Every time Mel Stewarts goes to bed, she makes sure to place a can of black paint at the foot of the bed, knowing that once the dreams were to take hold, she would be painting them one way or the other. After one night of harrowing events, her parents enrolled her into a 'safe place for mentally challenged youth' to study. Mel's opinion? Her parents think she's crazy and sent her to an asylum for depressed teenagers. Once she reaches Gracs Academy, however, her world clashes with another and her life is thrown upside down. Who is the dark and mysterious Luce Black? Why does she feel so pulled towards Jess Lark? And when her visions become stronger and more dangerous, why does the tension between Luce and Jess flare up like the fires that haunt her dreams?