About the book: year / Still a child, Melissa Gent finds herself thrown out onto the dirty streets of the capital. In order to survive, she decides to enter into a “Loyalty Contract” with the bandit clans, according to which she is obliged to become a killer and devote her life to their interests. Bravely accepting her fate, she ends up in a military camp on a floating island, where with great difficulty she becomes one of the best fighters. In an effort to sell her skills for as much money as possible, Melissa was sure that she would stop at nothing! When her cherished dream of gaining freedom and getting rich was already very close, fate confronted her with a little girl who mysteriously appeared in the camp. Upon learning that the girl is ordered to be killed, Melissa faces a difficult choice. Should she stand up for her, in one fell swoop, canceling out everything she had been striving for for many years, or should she mind her own business? Will her intervention be the end for both of them, or just the beginning??