

She also feels as if she knows him from somewhere, but cannot think of where. As both are waiting outside the classroom, Luce notices a tall, handsome boy across the grounds, and suddenly becomes nervous and panicky, which she doesn't understand. She tells Luce that she will not ask questions of her past, as long as Luce makes the same promise, which she does.Īfter Arriane shows Luce around the school, they both head off to their first lesson of the day. While working on Arriane's hair, Luce notices a scar on her friend's neck, and a shock band on her wrist. Arriane takes Luce under her wing, which agitates Cam.Īrriane takes Luce to the outside grounds of the school, and demands that Luce cut her hair in the same style as her own. Cam offers to take Luce to her dorm room, but is abruptly interrupted by Arriane Alter, a self-described psychopath with long black hair. Upon arriving at her new school, Luce encounters a fearsome Randy and shy boy Todd, along with Gabbe, a pretty blonde-haired girl and Cameron, an attractive looking boy whose second time being sent to Sword and Cross. Luce believes herself to be innocent, which angers her disbelieving peers. After the kiss, Trevor is said to have spontaneously combusted, which leaves her with burned hair. It is revealed that, although Luce cannot remember what happened exactly, she remembers kissing Trevor at her previous school's summer camp, Dover.


Luce is sent to 'Sword and Cross', a reform school for young adults, after she is blamed for the death of Trevor, a boy that Luce once had a small crush on.
