Nineteen-year-old Carley Joe knew that surviving the Exotic Velvet meant keeping her head down and waiting for the music to stop. But when she spots Robert Vance-her former captor and the face of her worst nightmare-watching from the shadows, survival means taking a desperate leap into the dark.
Launching off the stage and into the alley, Carley strips away her performer facade, shedding her past skin in a frantic scramble for freedom. A mysterious ally hands her a key and a way out, but escaping Robert's grip comes with a deadly catch.
Robert is a man with global reach and a ruthless appetite for control. Holding a dead man's switch that could bring his entire criminal syndicate to its knees, Carley finds herself hunted through the city streets. Robert is always one step ahead, anticipating her every move as if he can be in two places at once. To survive the night, Carley must outsmart a monster whose reach is infinite-before he silences her forever.