About six months ago, in one horrible night, the previous remnants of the once happy life of Zaira Morgan fell in shambles. She closed herself off from her friends and her family, who had turned their backs on her. She became a shadow of a person. But when she is offered a job training in academy for the military, she is faced with the first real decision of her life. This school could mean dangers far beyond what she regularly encounters, as well as the usual affairs of a senior in high school. But staying behind could prove just as dangerous.