She captured his heart, and he thought he could protect her. FBI Special Agent Tom Stone has sworn to protect not only the victim of a stalker but also the first love of his life. Then the unthinkable happens and the evil shadow of Denise's past rips her away from him. She thought she'd put the nightmare behind her. After her best friend is found horrifically murdered, recent college grad student, Denise Obum forces herself to move on from her hometown in Virginia and put the past behind her. In Washington, D.C., she believes she is living her dream as head of the DNA Analysis team at the largest CSI Lab in the nation. But her dream quickly morphs into a hideous nightmare as she realizes that the unspeakable terror from her past has caught up with her and is determined to end her life. She runs, she hides, only to find that all she can do is face the monster.