Even though her ability to control water endangers her in the outside world, Maya Mayfield yearns to be free from the isolated community in the mountains of Oregon. Her only hope of escape is through an arranged marriage that her mother has set up. She must decide between two genetically perfect matches that she almost immediately swoons over. That is, until she spends time with a rebellious and carefree recruit.

Outside Maya's sheltered existence rages a war between those who wield the elements of nature, Elementals, and those who don't, Commoners. The strict rules of her community prohibit interactions with unmatched young men of the Legion who serve as their protectors. Wanting to make her own choices, she forges a forbidden friendship.

Maya committed to helping produce a powerful generation of Elementals by bonding with one of her matches. However, that was before she experienced the effects of pitting two good men against each other, vying for her love. This becomes more than a decision between love and duty as secrets unravel about the world outside her walls.