Prologue

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All debts must be paid regardless of the person who settles it.
People must be eliminated if they have no use.
Sacrifices are encouraged for the development of the country.

Willow Bare is one of the Gifted; people with abilities that help them preform better than the average human. Unfortunately, Willow's gift, an abnormal high tolerance for pain, comes with effects that threaten a system aiming for perfection.

Willow must now, with the help of her family and best friend, Kane, battle a society that deems her useless and demands her sacrifice.