"The golden marks on your naked body absolutely divine." When an assassination attempt leaves Mel shaken but alive, she is assigned a new bodyguard named Sevika--a tall, intimidating woman with sharp grey eyes always looking intensely. Mel hates the presence of this stoic and silent protector, who follows her every move with an intensity that borders on suffocating. But as days turn into weeks, and Mel's life becomes increasingly more complicated, the walls she's built around herself start to crack under Sevika's gentle touch. Mel must choose between continuing her mother's brutal path or forging her own, while entering deep territory of forbidden love.