Benefactors tell Stacy she has rare talents: mind spell resistance and Tranquility Aura. They explain that the world works on magic, might, money and laws. Stacy has archmage potential to wield many magics. Her awakening powers threaten the Kremlin, which wants to kill her. Benefactors will hire Stacy and evacuate her using a cloaked airship.
Stacy’s rescuers tell her she can’t go home. The FSB just broke into her apartment. They reveal that they also got new identities from Benefactors. Stacy meets her Benefactors who tell her the Kremlin wants to kill her because she defied them during the Chechnya war. The Benefactors want to rescue Stacy.
Stacy is walking at night when strange men confront and attempt to kidnap her. Several women appear, defeat the men, and drive Stacy off in a Rolls Royce. They go to a well furnished building in an abandoned area. Stacy tries to figure out her diverse rescuers, who seem mismatched.
