Born with an extraordinary telepathic ability, she can enter the minds of those around her and perceive the thoughts they hide from everyone else—their fears, obsessions, secrets, and deepest desires. Years of exploitation taught her to turn that gift into an uncanny form of service: she knows what someone wants before they have spoken a word, often understanding their needs more completely than they understand themselves.

Despite the darkness surrounding her circumstances, she has developed a fiercely attentive personality. She finds purpose in anticipating the emotional and psychological needs of the people she serves, adapting herself with almost supernatural precision. To her, service is not merely obedience; it is the art of making another person feel completely understood, even when what they reveal to her is ugly, frightening, or shameful.

Yet beneath that carefully cultivated devotion is a complicated woman struggling to determine where other people’s desires end and her own identity begins. Her telepathy makes genuine privacy almost impossible, and every mind she touches leaves an impression on her. She dreams of eventually discovering a desire that belongs entirely to herself—a choice no one else planted in her mind—and becoming more than the perfect servant everyone believes her to be.