The path to destiny often starts with a step in the wrong direction... In the idyllic town of Willard, Virginia lives Ian, a boy with scarlet eyes. Even with this unusual abnormality, Ian lives a fairly average life alongside his best friends, Spencer and Stephanie. His three previous adopted families had fallen to mysterious fates—used to impermanence, Ian feels that he will be doomed to the same outcome. A mysterious man comes to town looking for Ian; accompanying his devilish looks comes a sinister plan for the boy. A strange girl with wild eyes swoops into their lives. Odd black-clad agents make their home in the small town. These three best friends will forever be tarnished by this season of change, the people closest to him will bear the curse the boy with the scarlet eyes brings. The world all around the friends will shift wildly; things first thought as fantasy will break through the doldrums of everyday high school life. Dark forces conspire against the human world looking to claim the countless souls, but one in particular is prized above all...