Aya Lane is running on auto-pilot as she enters her sixth year at Illumine Boarding School, blissfully unaware of what awaits her.Before the first week of school is done, Elijah West has wrought irrevocable changes to her most basic understanding of how the world works, and against her better judgement Aya is propelled into the world of the Guardians, defenders of the balance between light and dark.But while Elijah's bright warmth leads her towards a future in the brilliant white light, shadowed darkness creeps ever closer in the form of his deadly twin, Gabriel. And Aya just can't seem to look away.