Damages Goods: something regarded as inadequate or unfit for purpose. Aina has spent her life reinventing herself. Her happy childhood was stripped away and she found herself alone in an adult world. There was little she could do, so she smiled. She sucked up her emotions and pushed forward with a smile on her face for all the amazing people she's met and for a future she can foster. Yet, it is not enough to take away the deep pain brewing inside. Kid grew up in insanity. His view of life is distorted, reserved to the fact he will never love or be loved he moves on, the pain goes un-checked. The madness is always around him though, he focuses that pain on his end goal. Killer was abandoned. At six years old a curse was caste, the inescapable reality of what he is, the monster inside haunts him. His body reflects what he has become and the boy he once was. They all want to be loved and they all want revenge

After her brother was murdered when they were just children, Sage Lycrart is on the hunt for her brother's killer - Raidan Suragi, who was once her brother's best friend and is now one of the notorious Shadow Soldiers. Five years have passed since that day, and Sage has become one of the best Soldiers for her age. Like hundreds of other Soldiers, Sage has sworn to protect her home city of Lion Crest but a chance encounter with Raidan will have Sage come face-to-face with criminals even more dangerous than the Shadow Soldiers, as well as the truth behind her brother's death. When the line between right and wrong is blurred, Sage will have one choice - duty or life? ***This is a rewrite of the original published novel.