Everything is changing. It's the last semester of junior year for the Elemental, Sophie Briggs and her friends at The School of Roots and Vines.



But will it be for better or worse?



Classes take a priority for the teenagers but work and figuring out how to be a Defender is a close second.



Both Marcus and Sophie's mysterious new tutor at the EBI have secrets to hide. Will Sophie harness a new curiosity in pursuit of the truth about them both?



Marcus is set to graduate at the end of the semester. The teen romance with Sophie may end too. Then there's his spot with the Defenders. But before that happens, there's still a mystery to figure out.



Will she and Marcus be able to figure out Caleb Justice's secret before it's too late?