When Alexei turns to a ghost for help dealing with a swaggering bully, he gets exactly what he wants: confidence, strength, and the power to stand his ground. If it costs him his friendship with Sol, that is something he can fix later.

The price comes due sooner than he expects. The ghost, an old Siberian soldier, demands that Alexei abandon the gay life he fled his homeland to live. Alexei is ready to send the spirit away until he learns that his sister Caterina, still trapped with their abusive parents, is in mortal danger. The only one who can reach her in time is the ghost.

Now Alexei must choose between the life he risked everything to claim and the sister he refuses to lose. To save Caterina, he may have to surrender the very self he fought so hard to become.