Alex Lapierre, a professional assassin nicknamed "the Shepherd," decides to put away his gun and start a new life. However, Lewis, head of the organization that employs him, entrusts him with one final mission: to ensure the protection of an old friends daughter, an African minister under the imminent threat of kidnapping.

In the future, capital punishment has been abolished. Violent criminals are reprogrammed into unquestioning servants, their free will and ability to speak taken away. A young woman endures her punishment of servitude in a seemingly normal man's home, where she discovers dark secrets.

Victoria Robinson seems to have a perfect life. But her unfaithful husband and a sexy younger man with dark motives will lead her into a dangerous game of cat and mouse where she’ll discover that the perfect life comes with a high cost.