Dido has been alive ever since she can remember, she's not sure exactly how long she's been alive but knows it's been a long time. She doesn't remember her family or where she came from. She has a gift, or more a curse, because she can see how people die from their touch. Dido has always been intrigued by Phoenix the boy she saw with the golden eyes at the park until one day she brushes past him and finds out he dies being hit by a car, a few seconds after they meet as he's distracted with her. She saves him from being hit by the car but as consequence a bus full of people die instead. She realises that he must die, because if he doesn't then the whole universe will cease to exist. But she doesn't want him to die and will do everything in her power to stop it.