Rashana was just a child when her father locked her away in his laboratory, subjecting her to unspeakable horrors in the name of science. Now, years later, her telepathic abilities terrify lab techs and her father alike. When a revolt leads to her father’s death and rebels seize the lab, she expects her torture to go on. Yet the alien doctor’s charming bedside manner awakens an unexpected yearning in her heart, and his touch is anything but torture.