The We--beings... filled with powerful magic--walk among us. Owen and Alice are both etherealists--rare humans born with magic who are targets for those We that wish to take it from them... Alice's soul was tied to one such powerful... She escaped and was trained to be a weapon so she might one day break the bond and safely return home... until she meets Owen. Owen is a musician who is trying to outrun his past... And then he meets Alice. Only through finding each other do either Alice or Owen have a chance of survival.