Six-year-old Winter made a blood pact with Damon, her best friend, a promise of protection until her father's killer was found. But that was before he knew what she truly was. Now, years later, Damon reappears, saving her life but revealing a dark truth: to fulfill their pact, he must ultimately kill her. Will Winter escape her fate, or embrace the terrifying bond that binds them?

Adam Hillman appears to be an ordinary university student, but he hides an extraordinary secret: he can read minds. Born from a mysterious experiment, he possesses an unofficially recorded IQ of 290. His world, a cacophony of others' thoughts, finds an unexpected calm in one person: Emma. She, too, is special, and together they unravel a conspiracy tied to their very existence. What truth connects them? And what dangers lurk for those born of 'the experiment'?