Crystal doesn't want to hurt anyone ever again—but she can't seem to stop. Memories of the past haunt her every step as one more reminder that she will never be normal. A normal girl wouldn't see danger-ous secrets when she met someone's eyes. A normal girl wouldn't create elaborate technology to escape her boyfriend. A normal girl would go to school without hurting people.

When Crystal gets expelled for fighting—again—a mysterious family friend sponsors her into a martial arts academy. There, she finds that she may not be the only one whose mind is different, and that those differences may be more power-ful than anyone could have imagined.