Havenbrooke County has an unusually high number of sudden fires, strangely pinpoint accurate earthquakes, and a terrible percentage of out of school youths. Among all three statistics is Grace, a fifteen year old girl with an uncontrollable temper and knack for thieving. All her life she's been tossed between foster homes, and always kicked out after a fire. She's finally free of the system and found a home with others like her, with one that even knows her darkest secret. Those sudden fires have all been caused by her, even the earthquakes. When Grace gets upset she can't control the fire within her and tends to explode, with black flames lashing out at high velocity. She doesn't know what she is, or why this is happening, but she does all she can to hide it. Until someone sees her. A group of masked men try and grab her from a busy nightclub when a boy saves her. Noah isn't like anyone Grace has met; he doesn't shy away from her prickly demeanor and tells her he knows exactly what she is and why a group of men have made her their top priority. Noah tells her he could explain everything, she just has to come with him.