In English class the next day, Ethan begins to hear Lena communicating with him telepathically. Lena accepts a ride home from Ethan, which marks the start of their friendship. When he stops his car, he suddenly realizes that Lena is the girl who appears in his nightmares.

As Ethan drives, he nearly runs over Lena. Ethan drives away from school to clear his mind, and he hears 'Sixteen Moons' playing over his car radio. Ethan hears Lena playing the song 'Sixteen Moons' on her viola in orchestra, which unsettles him. Lena is ignored by most of the students because she wears long dresses and is not interested in popular pursuits like trying out for the cheerleading squad. When Ethan arrives at school, he hears about a new girl in town, Lena Duchannes. When he checks his music player later, the song is missing. The song is called ' Sixteen Moons,' and the lyrics seem eerie to Ethan. When Ethan wakes, he finds a new song by an unknown artist on his iPod. This dream has been recurring for months, and it troubles Ethan because in the dream he loves the girl he is falling with, though he does not know who she is. On the first day of his sophomore year of high school, Ethan again has a dream about falling through trees with a girl whose face he can't see. He lives with his father and a housekeeper his mother has passed away. Sixteen-year-old Ethan Wate lives in Gatlin, S.C., but dislikes his small town and would like to move away. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love.

On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it's been promised. Lena Duchannes, a girl who seems too out of place in Gatlin, Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. In Ethan Wate's hometown there lies the darkest of secrets.

Beautiful creatures by kami garcia