A woman on the run and the monster who will do anything to protect her. Galina has had to work tirelessly to scrape by, after her father’s debt spirals and he tires to sell her to cover it she’s been on the run ever since. Galina now goes by “Lina” and works as a waitress and lives in a dingy little apartment saving up until she can finally escape. What she doesn’t know is that she’s caught the eye of a very dangerous man... Arlo. Arlo is a “fixer” for the Ruin, a syndicate for crime organizations. Arlo is a killer. he’s cold, ruthless, and the only thing he is obsessed with is the soft and beautiful waitress he sees everyday he comes to the diner. Galina just wants to make enough money to leave so when her coworker offers her a job bartending at a high end club that tips generously she can’t resist... except its the same club that Arlo visits for business and when a patron gets a little too handsy with Galina... Arlo steps in and things begin to escalate. Now a dangerous man who is obsessed with hiring Arlo for his own employment has realized he finally has found Arlo’s one weakness... Galina and he’ll do anything to have her. Arlo now must take Galina in and protect her from his world... but he just might be the monster she needs if she is going to face her own demons and she just might be the light he needs in the darkness that is his world.