Winter_Iris

Kaia Marschall, a mute student of Fanning High is in her final year of high school, waiting to start her university life.

But in the world that she lived in, only those who fit the standard of 'beauty' can actually make it far in life, whether they have the talent for the job or not. So people would trade years of their lives just to secure their limited future.

Unfortunately for Kaia, she did not fit the standard and she as well everyone knows it. What she doesn’t know is what people will do just to be able to get a boost in life.

So, when it was discovered and announced that killing a person will allow the killer to gain that person’s lifespan, she was killed. Only to return to the age of twelve, to the day of her mother’s death, the day everything begun to go wrong in her life, with the chance to change her destiny.

Content Warning: This novel contains graphic depictions of violence and discussions of suicide and self-harm.

In The Eyes of the Beholder

"Done!" Carlotta declared as she held up her last page Kaia is lying slumped on the table with her thumbs up to Carlotta.

"Thank you." She said, sighing as she looked at the paper in front of her. "This is a job well done. And we finished faster than I thought we would. Come on, Kaia. Let's go help with the cookies."

A sense of dread filled Kaia as soon as she said that but she followed her nonetheless and as soon as they opened the door, an overwhelming smell of something warm filled their noses and the two ran to the kitchen.

"Hey, we are just putting the last batch into the oven." Aliya greeted, she and Dor are covered entirely in flour from head to toe as they hi-fived each other.

Kaia released a breath of relief and sat down on one of the chairs in the dining room as she saw Dorran looking to the kitchen and out the window there.

Baking