Growing up in a supernatural world where power is everything and has created a strict hierarchy with the strongest at the top, humans live every day in scarcity and fear of vampires and elves. It's everyone for themselves as people strive only to protect and provide for immediate family which leaves Nora and her fellow orphans at the bottom of society trying to band together to keep surviving in an unfair world while living in constant fear of being drained of all their blood. When it's found that she may have a way to change how things are, Nora has no option but to choose between love and possibly being able to make things better for all humans like herself and friends while brewing tensions between vampires and elves threatens nothing but more harm to everybody.

When working a shift at her uncle’s restaurant one evening while the Alpha Prince of werewolves, Corin, dines with his possible suitors, Eden Slade discovers that he is actually her mate. But Royal werewolves never end up with their mates for reasons that would shock the public and when Eden discovers she is mated to not one but two Royal brothers, she is forced to focus less on choosing between the brothers than protecting her family and friends from the rest of the Royal family as the king is adamant not to let her be with either of his sons while neither of them are willing to let her go.

Everyone’s a little trapped in their own heads. Cassian is the only child of very wealthy parents and has grown up being moulded to their expectations of him. He’s a great son and a model student while being popular and confident and he consciously strives to be perfect, so much so that he has never even had an unscheduled moment to breathe or think and the thought of making a mistake terrifies him. Growing up in a household where he is basically the caretaker of his little brother, Theodore is plagued by anxiety that he keeps to himself as he tries to make his family look as normal as possible to people on the outside so that he will not lose his brother due to their parents' neglect and addiction. When the quiet, lonely Theodore transfers to his school, Cassian cannot help gravitating towards the new kid despite the disapproval of his friends and parents. He’s determined to pull Theodore out of his shell only to realise he may be in one himself.