After Roxanne Wolfe told her husband Derek Gunn to go to hell, his plane crashes in Africa. No survivors were found. To numb her soul, she dedicates her life to protecting CIA operatives on foreign soil. Derek, a journalist, escapes a rebel group in the Congo after being held captive for three years. He leaves behind his two best friends, but promises to return to save them. He needs Roxanne's help and doesn't care what she'll lose if she agrees. She owes him.