what do you do when the world you know, turns out to be a cover up for your true identity? that's the question young lyla (lie-la) is faced with when she meets handsome, dark, mysterious Alexander. when lyla turns 16 the world she knew as her childhood comes crashing down when she faces battles, enemys, friends, romance. she will have to choose her life the way she knows it or take the hand of Alexander into a world unknown....