Maxima Lane's first month and a half at Beaumond Academy was not a smooth ride. Her stepsister bewitched her x-gene and her stepmother almost snuffed the life out of her. Not to mention this weird pull she has to her commanding officer. What is up with that?

Still, the half vampire/half witch has to pull herself together as the next ten months do not look easy either.

With the Run through the Moore in front of them, Max feels that she is ready. If things gets too rough, she can shift into a bird and fly away, but will she be able to leave her friends behind? What she wasn't prepared for was falling in love with a third year half djinn/half vampire, Ben Vogue. The guy oozes confidence and for some reason only has eyes for Max.

Gabriel has to prepare the first years for the Run. Still, there are a lot of dangers around them. The Shadow is acting up again and more kids go missing. To make matters worse he still has the Ahmdahney, the primal bond, he can't ignore. When Beaumond gets attacked, crown princes and princesses disappeared into a billow of smoke.....Max included and the only way to find them is if he accepts the primal bond.