Unknowingly, Nasya lives in another realm with her mother for their protection against the Dark. Nasya was not a part of the written prophecy, therefore her future is unknown...and the unknown is feared by many. Nasya encounters her long-lost father, but it's not a happy reunion. Her journey started by innocently crawling through a hole in the wall that lead outside of her very private, very protected village, into a land she'd only ever heard of. The stories of magic, the Fae, and other vile creatures were not fables as she thought them to be; they were real, and unnerving. Nasya befriends a boy whose best friend gets on her nerves, but she soon finds out that the best friend is someone from her past, a past she can't quite remember. And both boys are of the very same vile creatures she was warned about. She finds herself in situations where she has to count on them for her safety, but can she really trust them, or her heart?