After a family tragedy and a year of lost memories, Anna enrolls in an elite private school, Nightfall Academy, in hopes of finding out what happened to her and her mother. Far from her mountain home in North Carolina, Anna finds herself learning about a magical world that has been sealed away by a curse cast long ago only recently opened by a tenuous portal. Anna soon involves herself in an average teen’s life of friends and parties, but she also finds herself embroiled in the mysterious and nefarious lifestyle of the magical royals. Her life quickly spins out of control when another student spreads rumors of her mother’s demise and Anna’s involvement. She soon discovers who her real friends are and who she can trust, but it isn’t without a price.