Her father died, her mother is a drunk, the only comfort that she finds is sleeping in Caelum Cemetery near her father's grave. One night after a terrible accident, Winter Sloan, meets the brood, dark, mysterious Desmond Athenos a.k.a Death a.k.a her soulmate.... After a series of unfortunate events, she loses her memory of that night, but soon come to realize that her professor is not what he seems.