Since the death of their parents, Rowen's older brother, Sean, has been a firm believer in all things supernatural, while Rowen remains grounded in reality. When Sean meets Bane in an online chat room and the two become good friends, Rowen takes one look at Bane's picture and falls for him. Bane tells Sean of a legend in his town about a haunted house, and Sean sees it as an opportunity to make his little brother a believer in ghosts. Steadfast in his belief that there are no such things as ghosts, Rowen is nonetheless eager to get up close and personal with Bane, and offers no argument when Sean packs up and moves them to Blackwell -a town much more special than Rowen could have ever imagined.