The Alpha Box came to Asha when she was in despair and so too was Joss whom she met under the Dark Arches that day. Asha is beautiful, remote; living with her aunts, Asha is cut off from her parents to whom she could never be perfect enough, Whilst Joss has been forced to move homes by what he sees as his mother's selfish whim. Asha, Joss and the Alpha box become inextricably linked. Is the box malevolent? Is it haunted?