Living an uneventful life was Cierra's goal, but fate kept pulling her in another direction. In the Volunteer Program, she discovers a talent for precognitive identification. She can see when something is wrong.

On Xerat, she works as a contract proofer, finding errors and gaffs in the written words. Being kidnapped and hauled to a spacecraft was not in her plans.

Ahket saw the pale alien with his talent and knew that she had to come with him. He didn't know why, but she was designed to be with him, and as events unfold, he is more confused than ever.