Single-father, Benedicte LaVelle is the only person with right connections to protect his neighborhood. But when help arrives in the form of a young woman bound in chains, he fears he's made a terrible mistake. Yet, he is captivated by the Conditioned girl, referred to as"Seven Two Four." Seven cannot read, can't write, and has spent her life at the mercy of those who want her dead. Helping Ben just might be the salvation she's longed for all along. Drawn to him in a way she hardly understands, Seven's love for a man triggers an explosion that nobody expected. Will the Conditioned survive the chain reaction one set of lovers put into motion?