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

Max stood out in the snowy path as he tried to order a warm cup of coffee out of the vending machine but his trembling hands would not allow him to press the button.

Taking the money out of his pocket, something else came out and he bent down to look at it.

It was a picture of the day on Carlotta's birthday where everyone was not ready but ready at the same time.

He couldn't help but smile when he saw that picture before he began to feel dread fill him again.

They have to be alive. They just have to.

He thought of the look on Carlotta's face once he shouted at them only minutes ago.

All the smile and the happiness that was on her face disappeared as she looked at the blood that covered her body.

"I'm sorry." He said, sitting down beside the vending machine as he listened to it hum. "I didn't mean it that way."

The horror on her face as she looked at him then at her hands replied over and over again in his mind.

Sleep