

But Rhine is attracted to Gabriel, an attendant. Rhine and Linden begin to a form somewhat of a friendship when he starts inviting her to do things and comes to sleep next to her. Rose then dies, leaving Linden heart- broken and Rhine sad.

After Rhine marries Linden they become closer, even sharing secrets. Shortly after arriving Rhine meets Rose, Linden's first wife who is dying. She and two other girls are taken to the Ashby residence where they are to wed the house master's son, Linden. in the beginning she is abducted by gathers and is sold to Vaughn, a house master looking for brides for his son. In the first book we meet Rhine Ellery, she is our protagonist. They die by the age of 20 for women and 25 for men. The book series takes place in a future where scientists have perfected humans, but the generation after gets the bad side effects.
