New York, New York.

This is a story of a girl named Hilary, who lives in New York. When she was a child, her mother was everything to her, as her father was not much of a father. He lost all their money gambling every night, came home drunk and abused her and her mother. He was just, not a good man all round. One day he gets into trouble with some really evil guys, who decide to kill him and his family. Her mother and father are killed, but they do not kill her. They take her in as one of their own, like a prize, and bring her up as an Assssin. A Hitwoman. She is trained to kill and that is her only use. Finally, after countless murders she decides to kill herself, as she cannot escape them, but a mysterious stranger show up, and changes her fate completely. It is set in the 1920's-30's.