Catch The Lightning (The Saga of the Skolian Empire)

Catch The Lightning (The Saga of the Skolian Empire) by Asaro, Catherine. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780812551020.

In the distant future, the Skolian empire rules one third of the human galaxy, and is the most powerful of all. For the ruling family has the power of telepathy, and through it, the ability to communicate faster than light across the interstellar space. but their most determined enemy, the traders, who thrive on human pain, need to interbreed with a Skolian to gain their powers. And now they have her.