17 year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city, in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quells veins.

Until someone discovers her dark secret.

To hide from the assassin hunting her, and keep her mother out of harms way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, shell be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.

If caught, she will be killed.

But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when theres more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and assassin in training.

When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, shes forced to choose: embrace the dark magic shes been running from her entire life or risk losing everything, and everyone, shes grown to love.

Still, she fears the most formidable monster shell have to face is the one inside.