One must know the past to better understand the present... Right? The halls of the Academy serve as home to many Vali. Chosen by the crystals of the Angel's Tear, here they learn to harness the abilities with which they have been gifted; for the good and protection of Innocents. Guardians of the Worlds. This is what they live for. This is who they are. But, that simply isn't enough for Initiate Aerin Wilde. For as long as she can remember, Aerin has trained to be a Guardian. She never questioned who she was, or what she would become. But now, she is growing up. And she wants answers. Between the challenges as an aspiring Vali Initiate, a new mission involving a strange World, a mysterious supervisor, an indifferent clanmate, the upcoming Worlds Summit, and another rising Atrox threat... Young Aerin is searching. Yet little does she know that many of the things which seem to be taking up her life at present each hold a key to her past, and to the young woman whom she is becoming.