A sixteen-year-old girl bound to dark magic wants to be good but needs to be bad for her world to survive. Lusa's life already has issues when her mother's gone missing, there's a temple full of dead mages, and her malicious powers want to turn her into a murderous monster. Worst of all . . . she's fallen for the wrong boy. In constant battle with her magic's bloodlust, only Kaden has the ability to help keep her in check. But there's a bounty out for mages and he's a bounty hunter most likely in it for the reward and not for her. When a sorcerer's plot to wipe out all magic-users becomes a full blown war, Lusa is the only mage left to stand against him. To defeat him she must embrace her inner evil. Thing is, if she can't learn to master her powers instead of them continuously pulling the puppet strings, her soul and Kaden's life will be the price she ends up paying.