everly has a lot to be uncertain about. she's sixteen, but attending a public school - and a high school, at that - for the first time, she was adopted at fifteen and is adjusting to her new family life, and her shyness makes it hard for her to put herself out there to make friends. then she meets yasmin. yasmin is bold and strong and fierce and the two quickly become as thick as thieves. one thing leads to another, and she meets elias. elias becomes a rock for her as well. and through these two unlikely friends she makes, she meets.. auden. auden is light, and love, and strength, and.. everything.