A life lived for others... or a life lived for lies? K-1 is one of only twelve survivors of the night-sickness, a plague which has left her undeveloped and hairless. Rejected by society, K-1 has lived her entire life waiting on upper-class masters, trading samples of her blood for medicine that keeps her alive . She always believed her blood would help find a cure... until the day she hears the voice in her head. The voice belongs to a prisoner of her masters - and when he suggests that her altruistic life may not be what it seems, K-1 must choose between her medicine and her freedom. But K-1's keepers are watchful, and in stepping outside the lines, she attracts the attention of a blood-loving tyrant and the killing force that is pulling his strings....