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, go ahead," Dor said to Carlotta who sucked in a deep breath before starting.

"Well, this isn't something my parents told me but it is something that I have read about." She said, pausing slightly. "There was this woman who lived with her husband in a small cottage in the middle of the woods. They would do it those times.

"If we tried it now, it wouldn't end well because of the radiation in plants, but I digress. They loved each other immensely and promised to be with each other forever.

"But one day, the husband started to come back home later and later. The wife was worried that his work may be taking up too much of his time and causing him a lot of stress but she never said anything about it.

"She didn't want to be seen as some of those women that were trying to control their husband's life so much that they ask about everything he is doing. Where he is at all times, all those things.

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