Eli is a spy working for a top secret agency somewhere in the United States. When he screws up on an assignment and is forced to "babysit" the bosses accident prone, overly trusting daughter, Gracie. But when Gracie's location is discovered by an enemy agency Eli realizes this may just be his hardest assignment yet.

Everyone is hiding from something; a secret, a lie. Mine just happens to be a curse, one bestowed upon me before my first birthday; a curse that says I'm supposed to die before I turn sixteen. But that isn't going to happen, because I have a plan. You see, it's impossible to prick your finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel if you're locked in a cell.