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

"Dor?" Shia called out as she held Kaia's sleeping body close to her.

"Why are you still awake, Cati?" He asked, looking at her from across the burnt-out fire pit.

"I just ... couldn't sleep." She said, thinking. "I need to know something about you."

"What do you need to know from me?" He asked, a smile on his voice.

"I want to know where your loyalties lie."

"Loyalties? What do you mean by that, Cati?" he pushed himself off the couch, thinking for a second. "You are worried about Kaia, aren't you?"

"I am." She said, sighing. "I want to trust you. But since you haven't been with us mush, I do wonder who you are loyal to. Who you would stand by."

"I don't think there is anything about relating their loyalties to someone else." He said, laughing.

"You know what I mean." She pushed herself off the couch as well, looking at him through the dim light outside.

Little Birdy