The United States was in disarray, and the Nation of Jewels was set up as rulers. Adaliah Della used to be a part of the Nation Jewels, respected, revered, and adored; everyone was in love with her or wanted to be her. Then, her parents betrayed the Nation, and overnight, she became a fugitive, with tombstones with her name on them all over the Nation. She's going on a mission that will bring the Nation of Jewels down if it goes her way, but a certain boy makes her job difficult, and her heart beat. Daxton West is a boy with a paralyzed brother, a beaten mother, and an alcoholic, deadbeat father. He's been on the outskirts of the Nation of Jewels his whole life. The pompous bastards have no interest in helping him or his family as they promise in their promos. He is desperate to help his mom and brother; they are all he has left. If it means going on the most dangerous mission with the most dangerous girl, then so be it. The thing is, neither anticipated falling in love with the one person who has the power to destroy them. Can they love each other on their own terms and get revenge, or will they abandon each other because they're scared? In the Nation of Jewels, nothing is pretty. But diamonds can cut deep when you're not careful.