She is the cousin of Faith NightStar and the niece of Anthony Kyriakus, making her part of the NightStar PsyClan. She officially has the ability of Backsight, but she also has very high gradient secret abilities. She went missing at the age of 16, held captive for seven years, abused by Tatiana Rika-Smythe. At age 23, she was rescued by Kaleb Krychek and eventually psychically bonded to him; they are the main protagonists of the 12th book of the main series, Heart of Obsidian. She then became a specialist in the Empathic Collective, instrumental in figuring out the impact Empaths have in battling the Psy infection.
Biography[]
Childhood[]
Leon Kyriakus, a Gradient 7.7 M-Psy, of the NightStar Psyclan and Daniela García, a telepath from Cuba at 8.2 on the gradient, were deemed a good match because both possessed recessive F genes. While their daughter, Sahara Kyriakus, turned out not to be a foreseer, she displayed a knack for language at an early age. As toddlers, Sahara and Faith NightStar were put together in hopes that Sahara's verbal skills would help Faith learn to speak. Instead of resenting her cousin for the attention she received as a cardinal foreseer, Sahara admired her. The cousins both saw the potential for friendship, but knew even then that such a relationship wouldn't be allowed; indeed, 11 months later they were separated out of concerns that Sahara would be a distraction to Faith's development as a foreseer.
Sahara was temperamentally unsuited to the Silence Protocol, but her diligence of practicing her mental exercises enabled her to pass for Silent. As a junior high school student, she attended a school that wasn't specifically geared toward Psy because she liked engaging with the "emotional races," although she listed their language programs as the key draw when presenting her argument for attending that particular school. Her sharp mind made her educational workload was far more advanced than that of the rest of her class. At the age of 14, her ability for languages became apparent.
She took dance classes three times a week ostensibly for exercise, but in fact she greatly enjoyed dancing.
She met Kaleb Krychek at age 7.
Life with Silence[]
Sahara was never Silent. Her abilities made that impossible, and her family never sought to punish her for it or force it on her. Her friendship with Kaleb Krychek is an example of her emotion.
Life in Captivity[]
When Sahara was 16 years old, Santano Enrique had noticed Kaleb's interest in her, so to ensure that his son followed in his footsteps, he kidnapped Sahara with the intention that she'd be Kaleb's first victim.
Santano then handed her over to Tatiana Rika-Smythe, who held her captive for over seven years. In defense, she created an ever-shifting labyrinth in her mind; it twisted and turned a thousand times a day, splintering her thoughts and focus so her enemies could not penetrate the tangled forest and force her to use her special abilities. At first, the guards actually spoke to her, but once the labyrinth was discovered, they were replaced with absolutely Silent Psy who treated her as nothing more than a task to be performed whether it was force-feeding her or stripping her to leave her naked in a freezing room.
Scars mark her body all over from Santano's knives and the abuse she endured during captivity, which included a broken zygomatic bone and humerus.
Therefore, her already flawed Silence shattered by her captivity. Her mind was stripped of her shields. She could not consciously break out of the mental maze, but the key was simple. The labyrinth would dissolve when her subconscious mind felt safe.
Rescue[]
Empathic Collective[]
Physical Appearance[]
She is barely 5'2", slender and graceful with deep, midnight blue eyes.[1] She has palest brown skin and waist length rich black hair interwoven with strands of red-gold. Her paternal ancestry is Anglo-Italian and Asiatic and her maternal ancestry is Cuban.[2]
Personality and Traits[]
Kind, fun-loving, generous, people oriented, and discerning. Never mastered Silence. Loves to dance. Loves the sea and koi fish ponds. Doesn’t like math but learns languages quickly and easily. “But at last count, you spoke ten languages with a native’s fluency. French, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Swahili, Arabic, and Hungarian, to name a few.”
Abilities and Skills[]
“She was immune to mind control on that level. As no one could compromise her mind, neither could anyone control her, not without her being aware of the interference.” (Heart of Obsidian)
She originally fell into Psy designation F, sub designation B, has the ability of Backsight officially and is able to see events of the past and project those images into the minds of others.
She also has very high gradient abilities so rare that they don't even have a designation, which enable her to erase memories leave someone a living shell with no past and no future, but they cost memories of her own. Those abilities makes her the only individual in the PsyNet to access and control the minds and memories of any number of people at will. Her powers are so coveted that she is not killed despite her refusals to cooperate or surrender.
As the minor effect of her abilities, She is able to almost instantly pick up any language and speak it fluently.
She's a graceful dancer and she struggles with math.
Relationships[]
Anthony Kyriakus[]
Faith NightStar[]
Kaleb Krychek[]
Leon Kyriakus[]
Tatiana Rika-Smythe[]
Trivia[]
- Her favourite nutrient drink is cherry-flavour.[2]
Quotes[]
Appearances[]
Visions of Heat[]
Faith mentions her missing cousin.
Hostage to Pleasure[]
Kaleb's constantly using a part of his brain to search for someone.[3]
Branded by Fire[]
Mentioned, but not by name
Bonds of Justice[]
One of Kaleb's constructs that he'd built and programmed to search for someone returns to him with information.[4] He fingers the platinum star charm and says, “For you.”[5]
Play of Passion[]
Judd Lauren asks the Ghost if there's anyone he cares about, who he doesn't want to see die, then he should consider that person every time he makes a decision regarding the PsyNet.[6]
Kiss of Snow[]
Judd remembers how the Ghost had once told him that there was just one person he didn't want dead, which was the only thing keeping him from decimating the whole Council. If that happened now, the PsyNet would destabilize and kill millions.[7]
Tangle of Need[]
appears (not named)
Heart of Obsidian[]
main character (POV); romance with Kaleb Krychek develops. She is the female protagonist of Heart of Obsidian.
Shield of Winter[]
appears (POV)
"Hide and Seek"[]
main character (POV)
Shards of Hope[]
appears
Allegiance of Honor[]
appears
Silver Silence[]
mentioned
"Rowan"[]
main character
Ocean Light[]
appears
"Ain't No Party Like a Bear Party"[]
appears
Wolf Rain[]
appears
Last Guard[]
appears (POV; via letter/message/email/quote/etc. only)