Piano prodigy, 17-year-old, Ryker Rathaway has claimed to hear music coming from people for as long as he can remember. His ability has made him an outcast among his family and peers. It throws him through a loop when he meets Porter, who is silent. He wonders why Porter is silent because to him silence normally means someone is dead. 16-year-old Porter Hollow, is the new kid, at Copper Cove Academy, in Blue Hill, Nebraska. One day, he hears someone playing the piano in one of the private music rooms. He follows the music and meets Ryker. When Porter finds out about Ryker’s ability he doesn’t shun him like everyone else always has, he also wonders why he out of everyone Ryker has ever met is the only one who is silent. Why does Ryker only hear silence coming from him and what does it mean?

Hugo Hades lost his parents at the age of ten in a car crash, after moving through foster homes for four years of his life he ends up with the Hunts. The Hunts have another adopted son. Seth, Seth ends up betraying Hugo in one of the worst ways imaginable. Instead of being a loving, and caring big brother, Seth hurts Hugo. Hugo goes to the Hunts, thinking he can trust them and they kick him out resulting in his becoming homelessness at the age of fourteen. Hugo ends up spending two years on the streets until he meets nineteen-year-old Timothy Winter, a university student lost in his journey to find himself. Timothy Winter offers to allow Hugo to stay in his apartment, Timothy and Hugo start to open up to each other and it isn’t long before they discover they have feelings for each other. When Timothy discovers what Seth did to Hugo he wants to help and he knows he can’t do​ it alone. But he doesn’t want to force Hugo to do anything he doesn’t want to either, so he offers to be there for Hugo through the process. What will happen when Hugo reaches out for help? What dark secrets is the Hunt family hiding? Where will Hugo end up calling home when adults find out where he’s been living for the past two years?

Growing up, Joel’s parents and he never saw eye to eye on anything. Not the career path they wanted him to take, who he wanted to love, or even what sport he wanted play. When he moves out with his boyfriend, Luca, everything seems perfect, a few years later they are engaged when they stumble upon frightening news, Joel is dying of cancer. Luca attempts to contact Joel’s parents to tell them they have very little time left but his phone calls get ignored and his texts are blocked to begin with. He tries to send them a letter but it comes back unopened. Finally, he resorts to going to their house when he can’t as easily be ignored. But they call him a liar and slam the door in his face. Are they really just going to let Joel die with only him by his side? Then Joel’s younger cousin shows up at their house looking for asylum after coming out and also being rejected. What will happen to his cousin?