I Is it worse to be paralyzed by disease, or by fear? Kat doesn't think of herself as a polio survivor. No. She's just a . The men who attacked her and left her father dead four years ago had every intention of ruining her life. Kat is determined they won't succeed. Still... she remembers their voices; voices which still haunt her dreams. When Gabe, her roommate's elder brother and owner of the ranch, invites her to come to Wyoming to spend the summer with the family, she accepts. Yes, she's determined to be independent and strong; she freely admits it. But Gabe sees her as being headstrong and stubborn, and lets her know it. She couldn't care less about Gabe's opinions. She only knows the men she testified against four years ago are soon to be up for parole... And they have vowed to come after her.