Seventeen-year-old Lila Merrweather has extraordinary talents. As soon as she looks into a person's eyes, she can read his soul. In addition, the orphan has so-called absorbing magic - any magic directed at her makes her stronger. But Lila hides her magical abilities because she has a not entirely safe part-time job: she is a gifted hired thief. However, the life of a freedom-loving young woman spirals out of control when one day she saves the life of the son from the family of a powerful magical clan and immediately becomes his new bodyguard. Suddenly, Lila finds herself moving among the magical elite of a city where secrets and dangers lurk at every turn, just like true love.