She craved excitement. She wanted companionship, but she never expected to have to fight so hard to get it. On Nora's 21st birthday, she discovers that being gifted is not all that she’d hoped it would be. As she is forced to quickly learn her place in the unforgiving world that her father shielded her from, she realizes that her long life of solitude was not as horrible as she thought. Learning the ways of her new life comes naturally, but staying alive has proven to be almost impossible. Following the love of her life, Robbie, on a journey to save their children—the young couple finds that there is no escaping their fate. Life drags Robbie and Nora into the depths of darkness, causing more heartache than any one being should have to endure and pain that only death can heal.