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

Shia sat up from her bed, completely dressed in black and covered with all kinds of gadgets all over her.

Getting out of bed, she looked around the room, making sure nothing is out of order as she put on her gloves and the mask over her head.

"Ready." She whispered to herself, putting the phone in her pocket and walking out of the door to the kitchen just to see her father standing there, arms crossed.

"Shia," he said, glaring at her.

She didn't answer as she just stared at him with unblinking eyes.

And there they stood, for a while until the doors opened and a woman just oozing charisma came out with a silk bathrobe on.

"Shia, sweetheart. Are you not in a hurry to go somewhere?" She asked, yawning. "Good morning sweetie."

She walked to her husband and gave him a peck on the cheek as his entire face lit up almost instantly.

Kidnapping