting of the people that have been cast out. A perfect place, an actually perfect one. She's happy to be out of there in the Field, with people like her, people she meets on her journey, a place away from her broken "perfect" world. But it feels weird. Being able to break the rules without hiding. Rowan hates to admit it but some part of her wants to go back, to where it's safe.