Aerie, a seemingly normal girl, suddenly finds out that she is a darkling, or a young angel. She is taken to a school where she meets four other people in the same position. She soon learns a few dark secrets about the new world that she has been thrust into, and she realizes that her herself isn't a normal angel. As she tries to resolve the conflict between the White and the Dark Angels, she is forced to face her dark past, and the boy that has been in her life from the beginning.
High school student discovers supernatural powers and joins a group of others with similar powers to protect his hometown from creatures born from people's souls as well as others using their abilities for selfish purposes.