Lexy took off her band and sighed. After years of wearing the inhibitor band, this taste of freedom had taken hold of her heart. She couldn’t wait to be through with it, once and for all. There was no way she could go back to the life she had.
She looked around the room and took in the faint lights of Psy energy that signified each person in the building. She could feel their hum now, too. The people in the upper levels were the brightest and strongest, except for Jared. His light was always the easiest for her to read.
“I’m not like the other sixty people in this building,” she said.
The young man’s eyes widened. “A Reader. And a strong one, too.”
“Have you worked with Readers before?” Jared asked.
“A few. I knew some in the early days, but they all disappeared around—”
“Fifteen yea
