Willow is an amnesiac with special abilities, she is recruited by an Academy after escaping from a foster home years ago. Her classmates resent her presence and refuse to trust her, leaving Willow alone and confused. She struggles with an identity crisis while facing the obstacles that make her question her worth.
When a returning student, Nicholas, comes back Willow sees him as a potential friend but their budding friendship is met with anger and betrayal from her classmates, who feel entitled to control, with whom66 Willow associates. They pressure her into cutting ties with Nicholas, despite barely acknowledging Willow's existence prior to this accident.
During Nicholas's absence, something happened among Willow's classmates related to his time at the Academy, but the specifics remained shrouded in secrecy. Despite her attempts to uncover the truth, no one is willing to talk about it. The tension among them only grows as they face new challenges and threats from dangerous volatiles and 'the eight'. She navigates the complicated relationships and hidden agendas of those around her.
Despite the tension among them, Willow and Nicholas must work together with their teammates to save the city, as the Academy's mission is to train students with strong powers to become protectors of the city. Willow and Nicholas find themselves drawn to each other in ways they can't explain. Clues suggest that they may have known each other in the past before their memories were altered, something that seems odd considering Nicholas ' power is memory manipulation.
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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