Kazuko doesn't know who she is. She's just a girl with a name, that is, Kazuko Usagi. She wanders through the woods, confused, lost, and hurt. But what happens when she awakens in the Sohma home? Will she ever find out who she is? Will she regain her burning memories?

One morning I woke up in a bank of snow, naked, helpless, a tiny little poor thing, not knowing who I am, not remembering anything. A mysterious organization that I never heard of, Byzantine, took me in. I was given new life, new purpose and most of all a choice of identity. Byzantine has two rules: One. Don't get caught. Two. If caught, the organisation takes no responsibility. Best case scenario: it's as if you never existed, Worst case scenario: You have to be eliminated in order to preserve the organisation's anonymity. I am for hire, I ask no questions, I do my job neatly and quietly. I go by different names, you might think you know me, but you're wrong. Some say I have blonde hair, some say brown. Some say I have gorgeous blue eyes, some say green. I look like your typical teenage girl, probably you have pass by me everyday, and for me that is the best disguise. No one suspects the young, vulnerable looking girl. But how would you react if the shy, vulnerable girl you see everyday was actualy a cold-blooded assassin? Someone who can take someone else's life for the right price? What if one day, everything you came to believe crumbles into dust? Everything you stood for was nothing but a tool for someone else's grand scheme? Should I try and seek the answers? Who's the enemy? Who to trust? Where does the lie begin? and most importantly...Where does it end? Am I ready to face my own ghosts? Am I ready to battle my own demons? Who am I? Now, I don't care how much I bloody my hands to reach the truth, cause in the end, its the only thing that will set me free. Follow me, as I walk down the bloody trail of love, faith, and betrayals: For Hire.

Aspiring writer Norah Jacobs needs an escape. In the span of two weeks, her corrupt brother has been jailed for murder and his partner has been hovering on her doorstep, threatening to ruin what little peace she has left. Packing her car, Norah flees the city and goes off the grid, finding refuge in the small coastal town of Bellvale. However, Norah's newfound refuge lands her right in the middle of a power struggle between creatures she thought only existed in fairy tales, and she begins to see that no matter how hard you try to run from your troubles, they seem to have a way of catching up with you... Watty 2014 Winner Haven Copyright © Melissa Lucas 2013 All Rights Reserved. No part of this literary work may be reproduced or used without written consent from the author.

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