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

"Ok, so have you killed anyone yet?" Kaia asked, looking at the boy.

"I have killed people." He answered, fixing his cuff. "But those aren't related to the trinket. Father called them 'practice dummies'. I never liked his line of work. Hated it, in fact. I wanted to remain completely anonymous and just live my life as I should, dying an old man, surrounded by the people I care about."

"So why me? Don't say that you wanted to save me at that time. We both know that it's a load of bull."

"It was a test. I wanted to see if the trinket would bound with you." He explained, looking at Kaia lazily. "It was a surprise to me when it did connect with you and it doesn't seem to want to leave either. I tried to get it back several times but it remained stuck there."

"Even last night?" Kaia asked, remembering how he held her hand. He never did that before and she felt her arms tingled a little because of it.

Connections