In The Wicked We Have Done, readers were introduced to Valerie Crane. But you don't know her the way you think you do. This is her story...Valerie has always been different from her identical twin Veda. Tattooed, fiery, and foul-mouthed, Valerie acts on instinct, getting even with anyone who wrongs her passive and sensitive sister.At twenty-two, Veda doesn't want to seek revenge against the three young men who raped her. As for Val...Val never could manage her anger well.As far as Val sees it, the Compass Room is simply a quicker way for her to die - payment for the crime she feels no guilt over. There isn't a reason to fight, not until a girl as broken as she is reminds Val of what it's like to hope...