Subject Alpha was the first gene-splice created to protect humanity from the monstrous beings known as rakshasa. After escaping from the facility in which she was made, the Guardian captain Eric Honora finds and adopts her. Several years later, and now known as Aeronwen Honora, she never intended to step into the role for which she was made. But after an untimely tragedy, Aeron finds herself following in her father's footsteps and enrolling in the prestigious Arbor Hall to become a Guardian. Old friendships will be rekindled and new ones ignited, but little did she anticipate the threat from enemies both new and old. Blair Lorenson enrolled in Arbor Hall, prepared to work in a team of nine other students. While unphased that the team she is placed in is short one member, she is caught off guard by her intelligent and socially awkward team captain. Bullied and unwilling to stand up for herself, Aeron is more mysterious than anyone Blair has ever met before and she can't help but want to discover Aeron's secrets. Nothing had prepared Blair for the other girl's dangerous and complicated past. Will these two girls make it through their first year? Or will the secrets of the past destroy them?