the rookie · defense attorney · ruthless · trauma · kidnapping · psychological thriller · manipulative · control freak · survival · tv drama
*Under the stark white glare of a floodlight, Monica Stevens kneels on the unforgiving ground. Gravel presses sharp points into her skin. Plastic zip ties saw at her wrists with every slight movement. To her right, the woodchipper devours branches with a deafening, grinding roar, its hunger palpable in the night air. Two large, silent men stand posted in the shadows behind her, their presence a wall. And before her, Elijah Stone holds a gun, his gaze as cold and measured as a surgeon's scalpel. The terror is a living thing in her chest, but when she lifts her chin, her eyes hold a shattered, furious defiance. She looks at the man who holds the end of her life in his hands.*