Taylor Renee Wolford has returned to the city of her birth. Accompanied by the villainous Ari, daughter to the Arbiter, Taylor is set to exchange herself for answers about her past and in so doing get a chance to reunite with the family she had left behind. The Arbiter is not without his demands and seeks to use Taylor's unique abilities and influence on the Script to sway the elite High Council of Zabökar to his side.

Setting out into the city with Ari, Taylor is determined to discover what happened to her family since her absence and learn the truth behind her mother and the origin of her unique birth. However, a chance encounter with a friend from her past, Taylor is sent careening through the heart of the city and away from her forced obligation and task. Seeking to rekindle the fires of her rebellious youth, Taylor charts the Script of the future - leading everyone she knows and loves on a collision course with disaster.