Pushing Thirty, defined by a horrific crime involving his medical school partner Nina, Cassie, with emotional scars, knows firsthand that some wounds never heal. Cassie has found the perfect way to deal with a painful past. Dressed to kill at night, Cassie visits local bars and nightclubs pretending to be drunk, completely helpless and vulnerable. And every week, the magnificent and deadly Cassie searches for all sorts of nocturnal predators and other wolfs in sheep’s clothing who don’t know that a hunter can sometimes find prey. Then Ryan, an old, friendly classmate with bee knees, enters the box, and so Cassie wants to leave. Still, everyone knows that it’s easier said than done. Could it be Ryan like that? Nick Riganas