Ava is tricked into a one year marriage agreement with the reclusive, disabled, billionaire Cyrus Thorne. Her task is not complicated: she has to act as a good wife, visit social gatherings and make the board of directors believe that Cyrus does not have any real intentions.The marriage is however turned into a cat and mouse game. Ava understands that Cyrus is no victim as the media seems; he is a predator in the shadow. At the same time, Ava reveals in Cyrus that she possesses some talents that no so-called socialite should possess. They digest corporate parties and the attempt of murder, and they cannot tell the difference between their show and their beauty.The denouement is the case when the secret boss of Ava asks her to kill Cyrus. She has to make the decision between sister she is shielding and the husband she has fallen in love with, who is her enemy. The tale sees them unite in the end to burn the already corrupt system that has attempted to ruin both of them.

In the Kingdom of Valeryn, the sixteenth year is the end of childhood, where the High Council uses a ritual to determine who will serve the kingdom and who is a danger to it. Aria Valeryn, daughter of respected elementalists, expects a predictable life. Instead, her ritual awakens the Storm—an archaic, destructive force of lightning that the Council has long sought to suppress. Labelled a threat to be "contained," Aria is targeted by Vanguard troops. She is saved by Kael, a student whose fire uniquely mutates into a silver-blue flame to protect her. Together, they flee into the Academy’s forbidden lower levels. In these ancient archives, Aria discovers that the Council’s ritual was a trap designed to identify and bind "uncontrollable" lineages. Deep within the stone, Aria encounters a sentient energy vortex named Elyon. Elyon reveals that Aria is the "current"—the heir to a power that cannot be ordered, only awakened. Under Kael’s grounding influence, Aria begins to channel her tempest with purpose. Their escape leads to the "Cliff of Storms," where they are cornered by Lord Sereth, the High Councillor of Defense. Despite Sereth’s repressive energy, Aria and Kael survive by leaping into the sea. Battered but alive, Aria vows to stop running and uncover the truth. The hunt has only just begun