Will and Clair Christian can't remember a life without violence. Ever since they can remember, their mother has ignored them and their father has abused them. Will does everything he can to keep his father focused on him instead of his sister. This seems to be working out fairly well until, suddenly, the beatings stop and Clair begins acting very strange. As he begins provoking his father in any way he can, he also begins to notice how his father ignores him or stops advancing on him when Clair enters the room. It isn't until Will learns of a horrible transaction his father made that he realizes what he must do. He has to tell someone of what his father is doing or watch the both of them die.