After Marlene McKinnon is killed in her home in 1980, she watches over her love, Sirius Black, from a Heaven called Paradise. After sixteen long years of waiting, the couple is finally reunited to pursue the life they once dreamed of having together, only this time in Paradise, where they can live freely, without fear.

Ben has seen the new Greenie, Thomas in his dreams during the Changing, and what he has seen is not good. After attacking Thomas and accusing him of being "One of them," he is banished on the accusation of attempting to force another Glader to engage in homosexual activities, while a sexually frustrated Thomas is trying to protect his straight boy reputation.

Katie Bell finds herself in intense recovery after a horrifying encounter with a cursed necklace in the seventh year. She remembers nothing from before the accident, except for one person: Oliver Wood. How will this affect her life?