She dances on stage. He kills in shadows. When their worlds collide, St. Petersburg will never be the same. Viktor Mikhaylov has become the organization's perfect weapon-a man who drowns his grief in violence instead of vodka. When crime boss Zaven Lazarev forces him to protect a crime lord's daughter, Viktor wants nothing more than to refuse. He failed the last woman in his care. He won't survive failing another. Ekaterina Morozov is St. Petersburg's prima ballerina, a vision of grace on stage who put a powerful man in the hospital with her bare hands. She doesn't need protection. She doesn't want a bodyguard. And she certainly doesn't want the scarred enforcer whose ice-blue eyes see through every mask she wears. But someone is hunting Katya, and Viktor is the only thing standing between her and the shadows closing in. As danger circles ever closer, their careful distance crumbles. On darkened stages and in hidden corners of the theater, bodyguard and ballerina discover that the line between protection and possession is written in whispers and stolen touches. Viktor knows the rules: Never get involved. Never lose control. Never fall for the client. Katya is about to make him break them all. On the stage where passion first ignited, their final dance will determine who lives, who dies, and whether love can survive in a world ruled by blood and honor.