Chloe dies broken and destitute after her callous brothers and deceitful relatives frame her, choosing to pamper a scheming adopted sibling over their own flesh and blood. At death's threshold, a mystical entity offers Chloe a second chance on one chilling condition: she must surrender her capacity to feel romantic or familial affection. Reawakening in her youth, an emotionally detached Chloe enrolls at an elite boarding academy.
Bereft of sentimental weakness, Chloe excels with razor-sharp intellect, ignoring frantic letters from her repentant brothers who finally uncover how they were manipulated. But inside the academy courtyard, James, the school's notorious aristocratic outcast, refuses to accept Chloe's icy walls. James chips away at her supernatural numbness, testing whether a traded heart can ever beat again.
