Life in the Badlands is dangerous. No one knows that better than Kaia. When her young charge finds herself in trouble, she'll stop at nothing to help her, even if it means putting herself in danger. While working a job to save her charge, she meets Shar, a brilliant inventor whose invention will bring life back to their planet, Xaria. But danger lurks around every corner. Can Kaia keep Shar safe long enough to see her invention come to fruition, or will it all fall apart? Just as she finds new love, her past returns, throwing her world into chaos. But the heart wants what the heart wants. Will Kaia have to choose, or can she really have it all?