Life tests Lorica Stark in ways she didn't think were possible when she joins St.Claire__ an all girls boarding school. Lorica finds herself struggling with forming new friendships and maintaining the ones she already has. She gets sucked into a viscous cycle of double-meaning words and unspoken rules. This new stage is ripe with vulnerability and the overpowering urge for acceptance and belonging. Trying to feign nonchalance spirals Lorica into misery that can only end if she finds solid friendship or learn to find solace in being alone.