Born into a world of magic, secrets, and class rank, Candace has been training for as long as she can remember to be a guardian. In her world, when a shifter is born, their master gets to choose the animal that they will shift into when they come of age. A war has broken out between the civilians of the magical world, and their government, the Dragmon Order. These days, with the war at its full strength, guardians are mandated to shift into German shepherds to portray an image of conformity and order. As Candace's 16th birthday approaches she is at the top of her class and is anxious to complete her shift, but with only a few days left, she is ambushed. She finds herself in the fight of her life, so much more savage than her training could have ever prepared her for. Candace puts up a good fight, but she is soon knocked unconscious. When she awakes, she finds herself in an unfamiliar white room of a hospital. She feels as if her skull is shattering constantly and her limbs ache fiercely. She is suddenly shocked and confused as she searches her memory for any image of what happened the night before, or any other night of her life. It is gone. Her whole life seems to have vanished from her memories and now she has no clue who she is or was. The only identification that she has at all is a bracelet on her arm that says Candace. When the government decides to put her in foster care, she is uneasy. Soon she becomes comfortable with the woman she has been placed with and her adopted son. She quickly makes friends at her new school, and the most popular boy in school is interested in her. When Candace learns who she is, and her role in the war, she is apprehensive. Most shocking of all, she learns that the boy she has grown to love is a target and it is Candace's duty to kill him. Now that Candace's freedom is being questioned, she must decide if she is willing to sacrifice everything for something she cant even remember believing in.