Far back in her younger memories, Skye could remember living under the stars that painted Georgia's sky at night when her parents were still human, were still with her. They had been on the run ever since she could remember until her parents were snatched by Seekers the day of her 12th birthday. They had a small celebration planned, nothing extravagant, but Skye never even got to eat a piece of cake. Her parents went out to get some stuff for her birthday and never returned.

Skye was old enough to know what happened. She was also old enough to know she couldn't stay in the same place anymore. She focused on all of the lessons of survival her parents had ingrained into her brain and knew a change of scenery and a change of character was needed if she wanted to live. She took on the persona of Starry Sky of Night to better blend in with the Souls and so she could have a daily reminder of her family. Her parents had a bountiful supply of contacts that were specially made to look like the Souls shimmery ring that appeared when a Human body was inhabited by a Soul. What better way to survive than to become one of the pack?

Skye left the backwoods Georgia scenery they took shelter in and headed to Atlanta while she was still young. As she was only 12, asking a Soul for a car or a ride across the country without older, guardian type Souls with her would probably raise some suspicions. Once she was 16, she knew she couldn't stay there anymore. She hightailed her way out of there on a bus under the guise of a young Soul heading off to travel the country and find work. The middle of the desert on the opposite side of the country seemed like the best place to hide while seamlessly blending in with the Souls. For the next 6 years, Skye lived in Phoenix, Arizona where she felt relatively safe and even became close with a Soul named Song of the Wind that lived in the apartment next to the vacant one she convinced the landlord to let her live in.

During a heart to heart with Song on her 20th birthday, Skye revealed her Human identity to her friend. Song had been friends with Skye for over four years at this point and immediately knew that all the things Seekers and other Souls in power said about Humans were wrong and not true at all. Song vowed to trust Skye and to protect her closest friend, regardless of the fact that she was a Human impersonating a Soul.

For 10 years Skye had lived on her own and had survived without any Seekers becoming suspicious of her. However, the Seeker inhabiting her mother's body wanted to find her and soon even the middle of the desert on the opposite side of the country would no longer be safe for her.