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 looked at Aliya, slightly concerned and then at Shia who nodded at him as though to comfort him.

"Wait a minute, Aliya," Shia said, furrowing her brows at her. "You can't just say no without weighing the options."

"You don't understand, Shia." She said, looking up at her. "When I was sick for the longest time, I fell into a very short comma. I could not feel anything and the entire world finally felt at peace."

"You were just able to rest after struggling for so long," Shia said. "You will feel better when you could sleep."

"I could feel myself at ease." She argues back. "Why do we need to keep struggling uselessly? We are not going to gain anything from it."

"Living. We get to live." Shia said back. "Don't you enjoy being alive, Aliya? Being with your family? Your brother and aunt and uncle? How would they feel without you there?"

Aliya kept silent as she could not answer her question.

Good Enough