What would you do if you found out that everything you see, everything you hear, and even everything you feel is controlled by someone else? Alex begins her journey to a new city to start college, where she finds out that pure talent is not a coincidence. After her life turns into a mess, she is taken the Gifted council president, where she learns that there is a genetic mutation which makes people excellent at what they do and she is one of them. Alex is pulled into "The Gifted" by the circumstances, where, besides becoming part of the conspiracy, she has to make choices to balance her love life, her work, and her role as a part of the conspiracy.