He was the puppet, she was the puppeteer. Now on the run, Ekaterina Kalashnikova couldn't have anticipated that the past she was running away from would be catching up with her. With an assassin obsessed with her, and determined to keep her by his side, she realized that she was slowly running out of time. Secrets were bound to be unraveled and with the ghosts of her past, present and future chasing her - she had no time to waste. With Adrik by her side, she was invincible, or so she thought. But even bulletproof vests were bound to leave a mark.