When Paris is sent to a boarding school by her aunt after her parents death, she discovers the world appears to be more than meets the eye. She meets a strange boy known as Matthew, a young shadow hunter, he is to protect her, her shadow being in grave danger, Matthew and his assistant take the responsibility of protecting her vaunrable shadow.
When Alex meets a new boy in her class she is first scared by how he is acting but soon begins to trust him when he comes to her rescue and when a big secret was revealed to her now her semi normal teenage life has been completely reversed she learns of a different world, a different past and how her future will be drastically different then what she ever expected.