Kiernan Bright is described by her friends as energetic, fearsome, and kind. On the cusp of adulthood, she longs for a life full of adventure, anything less mundane than the one she's living now. But when a mysterious and sour-faced boy named Pyat Hayes moves into her small town, she can't help but set him apart from everyone else. As dark truths and secrets unfold around her Kiernan begins to find herself longing for the life she had before.... and all because he wouldn't break his eyes away from hers.