Under the Protection of Higher Powers

Denis Rakitin immediately noticed Nastya—a girl with sad eyes who looked like a revived antique statue—and thought: it’s time to break up with Larisa. Their relationship stretched back to school and survived several marriages of Lara, but for some reason it has started to weigh on him now. Denis tried to drive thoughts of Nastya from his mind until one evening he noticed how a black car was following her… Nastya didn’t understand what her new boss meant: who could possibly need her? Her quiet, modest life is entirely focused on her lover, Boris, although lately he’s been staying at his mother’s more and more often… And a few days later, someone attacked Nastya and nearly strangled her! Boris couldn’t come, but Rakitin was there—he scared the criminal away by following her into the apartment building. Denis was right: she faces serious danger!.. But Nastya has no enemies! Who hates her so much that they want her dead?