When Sonia, a 17-year-old runaway, visited a traveling fortuneteller, she didn't know what to expect. The fortuneteller spoke of Sonia's infant daughter, Althaea. ""Raise her in a peaceful environment. She has potential beyond what I have seen."" The words of the fortuneteller haunted Sonia, who couldn't have guessed what was in store for her, or her daughter.

When the mysterious "elders" showed up at Sonia's doorstep, everything was about to change. Virtual strangers, they became an integral part in the lives of both Sonia and Althaea, for better or for worse, before leaving on that...