After succumbing to the sudden and terrifying urge to rip people’s eyes out of their sockets, 16-year-old Lysandra Blake finds herself tied down in a psych ward, convinced she’s crazy. The doctors have no answers, and Lys is ready to give up when the mysterious Jeremiah Mason appears, telling Lys that she’s not insane—she’s addicted to a rare and deadly drug that she has no recollection of using. Mr. Mason offers to take her to his facility where he can treat her. Desperate yet suspicious, Lys agrees to go with Mr. Mason to his facility where she meets with a fellow addict, the tall and handsome Kamau. Together they discover that Mr. Mason may not have told them the truth about their condition—they’re thrown headfirst into a world of daunting powers that are not only unbelievable, they are dangerous.

Lysandra Blake may have thwarted Mason's plan to bring magic back into the world, but she and her friends are far from safe. With the touch seal leaking waves of unstable power, and Mason trying to break more users, they are fighting an uphill battle. An uneasy alliance with the New isn't enough, so Ayden asks Kamau to reach out to his tribe. The tribes are secretive, paranoid and more apt to kill outsiders than listen to anything they say, but when Mason's touch users exhibit powers beyond the norm, Kamau agrees. Lys and the rest are thrust into a world of hidden powers and drastic consequences. It doesn't take long for Lys to realize she's out of her league, and she quickly finds that she is dangerously close to losing what little control she has gained over her magic.

Inez hates being used, but until she fulfills her contract with Larry, a dirty ex-cop gone private detective, she's trapped. He has evidence that links her with a murder, and she has an unnatural ability to persuade people do to what she wants. The power is more of a curse than a gift, leaving Inez with a void in her mind that only Meth addicts can understand. When Larry asks her to work a missing persons case without recovery time, she says no. But the price Larry offers, her freedom more than a year early, is too enticing to ignore. Little does she realize that the missing kid, Peter, has more in common with her than she could ever imagine, and that maybe she isn't as safe as she thought she was.