Ivana likes the perks of being the favored concubine of Maximilian, the new President of the Republic. Hers is a good life, much more comfortable than her previous employment as one of the Republic's official assassins. But when she sees a man with strange scars on his back - and no appropriate security clearance - enjoying the other women in the concubinage, Ivana assualts and kills the intruder. Knowing he wasn't working alone, Ivana's search for answers leads her to a dangerous man - and an even bigger mystery.
Fallen angel Armaros realizes quickly that the woman who killed one of his brethren has the skills to help him complete his mission. He risks a great deal to talk to her, but pragmatic Ivana doesn't believe angels are real. She's also unconvinced that Max, who has been good to her, deserves to be eliminated.
Labeled a fugitive and a rebel by the Republic, Armaros is compelled to use every means of disappearing that he knows while desperately trying to convince Ivana to help. Leading the hunt for Armaros at Max's explicit command, Ivana learns a little bit more about the mesmerizing stranger each time she corners him. He's dangerously persuasive, but is he out to save the world or his own skin?
