Empathy is a word you may or may not have heard a few times in your life. It's basically another word for compassion. To empathize with someone means you can relate to how they feel and you understand the emotions they are going through. Most people have the ability to empathize with certain scenarios and emotions, and it allows us to lead compassionate lives. I would say that a serial killer does not possess the ability to empathize, otherwise it would bother them to kill people because the killer would understand the pain he is likely inflicting. You could consider empathy as part of our conscience.
In my book I take Empathy to a supernatural level. Not only is it the compassion that we are able to feel every day, but a psychic power. You'll learn about Charlotte Pierce, an Empath, who leads a quiet life until she meets a drop dead gorgeous man named Evan. He opens up the door to another world, and tells her more about Empaths than she ever cared to know. For the first time in her life she might actually despise the gift she was born with.
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